5 KILLED IN SEPARATE CRASHES STOLEN CAR BLAMED IN PALMDALE HEAD-ON FATAL.Byline: Greg Botonis Staff Writer PALMDALE - Five people were killed Thursday and two others critically injured in separate crashes - one caused by a stolen car driven by a parolee pa·rol·ee n. One who is released on parole. Noun 1. parolee - someone released on probation or on parole probationer , and the other involving a fully loaded passenger bus, authorities said. Four of the victims died in a 1:30 p.m. crash caused when parolee Shawn Beavers, 27, of Rosamond lost control of a stolen Jeep Cherokee Jeep Cherokee can refer to five different SUV models produced by Jeep from 1974 to the present:
v. Past tense of weave. wove Verb a past tense of weave wove, woven weave in and out of traffic on northbound Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling at speeds nearing 100 mph, officials said. As the Jeep approached Avenue P, it passed a Ford Taurus Not to be confused with Ford Taunus. The Ford Taurus is currently a full-size, front-wheel drive or all wheel drive automobile manufactured by the Ford Motor Company in North America. driven by an undercover sheriff's detective, then hit the back of a utility truck driven by Mike O'Donnell. Beavers' vehicle swerved into the path of a southbound Lexus LS450 sport-utility vehicle driven by Dr. John Fisher of Lancaster officials said. The vehicles crashed head-on, leaving mangled wreckage strewn strew tr.v. strewed, strewn or strewed, strew·ing, strews 1. To spread here and there; scatter: strewing flowers down the aisle. 2. across the highway. ``It was a gruesome sight,'' said county fire Inspector Mike Brown. ``The first unit on scene knew he was facing a very serious incident, and he knew that he was going to have some dead just looking at the impact of the vehicles.'' One of the four passengers in the Lexus died at the scene, along with a woman riding in the Jeep with Beavers, officials said. Two other passengers in the Lexus died later at local hospitals. Authorities identified one of the Lexus' victims as Mark Rittenberg, 52, of Palmdale, who died at Antelope Valley Hospital. The other victims were not identified because their families had not yet been notified. Fisher and Beavers were both hospitalized and were listed in good condition, officials said. The undercover detective said Beavers' vehicle was traveling very fast and there was little time to react to the crash. ``I didn't even have to lock up my brakes,'' said the detective. ``He was going so fast that when it happened everything kind of flowed forward.'' About 8 a.m. Thursday, Ron Wesseler, 43, of Lake Hughes was killed when his 1997 Ford F150 ran a red light on Avenue L-8 near 50th Street West and hit an Antelope Valley Transit Authority Antelope Valley Transit Authority is the transit agency serving the cities of Palmdale and Lancaster and their suburbs. Antelope Valley Transit Authority is operated under contract by Veolia Transport, and is affiliated and offers connecting services with Metro and Metrolink. bus filled with passengers, officials said. The impact sent the bus 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. through the intersection before it jumped the curb and hit a 44-year-old pedestrian. The bus continued across a vacant lot, and a 67-year-old passenger was ejected. The pedestrian, Ronald Juvinall of Lancaster, was airlifted to 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 , where he was listed in critical condition. The passenger, Albert Stringer of Lancaster, suffered minor injuries. CAPTION(S): 2 photos, map Photo: (1 -- ran in Valley edition only) Firefighter examine the wreckage after a crash Thursday on Sierra Highway that killed four people. (2 -- color -- ran in AV edition only) A helicopter takes off with a victim of a fatal crash on Sierra Highway north of Avenue P in Palmdale on Thursday. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer Map: (ran in AV edition only) Four die in high-speed crash, one killed in truck-bus crash |
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