A vehicle overturned and caught fire on southbound Interstate 5 just north of State Route 198 near Coalinga early Tuesday morning, leaving one person dead.
According to California Highway Patrol dispatch logs, the incident was first reported at 2:22 a.m. as a vehicle on fire in the center divider, with reports of front- and rear-end damage and two occupants out of the vehicle and walking around. The call was transferred to Cal Fire, which responded to the scene. The incident was updated from a car fire to a fatality at 6:01 a.m., with CHP confirming a single-vehicle crash resulting in a death. A coroner arrived on scene at 4:57 a.m.
CHP units were assigned at 2:23 a.m., arrived between 2:37 a.m. and 2:45 a.m., and cleared the scene between 5:08 a.m. and 6:01 a.m.
The vehicle was described as a blue 2004 GMC Yukon with only a front license plate, no longer attached. A tow truck was requested at 4:58 a.m. for the completely burned vehicle.
The identity of the person who died and the cause of the crash were not immediately available.
The CHP recorded the crash at GPS coordinates: 36.257907 -120.246414
Sources:
– CHP CAD incident viewer: https://cad.chp.ca.gov/
