Driver dies after crashing into Fresno County canal, CHP says

Driver dies after crashing into Fresno County canal, CHP says

A driver has died after crashing into a Fresno County canal Friday night.

Fresno Crash Leaves One Dead After Car Submerges in Canal

36-year-old man died Friday night after his car veered off a rural road and into a canal south of Fresno, the California Highway Patrol said. The crash happened around 9:20 p.m. on Chestnut Avenue, just north of North Avenue. According to authorities, the man was driving a Mercury Milan southbound when the vehicle left the west side of the road for unknown reasons and became fully submerged in a nearby canal. Witnesses told authorities the drive…