Sedan driver critically injured in Fresno crash at Belmont and Fulton
A sedan driver was knocked unconscious and left in critical condition after a collision at Belmont and Fulton in Fresno. The Range Rover driver was not hurt.
A sedan driver was knocked unconscious and listed in critical condition after a crash at Belmont Avenue and Fulton Street in Fresno. The other driver, in a Range Rover, was not injured.
Fresno police were called to the intersection at 11:40 a.m. Friday. Officers said the sedan pulled into the path of the westbound Range Rover, and the SUV struck the side of the car, sending the sedan across the street.
The crash hit a central Fresno crossing that carries steady traffic and turning movements through one of the city’s busiest corridors. In a matter of seconds, a routine trip became a severe injury collision for one driver and a no-injury crash for the other.
Belmont and Fulton has seen serious wrecks before. In 2023, a crash at the same intersection sent two Fresno police officers and a woman to the hospital, underscoring how quickly collisions there can escalate into major emergencies.
The injury also reflects the emergency-response chain that follows high-impact crashes in Fresno County. Dispatchers, officers, paramedics and hospital staff all become part of the response when a driver is found unconscious and in critical condition at the scene.
Citywide, Fresno traffic engineers and police are already working inside a broader safety framework. The city’s draft Vision Zero Action Plan, built by Public Works staff that includes City Traffic Engineer Scott Tyler and Fresno Police Department personnel Mark Van Wyhe and John Belli, says Fresno recorded 846 fatal or severe injury crashes between 2019 and 2023. The plan calls for crash-data analysis, community input, priority projects and policy changes aimed at eliminating fatal and serious crashes on city streets.
That effort matters in places like Belmont and Fulton, where one bad left turn, a misjudged gap or a failure to yield can turn a familiar intersection into a trauma scene. Friday’s crash left one driver critically hurt and served as another reminder of how fragile safety can be in central Fresno traffic.
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