Injury crash on Highway 168 near Tamarack

Heard on: California Highway Patrol - Fresno

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At sixty-five five four, we had a caller for an eleven seventy-nine westbound Highway 168 between Tamarack and China Peak.

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The black Mazda versus a metal pole.

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Negative eleven twenty-five.

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There is an X-ray unconscious but breathing.

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Possibly went in the same as the call you are en route to now.

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Hi, copy.

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Five four, you copy?

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And that's three, you copy?

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Sixty-five, four to Mary, you tell me.

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Four to Mary, you tell me.

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Is there any new traffic for Besso?

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3 is 10-8.

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65S3, 10-8.

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Sixty-five five four, further.

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Five four, good.

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At sixty-five five four, per an additional, the vehicle possibly hit a cow, and EMS does have Skylife en route as well.

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Five four, I copy.

7/18/2026 09:18 PM

Traffic

CA-168, Lakeshore, CA 93634

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, radio traffic reports a possible injury crash on westbound Highway 168 between Tamarack and China Peak involving a black Mazda that apparently hit a metal pole and may also have struck a cow. One person was reported unconscious but breathing, and emergency medical services, including an air ambulance, were en route.