75-Year-Old Woman Killed in Ashby Road Crash at Cooper Avenue in Merced
Merced, California (June 22, 2022) – A 75-year-old woman was killed Wednesday afternoon following a two-vehicle collision at an intersection in Merced.
According to the CHP, the deadly crash occurred at about 12: 41 p.m. at the intersection of Ashby Road and Cooper Avenue.
CHP officials say a 22-year-old woman from Fresno was driving westbound on Ashby Road when she attempted to make a right-hand turn onto Cooper Avenue, and crashed into a 2019 Volkswagen driven by Heintz Guth, 85, of Merced.
The impact of the crash caused the Volkswagen to overturn killing a 75-year-old female passenger. Guth and the 22-year-old driver were injured. Both patients were taken to Mercy Medical Center.
The incident is under investigation.
Crash Fatalities in California Went Up in 2021, Early Federal Estimates Show
Newly released estimates by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) show that fatalities caused by traffic crashes on U.S. freeways reached a 16-year high in 2021. The crash deaths also increased in almost every state including California, according to NHTSA.
According to the Early Estimate of Motor Vehicle Traffic Fatalities in 2021 report released by NHTSA, about 42,915 people were killed in traffic collisions in 2021 in the US. This shows a 10.5% increases from the 38,828 fatalities reported in 2020.
NHTSA says the projection is the highest number of traffic deaths since 2005 as well as the largest percentage rise in the history of the Fatality Analysis Reporting System.
In California, 4,258 people died in traffic collisions in 2021 – a 10.7 increase from 2020's 3,847, as per the NHTSA report titled – “Crash Stats: Early Estimate of Motor Vehicle Traffic Fatalities in 2021.”
According to the traffic deaths estimates, in the two-state region that includes Arizona and California, crash fatalities in 2021 are projected to go up by 10% over the previous year.
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