KINGS COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A man died following a head-on crash Thursday on Highway 41 in Kings County, the California Highway Patrol said.

On Aug. 7 at around 3:15 p.m., officers responded to the area of Highway 41 northbound, south of York Avenue after receiving a call of a crash. The crash on Highway 41 is on a stretch of road between Highway 33 and Highway 46.

Preliminary investigation indicates a man was driving a 2005 Toyota Prius and traveling southbound on Highway 41, south of York Avenue. CHP said that the man veered into the left lane for unknown reasons, crossing the broken yellow lines, and entered the northbound lane.

The driver in the opposite lane was traveling northbound on Highway 41 and was unable to avoid the crash. Both vehicles collided head-on.

The man bec

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