Farm workers among 8 dead in head-on crash in Madera County

Eight people, including farm workers on their way to work, were killed Friday morning in a head-on collision in Madera County.

The two-vehicle crash was reported at about 6 a.m. on a two-lane road northwest of Fresno. A Chevy Silverado pickup and older model GMC Safari van with eight farm workers collided when the pickup driver crossed the centerline, the CHP said.

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Both drivers and six other people were killed. One person was hospitalized, but details about that person's injuries were not immediately available.

Only the driver and front passenger in the Safari were wearing seatbelts, the CHP said.

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KSEE News reported that the wife of one of the victims in the van was following the Safari in another van and witnessed the crash. The workers were heading to work in the Firebaugh area, the station reported.

It was not immediately clear why the pickup driver crossed lanes.