FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. — The Fresno County Sheriff-Coroner's Office says the victim of a deadly crash in Fresno County was from Carmichael.
Tony Botti, a spokesperson for the sheriff's office, identified the victim as Summer Eitel, 39. She was the passenger in a deadly U-Haul truck crash that happened Sunday near Highway 99 and Manning Avenue.
In a news release, the California Highway Patrol said the U-Haul was heading northbound on Highway 99, south of Manning Avenue when the driver swerved off the right shoulder. Police say the U-Haul went into the unimproved dirt and grass gore point where it hit a Eucalyptus tree, trapping both the driver and passenger. A gore point is described as a triangular section that separates the exit lane from the main portion of the freeway.
Fresno Area CHP arrived at the scene as the U-Haul started to catch fire. CHP says an officer and citizen were able to get the driver out of the U-Haul, but they weren't able to save Eitel before the U-Haul was fully engulfed in flames.
The driver was taken to a hospital with major injuries and the CHP officer was treated for smoke inhalation at the scene.
The investigation is ongoing.
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