1 killed, 1 hospitalized following crash in Merced County, CHP says

MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A 20-year-old was killed in a crash in Merced County early Friday morning.

It happened just after 2 am near Santa Fe Drive and Avenue 2, just east of Atwater.

Officials say a BMW was driving on Santa Fe Drive when it somehow crossed into the opposite lane.

The car collided with a Chevy Sedan near Avenue 2.

The 20-year-old driver in the BMW was not wearing a seatbelt and died at the scene.

The other driver, a man in his 60s, was taken to a nearby hospital.

Drugs or alcohol are not factors in the crash.

This is the same location where one person died in a deadly crash last Thursday, February 27.