`WHAT I FELT WAS THE HEAT ON MY BODY'; CRASH SURVIVOR SHARES HORROR; WOMAN AWOKE TO NIGHTMARE OF HEAD-ON COLLISION.Byline: Yvette Cabrera Daily News Staff Writer In the dark of night on a windy Lompoc highway, Rosa Hernandez was jolted awake from her nap by a deafening crash, and within seconds the mother of 10 was enveloped en·vel·op tr.v. en·vel·oped, en·vel·op·ing, en·vel·ops 1. To enclose or encase completely with or as if with a covering: "Accompanying the darkness, a stillness envelops the city" in flames In Flames is a melodic death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1990. Along with Dark Tranquillity and At the Gates, they pioneered what is now known as melodic death metal. inside her van. ``What I felt was the heat on my body. I saw the fire; I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. if I saw it above me or below me,'' the soft-spoken Hernandez said in Spanish. From her room at the Grossman Burn Center at Sherman Oaks Hospital Sherman Oaks Hopital (SOH) is an 153 bed acute care facility in Sherman Oaks, California, USA and is home of world renowned the Grossman Burn Center. SOH is owned and operated by Prime Healthcare Services, Inc. , Hernandez shared what little she recalls of the terrible crash last week that killed 11 people, including Hernandez's son Javier Camacho. The Canoga Park resident was one of four survivors, along with her 16-year-old son Martin Camacho, who remains in a coma at Goleta Valley Hospital. The California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. hasn't determined who was at fault but announced Tuesday that the head-on collision A head-on collision is one where the front ends of two ships, trains, planes or vehicles hit each other, as opposed to a side-collision or rear-end collision. Rail transport With rail, a head-on collision often implies a collision on a single line railway. between the northbound pickup driven by Michael Anthony
Michael Anthony Sobolewski (born June 20 1954) is an American musician. Bucci, 42, and the southbound van carrying Hernandez and driven by Julio Rosas Camacho occurred in the southbound lanes. Coroner's investigators found evidence of cocaine in both Rosas and Bucci, who also had opiates Opiates Analgesic, pain killing drugs, such as heroin and morphine that depress the central nervous system. Mentioned in: Withdrawal Syndromes and marijuana in his system. Hernandez, a single mother and native of Apatzingo, in the state of Puebla, Mexico, had arrived in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. two months ago to seek a better life for her family. She left behind seven children in Mexico. Shortly before the crash, she and 10 others had piled into the van after a day's work (Naut.) the account or reckoning of a ship's course for twenty-four hours, from noon to noon. See also: Day selling roasted corn in Lompoc. Before heading onto Highway 1, the weary group stopped to fill their gas tank and buy soft drinks and food, Hernandez said. Other than seeing a young boy dragging himself away from the fire, Hernandez doesn't remember any details from the accident, including how she escaped. ``I didn't see how the accident happened, how it started, nothing, nothing,'' said Hernandez, who is separated from her husband and plans to remain in the Valley once she recovers. ``I think the people back home would laugh at me if I returned,'' she said. ``At least I came here to fight for my children. May God give me life to continue working, continue fighting.'' Hernandez, who underwent skin-grafting surgery Monday, suffered extensive burns over 40 percent of her body, including her back, legs, arms, side and abdomen, said Dr. Michel Brones. Brones and Dr. A. Richard Grossman Richard Grossman is the former co-director of the Program on Corporations, Law and Democracy (POCLAD). He is co-author of Taking Care of Business: Citizenship and the Charter of Incorporation. He lectures widely on issues of corporate power, law and democracy. , director of the burn center, joined Hernandez's relatives and 5-year-old daughter, Mariana, at the burn center to ask the public for donations to help Hernandez return the remains of her eight relatives to Mexico for burial. The residents of Apatzingo already have raised $5,500, but about $12,000 is needed just to transport the bodies, said Grossman, whose burn center is helping raise donations. ``It's a misfortune that all of (the victims) are relatives, either cousins or nephews,'' said 46-year-old Lauro Nabor Camacho, who is Hernandez's cousin. ``You can't imagine; it's a terrible accident that occurred. (The family) is truly disturbed. We don't know what to feel or say,'' said Nabor, who was present Tuesday afternoon when family members told Hernandez for the first time that her teen-ager Javier had died in the crash. ``She took it hard; she didn't expect it,'' said Nabor, who along with Hernandez's nephew Francisco Rosas Barrales promised to care for her daughter. Those wishing to donate can send checks, payable to the Sherman Oaks Hospital Foundation, to 4929 Van Nuys Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA 91403. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos PHOTO (1) Mariana Hernandez, 5, accompanied by child development specialist Linda Garcia and Dr. A. Richard Grossman, waves goodbye to reporters at a news conference at the Grossman Burn Center. (2) Rosa Hernandez's cousin Lauro Nabor Camacho and nephew Francisco Rosas Barrales speak at a news conference held to raise money to return their deceased relatives to Mexico for burial. Phil McCarten/Daily News (3) Burn victim Rosa Hernandez survived a crash that killed 11 people, eight of whom were her relatives. |
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