Suspected hit-and-run driver dies after crashing into canal near Atwater

Sunday, August 20, 2017
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Atwater police are still investigating a deadly and unusual hit-and-run crash.

They say a car hit a vehicle near Buhach Road and Avenue 1 late Saturday night and then drove away from the crash. But just a little while later, and less than a mile away, police found the suspect car in a canal with one person dead inside.
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Investigators haven't identified that person, and they're not sure yet whether drugs or alcohol were involved.

Officers say the victims in the initial crash are okay.
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