7 People Killed in Crash after Running a Stop Sign

August 7, 2009

Fresno – According to the California Highway Patrol (CHP), seven people, four of whom are children died in Tulare County southeast of Fresno when a Dodge Neon evading traffic police crashed into a pickup truck.

The accident started when a police officer tried to pull over the Dodge Neon which allegedly ran a stop sign on East Nebraska Avenue. Instead of pulling over, the driver sped up and ran through another stop sign before it struck a GMC Sierra pickup truck at the intersection.

The impact of the crash killed immediately the driver and his two passengers. The Dodge, according to the police has been reported as a stolen vehicle.

The four children in the pickup truck – a 3-year-old boy and three girls, whose ages ranged from 1 to 7 years old, were ejected from the truck. The CHP said that neither of the children were properly restrained. The men from the Dodge were also said to not have been wearing seatbelts.

Three other pick-up truck occupants, Carlos Salazar Jr., 29, and Jennifer Salazar, 26 as well as an 8-year old child suffered injuries and were taken to the local hospital.