Jesus Sanchez Injured in Buttonwillow Crash on Shafter Avenue and Burbank Street
Buttonwillow, California (July 25, 2022) – Jesus Tejada Sanchez, 29, was injured in a deadly car accident in Buttonwillow on Saturday afternoon.
According to CHP, Sanchez was driving a Jeep Cherokee northbound on Shafter Avenue with Joanne Figueroa, 34, and two children aged 6 and 1, as his passengers.
The Cherokee was struck by a Dodge Ram that had been traveling east on Burbank Avenue and whose driver failed to stop for the stop sign at the intersection.
The crash, which occurred just before 4:30 p.m. on July 23, caused the Dodge to strike a stop sign. The Jeep collided with an Almond tree and overtuned.
Sanchez and his passengers were taken to Kern Medical, where the one-year-old child was sadly pronounced deceased.
Jesus Sanchez Injured in Buttonwillow Collision on Shafter Avenue
The driver of the Dodge, Irving Rodriguez-Barraza, 22, of Wasco, and his passenger, Cruz Carrillo Olvera, 48, were also taken to Kern Medical for treatment.
CHP said Rodriguez-Barraza is suspected to have been driving under the influence.
An investigation into the deadly accident is ongoing.
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