4 INJURED IN CRASH OF LOADED CEMENT TRUCK, CAR.Byline: Daily News A fully loaded cement truck toppled onto a sedan Thursday morning, injuring the three car occupants and the truck driver and closing the Pleasant Valley Road overpass at Highway 1 for several hours, authorities said. Two adults and an 8-year-old boy from the sedan and the truck's driver were listed in stable condition at St. John's Regional Medical Center St. John's Regional Medical Center may refer to: In the United States:
``We extricated ex·tri·cate tr.v. ex·tri·cat·ed, ex·tri·cat·ing, ex·tri·cates 1. To release from an entanglement or difficulty; disengage. 2. Archaic To distinguish from something related. the two adults and the child,'' said Battalion Chief Mike O'Malia. ``It was fortunate the car passed beyond the cement drum itself, which contained several tons of concrete.'' The vehicle was totaled and the truck sustained significant damage, O'Malia said. A hazardous materials team was called to the scene to mop up hydraulic fluid hydraulic fluid toxic because of its high content of industrial triaryl phosphate. that spilled from the truck, he said. The cement truck was leaving from Santa Paula Santa Paula (săn`tə pôl`ə), city (1990 pop. 25,062), Ventura co., S Calif., on the Santa Clara River in a fertile valley that yields citrus fruits, avocados, vegetables, flowers, nursery products, and walnuts; laid out 1875, inc. on its way to south Oxnard. |
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