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Yahoo
15-05-2025
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Coroner ID's former Clovis Unified student killed in crash at Woodward Park in Fresno
The Fresno County Coroner's Office identified the driver who died after speeding through a dangerous intersection before going airborne and crashing at Woodward Park, causing the vehicle to catch on fire. Khushmeet Mahal, 21, of Fresno died May 9 at Friant and Shepherd avenues in Fresno. The fiery incident was captured on video by Friant Roulette, a YouTube channel run by a resident that's dedicated to chronicling collisions at the intersection. Police said Mahal's BMW was traveling fast west on Shepherd and didn't make a turn north or south onto Friant. The car continued into the curb then hit an embankment, launching the vehicle over the fence and crashing into parked vehicles in a yard where city equipment is kept for maintaining the park. The vehicle burst into flames seconds after the collision. Mahal was pronounced dead. Mahal was a former Clovis Unified student, attending Clovis East High School and Clovis Online School, the district confirmed. A study by Southern California law firm Jacoby and Meyers Injury Lawyers said 21 crashes occurred at the Friant-Shepherd intersection between 2020 and 2024. Among them was the fatal April 2023 crash when a tow truck ran a stop light that had been lit red for more than 10 seconds then T-boning a sedan that was making a left turn from Shepherd to go south on Friant.
Yahoo
08-03-2025
- Yahoo
Women killed in fiery wrong-way crash on Highway 168 identified by Fresno coroner
Two women killed in a fiery wrong-way crash on Highway 168 in Fresno have been identified by the Fresno County Coroner's Office. They were 19-year-old Willianna Salas and 20-year-old Ximena Salas, both of Fresno. The coroner's office on Friday said their relationship to each other was unknown. In Friday's update, authorities said Willianna Salas was driving the vehicle, which caught on fire after it launched off southbound Highway 168 onto McKinley Avenue around 2:30 a.m. The CHP initially received two calls came about a vehicle traveling the wrong way on Highway 168, beginning near Fowler Avenue. Five minutes after the first call, a third call came in reporting a car that had flow off the highway and landed below on McKinley. It was unknown if drugs or alcohol were a factor. A GoFundMe account has been established for Ximena Salas, who was described as a 'beautiful soul who brought so much love.' To donate you can go here.
