FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — One person was killed Friday night after a three-vehicle crash on a busy highway in Madera County.

The crash happened just before 7 p.m. on Highway 41 near Children’s Boulevard.

The California Highway Patrol said a driver crashed into the back of a vehicle during a traffic stop.

The vehicle he hit hit the back of a second car, which was then pushed into the third car.

Officers said the driver believed to be at fault was taken to hospital, where he later died.

The cause of the crash is still under investigation, but drugs or alcohol are not suspected.

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