18-Year-Old Emily Ascencio Killed in Fresno Crash on Highway 99 near McKinley Avenue
Fresno, California (September 6, 2022) – One of the two victims of a deadly Fresno DUI crash that occurred on Saturday morning has been identified as 18-year-old Emily Ochoa Ascencio of Mendota, according to the Fresno County Coroner’s Office.
The incident took place at about 6:00 a.m. September 3, in the northbound lanes of Highway 99 near the McKinley Avenue off-ramp.
According to a report by the California Highway Patrol, Eugene Roebuk, 21, of Fresno, was driving a 2015 Hyundai on Highway 99 when he made an unsafe lane change and the Hyundai clipped a 2001 Mitsubishi that was being driven by Mariano Cruz, 20, of Mendota.
The impact pushed the Mitsubishi off the side of the rodway, and it went down an embankment, before colliding with a tree. The force of the crash caused the tree to be uprooted.
Ascencio was a passenger in the Mitsubishi. Both Ascencio and Cruz were killed in the crash.
Roebuk was transported to Fresno Community Regional Medical Center for treatment, and was later arrested on suspicion of drunk driving.
The deadly incident is under investigation.
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Fresno, California (September 3, 2022) – Authorities are investigating a Saturday morning suspected DUI accident that killed two people in Fresno.
The deadly accident occurred at about 6:00 a.m. on northbound Highway 99 near the McKinley Avenue off-ramp.
According to the California Highway Patrol, at least two vehicles collided on the highway in unclear circumstances.
As a result of the crash impact, one of the vehicles went down an embankment and struck a tree.
Sadly, two people sustained fatal injuries in the accident.
The driver of one of the vehicles was taken to Community Regional Medical Center and was arrested by officers on suspicion of DUI.
Traffic on the roadway was stopped for an unknown period due to the mishap.
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