3 CARS HIT BY DRIVER WHO SAYS HE WAS FLEEING FROM CARJACKERS.Byline: Marni McEntee Daily News Staff Writer A driver who said he was fleeing a carjack car·jack or car-jack tr.v. car·jacked, car·jack·ing, car·jacks To commit forcible theft of (a vehicle) from its users. [car + (hi)jack. attempt traveled out of control at speeds up to 80 mph on busy Ventura Boulevard Ventura Boulevard is one of the primary east-west thouroughfares in the San Fernando Valley; as it was originally a part of the El Camino Real (the trail between Spanish missions), Ventura Boulevard is the oldest route in the San Fernando Valley. It was also U.S. on Sunday, flipping twice, striking three vehicles and sending several people to the hospital. The 21-year-old driver of the 1996 Saturn told police that he hit the accelerator after two men in a white, Nissan pickup truck pointed a gun at him and demanded his car, as he was traveling west on Ventura Boulevard at Noble Avenue, said Sgt. William Mann William Mann can refer to:
 This article or section is written like an . . At Haskell Avenue, the Saturn hit a 1979 Honda Accord The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , whose driver was in a left-hand turn headed into a McDonald's parking lot, Mann said. The impact caused the Saturn to roll over twice and hit a 1988 Mustang, which was thrown onto a sidewalk, where it struck a fire hydrant and a light pole at Haskell Avenue, Mann said. The Saturn continued west, hitting a 1988 Mercedes, crossing the street and striking a tree, where it finally came to a rest. ``It's hard to stop 4,000 pounds of steel,'' Mann noted. The Saturn driver, who lives in Encino, the driver of the Mercedes, a 55-year-old man, and a passenger in the Mercedes, a 48-year-old woman, were taken to the hospital, Mann said. Their injuries were not serious. A passenger in the Honda, Jim Walker Jim Walker (né James Donat Walker) (born 1955 in Edmonton) was the original drummer of Public Image Ltd. in 1978. In 1977 he played drums for Canadian punk band The Furies and moved to London in October 1977. , 26, said he was ``shaken but not too scared,'' after the crash. ``The Saturn was ripped to shreds, right down to the frame. We were lucky,'' he added. Mann would not release the identity of the driver. There were no witnesses to the reported carjacking The criminal taking of a motor vehicle from its driver by force, violence, or intimidation. The u.s. justice department categorizes the crime of carjacking as a "completed or attempted Robbery of a motor vehicle by a stranger , and no arrests have been made nor citations issued. Mann said detectives will investigate the reported attempted carjacking. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Police inspect a 1996 Saturn that flipped twice and h it three vehicles before crashing. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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