2 DEAD, 7 INJURED IN PCH CRASH.Byline: Susan Abram Staff Writer Two people died and seven others were injured early Saturday morning in a collision involving a wrong-way driver along Pacific Coast Highway Pacific Coast Highway may refer to:
Five of the injured people were from a Conejo Valley The Conejo Valley is a region spanning both Southeastern Ventura County and Northwest Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States. It was discovered in 1542 by Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, and eventually became part of the Rancho El Conejo land grant by church group, including teenagers on a trip up the coast, the California Highway Patrol reported. Two of the teenagers were critically injured and one was close to death, officials said. The California Highway Patrol reported that a 1989 Mercury Cougar was traveling south in the northbound lanes at about 12:35 a.m. when it hit a 1999 Chevrolet Malibu and then the church group's Dodge Caravan, carrying the teenagers up the coast. ``The impact ... caused the entire front of the Dodge to be crushed rearward rear·ward 1 adv. Toward, to, or at the rear. adj. At or in the rear. n. A rearward direction, point, or position. rear , trapping two of the five occupants,'' a 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 report said. ``After the impact with the Dodge, the Mercury spun around and came to rest within the center divider.'' The two fatalities in the Cougar cougar: see puma. cougar or puma or mountain lion or panther Species (Puma concolor) of large, graceful cat that lives in a wide variety of habitats in the Americas, from southern Alaska to Patagonia. were 19-year-old men from Mexico, including the wrong-way driver and a passenger, officials said. A 31-year- old man from Goleta who was also in the Cougar sustained major injuries. Of the five people from the Thousand Oaks church group who had been riding in the Caravan, a 16-year-old boy from Agoura Hills and a 14- or 15-year-old girl from Calabasas suffered major injuries, officials said Saturday. A 44-year-old Agoura Hills man and a 15-year-old Newbury Park boy from the church group had moderate injuries, and a 16-year-old girl had minor injuries, officials said. A 58-year-old woman from Indio who was riding in a 1991 Chevrolet Malibu had minor injuries, and 48-year-old Indio man in the same car was not injured, officials said. All of the injured people were taken to Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara. Susan Abram, (818) 546-3304 susan.abram(at)dailynews.com |
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