Suspected DUI driver crashes head-on in Fresno, CHP says

Suspected DUI driver crashes head-on in Fresno, CHP says

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A suspected DUI driver crashed head-on in Fresno on Highway 180 early Wednesday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.

CHP says around 1:30 a.m., officers responded to a call about a wrong-way driver, traveling westbound in the eastbound lane of Highway 180, near Chestnut Avenue.

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According to investigators, two cars hit head-on. The victim in the other vehicle was a woman in her 50s who was driving a Honda Accord.

She was taken to the hospital. Her condition is unknown at this time. Officers say the alleged wrong-way driver is a woman in her 30s who was driving a Chevy Malibu.

She was taken to the hospital and is facing felony DUI charges, according to CHP.

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