8-Year-Old Aleida Ayala Among 3 Killed in Kings County Crash on Highway 41 near Quebec Avenue
Kings County, California (September 16, 2022) – One of the three victims killed in a Kings County car accident on Sunday night was identified as Aleida Ayala, 8, of Kettleman City, according to California Highway Patrol.
At around 7 p.m. on September 11, Airik Flores, 19, of Kettleman City, was driving a 2018 Honda Accord south on Highway 41 when he went into the path of oncoming traffic to pass other vehicles and collided head-on with a northbound 2006 Honda Odyssey van.
The collision happened on Highway 41 north of Quebec Avenue and the impact sent both vehicles into a ditch on the side of the highway.
Ayala was one of four children riding as a passenger in the van. She was pronounced deceased at Community Regional Medical Center, where the female driver of the van and three of her juvenile passengers had been transported for major injuries.
Flores and another passenger in the van, Jose Molina Jr., 5, of Kettleman City, were pronounced dead at the site of the accident.
The CHP is conducting an investigation to determine the cause of the incident.
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King City, California (September 12, 2022) – Two people including a child were killed in a car crash on Sunday evening in Kettleman City, King City.
The double-fatal crash happened at around 7 p.m. on Highway 41 near Quebec Avenue, according to the California Highway Patrol.
A 19-year-old man from Lemoore was driving a Honda Accord sedan northbound on Highway 41 when he drifted across the double yellow line and collided head-on with a southbound Honda Odyssey minivan.
The unidentified driver of the Honda Accord was killed in the crash.
Woman, 3 Children Injured in Collision on Highway 41 in Kettleman City
One of the four children in the van was killed in the accident
The 29-year-old woman from Kettleman City and the three children were injured in the accident and were transported to Community Regional Medical Center in downtown Fresno.
Highway 41 between Stratford and Kettleman City was shut down to allow multiple Life Flight helicopters to land at the scene.
More details about the accident were not provided.
An investigation into the accident is underway.
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