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Update: 1 Killed, 2 Injured On Porterville-Famoso Highway
POSTED: 8:08 am PST November 5, 2009
UPDATED: 2:57 pm PST November 5, 2009
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- One person is dead and two others were seriously injured in a head-on crash early Thursday morning on the Famoso-Porterville highway.The California Highway Patrol said the crash happened around 5:45 a.m., when two trucks crashed head-on.CHP said that Alejandro Valencia Magana, 29 of Porterville, was an unrestrained passenger and was ejected from one of the vehicles. The two others were seriously injured, the CHP reported.
One was air-lifted, and the other was transported by ambulance to a local hospital, the CHP reported.Famoso-Porterville highway was shut down in both directions Thursday morning.The CHP has no word on the cause of the crash.Related Oct. 28, 2009: Update: 3 Killed In Head-On Crash On Highway 46 Oct. 23, 2009: Infant, 3 Others Killed In Head-On Crash
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