2 KILLED IN CRASH; AUTHORITIES HOLD DRIVER ON SUSPICION OF DUI.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Daily News Staff Writer A pickup truck full of young people ran off the Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. and overturned, killing a teen-age boy and a young woman who had been riding in the bed, and injuring four others. The Nissan truck veered onto the northbound north·bound adj. Going toward the north. northbound Adjective going towards the north Adj. 1. freeway's dirt shoulder south of the Pearblossom Highway off-ramp, swerved back across the slow lane and then skidded right again, hitting a steel guardrail and plunging down a 30-foot embankment. ``They hit the guardrail on the driver's side as they were sliding across the shoulder. That ejected the parties in the bed,'' said California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. Officer Don Coats. Driver James Brown
James Joseph Brown (May 3 1933[1][2] – December 25 2006), commonly referred to as "The Godfather of Soul" and " , 22, of Palmdale was placed under arrest at Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge Hospital Medical Center is a hospital in the Northridge town of Los Angeles, California, USA. It is currently operated by Catholic Healthcare West. History The hospital was founded in 1955 by Dr. on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol, but not booked into jail because of his injuries. The boy, described as 15 to 18 years old, died on the freeway shoulder. A woman about 20 years old who had been riding with him in the bed landed part way down the embankment. She died at Providence Holy Cross Hospital Holy Cross Hospital may refer to: In the United Kingdom:
None of the other passengers' names was released. All were believed by officials to live in Palmdale. Authorities said they might need to use fingerprints Impressions or reproductions of the distinctive pattern of lines and grooves on the skin of human fingertips. Fingerprints are reproduced by pressing a person's fingertips into ink and then onto a piece of paper. to identify the dead boy, who was known to the survivors only by a nickname (1) An alternate name used to identify yourself in a chat room. (2) A shortcut for identifying a recipient in an e-mail address book. . ``He was a friend of a friend,'' Coats said. Another young man, the dead woman's 18-year-old brother, also had been riding in the bed and survived with a broken arm, officials said. Brown, the 19-year-old sister of the dead woman and a 17-year-old boy had been riding up front. They were thrown from the cab as it tumbled down the embankment, officials said. None of the truck's occupants was wearing seat belts, officials said. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos PHOTO (1--Color) Officials check out the scene of a fatal truck crash that resulted in the death of two passengers in Palmdale on Friday. Charles F. Bostwick/Daily News (2--Color) Traffic backed up along the Antelope Valley Freeway after a truck struck a guardrail and plunged down an embankment. Shaun Dyer/Special to the Daily News (3) From left, Highway Patrol Sgts. Norm Duarte and Tom Lackey inspect the crash scene. Shaun Dyer/Special to the Daily News |
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