Tesla collides head-on and bursts into flames, killing driver east of Clovis, CHP says

Bryant-Jon Anteola
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One person died from a head-on collision that occurred Wednesday night on Highway 168 just east of Clovis, according to California Highway Patrol.

It happened around 10:30 p.m., about a 1/2 mile east of Shepherd, where Highway 168 was reduced to one lane each direction and with no median separating the roads.

A 32-year-old man from Prather driving a Tesla Model Y east on Highway 168 for unknown reasons allowed the car to veer into the oncoming lane, CHP said.

The Tesla collided head-on with a 2020 Chevrolet Silverado driven by a 59-year-old Prather man before the car burst into flames, CHP said.

The Tesla driver was pronounced dead at the scene while the Chevy driver was transported to a Fresno-area hospital with major but non-life threatening injuries, according to CHP.

Caltrans blocked both the east and west lanes of the highway near the area of 168 and Shepherd.