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Crash ends on railroad tracks

Photo - A car sits on railroad tracks off of State Route 99 after the driver over corrected when veering off the road. The driver hit a metal guardrail between the north and southbound lanes, then veered across the road before overturning on the railroad tracks on Friday.
A car sits on railroad tracks off of State Route 99 after the driver over corrected when veering off the road. The driver hit a metal guardrail between the north and southbound lanes, then veered across the road before overturning on the railroad tracks on Friday.

California Highway Patrol Madera officers responded to a solo vehicle roll-over crash on northbound SR-99, north of Avenue 9 on Friday at about 1 p.m.

A 62 year-old man from Fresno was driving a 2001 Toyota Tacoma, northbound SR-99, in the No. 1 lane.

The driver drifted to the left, ran off the road and struck the metal guardrail. The driver then overcorrected, veered into the right shoulder, and overturned on the railroad tracks.

Allen Baraldi

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Tyler Takeda

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Nancy Simpson

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