FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The California Highway Patrol is investigating a deadly crash involving a semi-truck on Highway 43 near Hanford.
CHP has confirmed the driver of the SUV, 69-year-old Maria Pelayo, and her passenger, Refugio Salas Olague, both from Corcoran, were killed in the crash just south of Hanford.
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An 80-year-old passenger in their vehicle suffered major injuries.
It happened just before 8 p.m. Monday on Highway 43 near Idaho in Kings County.
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The highway patrol says the semi truck turned in front of the Chevy and that driver couldn't stop in time.
The collision shut down a section of Highway 43 for about three hours.