2 MOTORISTS KILLED, OTHERS HURT IN SEPARATE CRASHES.Byline: Grace Lee Staff Writer A man was killed Thursday in a fiery crash caused when his speeding Mercedes-Benz plunged off winding Kanan Road, and a woman was killed several hours later in a five-vehicle pileup involving a big-rig, authorities said. The unidentified driver of the silver, four-door Mercedes was northbound at about 100 mph when he crossed into oncoming traffic lanes, clipping a truck and then plunging off the road near Tunnel 3, said California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. Officer Doug Reynolds The truck driver swerved to left and survived with minor injuries, officials said. ``If the driver of the other vehicle had not taken evasive action Noun 1. evasive action - an action aimed at evading an opponent maneuver, manoeuvre evasion - the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver , it would have been a 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. ,'' Reynolds said. The 8:20 a.m. crash caused a small brush fire about 500 feet below the road and was extinguished by Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County firefighters. East of Santa Paula about 1:35 p.m., a big-rig hauling lettuce hit a Chrysler New Yorker as it backed out of a flower store on Highway 126, killing the driver of the car, officials said. The truck overturned across the highway and was hit by three other vehicles. Truck driver Paul Mirelez, 56, of Norco, was taken to Santa Paula Memorial Hospital with moderate injuries, authorities said. The driver of a Toyota Corolla was airlifted to Ventura County Medical Center Ventura County Medical Center is a hospital in the city of Ventura, California, USA. It is a 208 bed acute care hospital. The county also operates a 49 bed campus in Santa Paula. with unknown injuries. The drivers of the two other vehicles suffered only minor injuries, officials said. The names of the dead were not released Thursday. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: What's left of a Mercedes-Benz can be seen in some brush off Kanan Road. The driver perished in the crash, which took place Thursday morning. Tina Burch/Staff Photographer |
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