News briefs: Crash kills Sanger man

A Sanger man died of head injuries Sunday morning when the vehicle he was riding in rolled on Newmark Avenue south of American Avenue, the California Highway Patrol reported.

The dead man’s name and age were not made public.

The accident occurred at 9:49 a.m. as Miguel Gomez of Sanger was driving south on Newmark Avenue. Gomez allowed his 1999 Chevy to travel off the east side of the road, and when he turned it back onto the roadway, it tumbled once and landed on its wheels in the middle of the road, the CHP said.

Both Gomez and his passen- ger were wearing seatbelts, the CHP said. Gomez suffered only minor injuries; his passenger died at the scene.

Gomez was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, and other counts, the CHP said.

Clovis police capture Fresno man in car break-ins

A 23-year-old Fresno man was arrested on suspicion of breaking into several vehicles along Barstow Avenue near Helm Avenue early Sunday morning, Clovis police said.

Arrested was John Manuel Correia. A resident of an apartment com- plex on the 1100 block of Helm Ave- nue called police about 3:45 a.m. after she heard glass shattering and saw a man breaking out the window on a Mustang, then saw him try to force open the rear sliding window on a pickup nearby, police said.

The man was reportedly trying to break into yet another vehicle when Clovis police arrived. He tried to flee, but surrendered when a Clovis police dog was deployed. The man was not bitten, police said.

Dinuba man held in burglary, carjacking try

Visalia police caught a man Sunday after he allegedly burglarized a home and tried to carjack a woman traveling with her three children.

Police said the attempted carjacking happened about 10:45 a.m. Terry Morrison, 42, of Dinuba pushed Chrystal Duarte, 25, of Visalia out of the way as she was getting out of her car while she was holding her baby.

Morrison couldn’t get the car started, so he ran. Officers found him about a block away on the 300 block of North Jacob Street. Morrison had a machete when he was caught, police said.

While investigating the carjacking, officers learned that Morrison was suspected of burglarizing the home of 79-year-old Daucton Skinner on the 400 block of Jacob.

Big rig leaks diesel fuel

A ruptured tank on a big rig spilled a trail of diesel fuel for about three miles on several roads in Merced on Sunday, prompting a multi-agency response to assist with the cleanup.

The incident was reported about 11 a.m., after the truck began spilling fuel near Childs and Parsons avenues, according to Merced Fire Department Division Chief Mike McLaughlin.

The driver of the truck was unaware of the leak until another driver flagged him down near 15th and O streets in downtown Merced. By that time, the driver had left a trail of diesel fuel along Highway 99 and several surrounding streets, McLaughlin said.