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A woman and child killed over the weekend in a crash outside Los Banos were identified Tuesday as a mother and her 6-year-old daughter, the Merced County Coroner’s Office reported.
Jeanette Bush, 33, of San Jose, and her daughter, Kathryn “Katie” Wenzel, died Saturday after their car crashed through a fence, landing in the Delta-Mendota Canal west of Los Banos. Both were pronounced dead at the scene, authorities reported.
The cause of death was drowning, the coroner’s office said.
A 77-year-old Capitola man was severely injured in a crash on Highway 152 outside Watsonville on Tuesday.
About 1:30 p.m., the man was driving a black 2014 Chevrolet Silverado west on Highway 152 about 1 mile east of Red Hawk Place, said California Highway Patrol officer Brad Sadek.
Authorities are not sure what caused the crash, but the driver hit a tree and heavy brush, stopping about 10 feet from the road, Sadek said.
No other vehicles were involved and no one else was injured.
One man was killed and another sustained major injuries Thursday morning in a two-vehicle crash near Chowchilla, the California Highway Patrol reported.
Officers suspect DUI may have been a factor in the crash. The Madera County coroner’s office has not released the name of the person who was killed, pending notification of his family. The CHP said the victim was in his mid-20s.