Bryant Noyola, Norma Rodriguez Dead after Head-On Crash on Highway 99 [Merced, CA]

Bryant Noyola, Norma Rodriguez Dead after Head-On Crash on Highway 99 [Merced, CA]

Bryant Noyola and Norma Rodriguez Dead after Head-On Crash on Highway 99 [Merced, CA]
Bryant Noyola, Norma Rodriguez Dead after Head-On Crash on Highway 99 [Merced, CA]

Two-Vehicle Crash near Atwater Left Two Fatalities

MERCED, CA (November 30, 2023) – Early Thanksgiving morning, a wrong-way collision on Highway 99 claimed the lives of Bryant Noyola and Norma Rodriguez.

The deadly crash happened around 4:15 a.m. along Highway 99 between Atwater and Merced. 

Based on the initial investigation, a 2002 Hyundai Elantra traveling the wrong way collided with a Chevrolet Tahoe. 

Upon impact, the Tahoe flipped onto its roof before catching on fire. The female occupant inside the Tahoe, 49-year-old Norma Rodriguez, sustained fatal injuries and died at the scene. 

Rodriguez’s husband, Gonzalo Ahumbra, 43, her daughter Selma Ahuama, 17, and her daughter-in-law, Cecilia Jimenez, 19, received significant injuries. Paramedics transported them to Doctors Medical Center in Modesto.

The driver of the Elantra, identified as 22-year-old Bryant Noyola also perished from the collision. 

At this time, the family of Norma started a GoFundMe page to determine the circumstances surrounding the crash.

Police are working to determine the circumstances surrounding the fatal crash. 


In this sorrowful time, the Sweet James team would like to extend our heartfelt condolences to the families of Bryant Noyola and Norma Rodriguez.


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