Jaime Moreno and Elio Mendez-Martinez Among 6 Injured in Ceres Crash on Service Road near Highway 99; Anselmo Jimenez Arrested
Ceres, California (December 8, 2021) – Jaime Moreno, 65, of Ceres, and Elio Mendez-Martinez, 25, of Maxwell, were among six people who were injured Tuesday evening in an alleged DUI crash in Ceres, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The crash happened at around 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, December 7, on Service Road near Highway 99.
CHP said a 1998 Ford SUV, driven by Anselmo Jimenez, 54, of Ceres, was heading eastbound on Service Road while a large Freightliner truck, driven by Moreno, was traveling westbound.
For unknown reasons, the SUV partially entered the westbound lane in front of the Freightliner truck, which was being followed by a 2021 Dodge pickup driven by Mendez-Martinez, who was pulling a trailer.
The Ford ultimately sideswiped the large truck. After the impact, the Ford continued onto the freeway overpass and collided head-on with the Dodge pickup. As a result of the collision, the Ford overturned and landed on its roof.
Multi-Vehicle Crash in Ceres Injures 6
Firefighters along with the paramedics responded to the scene and extricated three occupants of the Dodge pickup from the wreckage.
Moreno and Mendez-Martinez sustained minor injuries in the crash. Moreno was transported to Doctors Medical Center while Mendez-Martinez was taken to Memorial.
Three other people in the Dodge pickup were transported to area hospitals with minor to major injuries.
Jimenez was taken to Memorial Medical Center in Modesto for treatment of major injuries before being arrested for felony DUI.
The crash remains under investigation.
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