Accident On Highway 32 Kills Two People

MADISON- Two people have died in a crash on Highway 32 Wednesday.

At 8:35 p.m., authorities and safety personnel were dispatched to the scene of a two vehicle head on collision that occurred a half mile east of the 121 junction on Highway 32. An eastbound SUV driven by 79 year old Francisco Alarcon, of Madison crossed the center line and collided with a west bound SUV driven by a 75 year old Janice Preister of rural Lindsay. A short time later, another SUV drove through the scene and collided with the first SUV. A reporting party who found the accident pulled the driver of the first SUV out of the vehicle and attempted CPR until rescue arrived. Alarcon, the driver of the first SUV was transported to a local hospital with life threatening injuries where he was pronounced dead. Preister, the driver of the second SUV was pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger in the vehicle was also transported with non-life threatening injuries. Highway 32 remained closed for three hours.

The accident remains under investigation.