18 KILLED IN HOLIDAY COLLISIONS : 4 DEAD, 5 HURT IN I-15 CRASH; SPEEDER WREAKS HAVOC ON 405.Byline: Mary Schubert Daily News Staff Writer The Memorial Day weekend got off to a deadly start, with 18 people dying in highway accidents statewide between 6 p.m. Friday and 6 a.m. Saturday, a startling star·tle v. star·tled, star·tling, star·tles v.tr. 1. To cause to make a quick involuntary movement or start. 2. To alarm, frighten, or surprise suddenly. See Synonyms at frighten. jump from last year's total of four during the same period, CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan officials said. The lethal trend was set Friday night, when four people were killed near Victorville after a driver careened across a median and caused a head-on collision on the route to Las Vegas. The pattern continued Saturday, when a 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. man who authorities say was speeding and driving recklessly was killed on the San Diego Freeway The San Diego Freeway (Interstate 405, and the part of Interstate 5 south of the El Toro Y[1]) is one of the principal north-south highways in Southern California, and the major beltway of I-5 running through Southern California. in Inglewood. A motorist died Saturday night, meanwhile, in a wreck on the Ventura Freeway in Woodland Hills. The crash happened just after 10 p.m. in the westbound freeway lanes between Winnetka and De Soto avenues, according to Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. and California Highway Patrol officials. The car flipped over, and there were reports that it caught fire, trapping the occupant inside, said CHP spokesman Officer Garry Goldenberg. Emergency crews described the deceased as a woman in her 40s, Goldenberg said. A San Bernardino County coroner's official said the victims of the Victorville crash, on the northbound side of Interstate 15, were a husband and wife of Indian descent, a British woman and a Los Angeles man. Mahesh Ramanbhai Patel and his wife, Truptiben Mahesh Patel, both 33, lived in Chino Hills, said Deputy Coroner's Investigator Greg Randolph. Roshni Manubhai Patel, 30, of England was a relative who had been staying with the couple for about three weeks in an effort to immigrate im·mi·grate v. im·mi·grat·ed, im·mi·grat·ing, im·mi·grates v.intr. To enter and settle in a country or region to which one is not native. See Usage Note at migrate. v.tr. to the United States, Randolph said. The driver who crossed the median was Alejandro Mora MORA, In civil law. This term, in mora, is used to denote that a party to a contract, who is obliged to do anything, has neglected to perform it, and is in default. Story on Bailm. Sec. 123, 259; Jones on Bailm. 70; Poth. Pret a Usage, c. 2, Sec. 2, art. 2, n. Rodriquez, 20, of Los Angeles. All four people died at the scene of Friday's 7:30 p.m. pileup, which snarled Memorial Day weekend traffic for hours on Interstate 15. John Cosgrove Koester, 56, of Northridge died on the northbound lanes of the San Diego Freeway when his 1996 Honda Civic smashed into the center median and flipped over, said Los Angeles County coroner's Capt. Dean Gilmour. Koester veered ``at a high rate of speed'' from the Century Boulevard on-ramp across all northbound freeway lanes, said Goldenberg. His Honda struck motorcyclists Kevin and Debby Stange, along with a 1989 Toyota pickup truck driven by Nester nest·er n. 1. One, such as a bird, that nests. 2. Western U.S. A squatter, homesteader, or farmer who settles in cattle-grazing territory. Noun 1. Munoz. Paramedics took Munoz, 32, of Los Angeles to Martin Luther King Jr.-Drew Medical Center for treatment of ``major injuries,'' Goldenberg said. Debby Stange, 43, landed in a northbound lane, while Kevin Stange, 45, was thrown onto the southbound fast lane. The pair, both from Torrance, were taken to UCLA Medical Center UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. It is rated as one of the top three hospitals in the United States and is the top hospital on the West Coast according to US News & World Report. , Goldenberg said. Hospital nursing supervisor Jean James said Kevin Stange was treated and released, and Debby Stange was in stable condition. A 1981 Ford pickup truck also struck the center divider, but that driver escaped with minor injuries, Goldenberg said. |
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