2 DIE AS CAR STRIKES TRUCK.Byline: Orith Goldberg Staff Writer CHATSWORTH - A 23-year-old Pacoima man and his uncle were killed Thursday when their Ford Mustang For other Ford Mustang models and concepts, see . The Ford Mustang is an automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company, originally based on the Ford Falcon compact.[1] crashed into a disabled truck on the westbound Ronald Reagan Freeway. Driver Francisco Gonzalez and his uncle, 43-year-old Jose Luis Gonzalez Luis Gonzalez is a common personal name that can refer to different people:
A third passenger, 29-year-old Juan Carlos Hernandez Gonzalez of Panorama City, the brother of Francisco Gonzalez, was in good condition at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Providence Holy Cross Medical Center is a hospital in Mission Hills, California, USA. The hospital has 254 beds, and is part of Providence Health & Services. History , said spokeswoman Tiffany DeVall. The driver of the truck, Carlos Reynoso, 36, of Sylmar was not injured. Traffic during the morning commute was snarled snarl 1 v. snarled, snarl·ing, snarls v.intr. 1. To growl viciously while baring the teeth. 2. To speak angrily or threateningly. v.tr. on the freeway and surrounding surface streets. Three right traffic lanes on the west side of the Ronald Reagan Freeway were closed just east of Topanga Canyon Boulevard, causing a backup east to Reseda Boulevard. All traffic lanes reopened by 11:15 a.m. Reynoso was heading to a construction job in Thousand Oaks in a GMC GMC See: Guaranteed Mortgage Certificate truck he bought two weeks ago. ``I just wish I never would have gotten up,'' he said. The truck began having engine problems about 6 a.m. and began to stall in the westbound No. 2 lane, officials said. Reynoso tried to move the truck into the right traffic lanes and stopped between the fourth and fifth lane. The fifth lane serves as an off-ramp lane to the Topanga Canyon Boulevard exit. Two vehicles behind the truck managed to swerve to the left. ``The Mustang didn't see the truck until the last minute,'' said California Highway Patrol Sgt. Luis Pravettone. The Mustang, traveling in the fifth lane between 60 mph and 65 mph struck the rear of the truck, sending the truck careening The careening of a sailing vessel is laying her up on a calm beach at high tide in order to expose one side or another of the ship's hull for maintenance below the water line when the tide goes out. into a soundwall. The impact pushed the Mustang to the left of the truck, Pravettone said. CAPTION(S): photo, map Photo: 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 officers survey the scene Thursday on the Ronald Reagan Freeway where a Ford Mustang slammed into a truck, killing the car's driver and a passenger. Tina Burch/Staff Photographer Map: Two killed, one injured in fatal collision |
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