An accident report from Fresno County, California, revealed that a student of Clovis High School died in a collision on Wednesday afternoon, April 22nd. The authorities identified the deceased as Alex Ounmano, 17.
The fatal crash, according to the California Highway Patrol, occurred on Highway 168 near Auberry. The accident occurred precisely at Vista Point and Beal Fire Road at 2:25 p.m. Three vehicles were allegedly racing downhill at a speed rate the authorities put between 85 and 100 miles per hour.
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Ounmano was competing with two unidentified drivers in a ’96 Acura Integra when he veered off the highway and collided into the mountainside. When the paramedics got to the scene, they found the boy unresponsive and pronounced him dead.
The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office said that Ounmano had a female passenger in his car, who sustained severe head trauma. The paramedics rushed her to Community Regional Medical Center in downtown Fresno.
There are no details on the drivers of the other two vehicles or what became of them. The Fresno police are investigating the crash and will provide updates at a later date.
The Center for Disease Control CDC lists over speeding as one of the common causes of teenage accidents, especially among the male gender. Accident reports show that inexperience and lack of supervision are also contributing factors.
Others are driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, nighttime, and weekend driving, and lack of seatbelt use. Teenage drivers, like other motorists, are to exercise due care while on the road and obey traffic rules.
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