86-year-old man dies after crashing into guardrail off Highway 168 in Clovis, CHP says

CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- An elderly man has died after crashing into a guardrail on the westbound Highway 168 off-ramp at Herndon Avenue on Monday afternoon.

According to the California Highway Patrol, when officers arrived around 1:40 p.m., they found an 86-year-old man in a Volvo XC90 that had collided with a tree in the center median.

Officers performed CPR on the victim, but the man was declared dead at the scene.

Investigators say that the man struck a guardrail along the right shoulder of the off-ramp, causing him to veer left before coming to rest in the median.

The driver was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.

No other vehicles or passengers were involved.

Authorities are still investigating the cause of the crash.