Juvenal Talavera, Hector Orozco, Alfredo Sanchez and Robert Kovar Killed, Benito Mundo Hurt in Head-On Collision on Avenue 7 [Madera County, CA]
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8 Pronounced Dead after Pickup vs Van Collision near Road 22
MADERA COUNTY, CA (February 27, 2024) – Friday morning, Juvenal Talavera, Hector Orozco and Alfredo Sanchez were killed in a car crash.
Authorities responded to the scene around 6:30 p.m., on Avenue 7 just west of Road 22.
According to reports, Robert Jerry Kovar, from Auberry was driving a pickup-truck and veered into oncoming lanes. As a result, the pickup-truck collided head-on with a van, occupied by Tavlavera, Orozco, Sanchez and multiple others.
Medics arrived and pronounced Kovar and seven occupants inside the van dead at the scene.
Paramedics rushed the only survivor, Benito Perez Mundo, to a nearby hospital for treatment of major injuries. Investigators say the eight male occupants were on their way to work near Firebaugh.
Madera County officials later identified a few of the deceased victims as 24-year-old Talavera, of Kerman, 33-year-old Orozco from Jalisco, and 30-year-old Sanchez from Guerrero, Mexico.
No further details regarding the fatal Avenue 7 head-on collision have been released to the public at this time. More information will be provided once made available.
Our sincerest sympathies go out to the friends and family of Robert Kovar, Juvenal Talavera, Hector Orozco, and Alfredo Sanchez. May you find comfort and strength during this difficult time.
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