Big rig runs into back of car

For The Madera Tribune

A Madera California Highway Patrol officer surveys the scene of a brig rig running into the back of a Honda Accord that set off a chain reaction crash Tuesday morning.

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Madera California Highway Patrol officers responded to a multi-vehicle, chain reaction crash on State Route 41, just south of Avenue 12 on Tuesday at about 7:30 a.m.

A preliminary investigation determined a 57-year-old male from Fresno was driving a 2020 Peterbilt semi-truck, with a set of double trailers, northbound on SR-41, just south of Avenue 12, approaching stopped traffic ahead due to a red light.  

A 21-year-old male from Madera was driving a 2017 Honda Accord, northbound on SR-41, and stopped directly ahead of the Peterbilt.