Eight useless in head-on collision in Madera: ‘Probably the most our bodies I’ve ever seen’

A violent head-on collision on a two-lane freeway in Madera County on Friday morning left eight folks useless, with the only survivor transported to a neighborhood hospital with main accidents, based on authorities.

The lethal crash befell round 6:15 a.m. Friday on Avenue 7, a neighborhood two-lane freeway, simply west of Highway 22, based on Javier Ruvalcaba, a California Freeway Patrol spokesman for Madera.

A Chevrolet pickup truck was driving east on the freeway when he drifted throughout the dotted yellow line separating the lanes and collided with a Nineties GMC Safari, Ruvalcaba stated.

The Chevrolet was occupied simply by its driver, however the GMC he crashed into was filled with eight folks on their solution to work at a neighborhood farm. A lot of them weren’t carrying their seatbelts, based on Ruvalcaba.

One individual was thrown out of the GMC whereas one other was partially ejected from the automobile, he stated. Seven of the eight folks within the GMC had been killed and the motive force of the Chevrolet was additionally killed, Ruvalcaba stated.

“That is the worst crash I’ve seen in my profession,” stated the 20-year veteran of the CHP. “The our bodies. The full variety of our bodies. It’s essentially the most our bodies I’ve ever seen.”

Ruvalcaba stated the crash was a wake-up name for Californians to strap in when they’re driving.

“Seatbelts might have saved lives. Many lives,” he stated.

The Mexican consulate was on scene, stated Ruvulcaba, who described the entire crash victims as Hispanic. Relations had been on scene as nicely.

The portion of the freeway the place the crash occurred was straight and the climate circumstances didn’t issue into the crash, Ruvalcaba stated.

The CHP stated that Avenue 7 was closed between Highway 21 and 22 as a result of crash with no estimated time that it’d reopen.