8 TREATED AFTER CRASH OFFICIALS SAY LUCK SPARED LIVES; MOST INJURIES LIGHT.Byline: Lisa Van Proyen Staff Writer Standing amid a quarter-mile stretch of wreckage, police said Thursday it was good fortune that allowed eight people to escape serious injury or death in a crash involving a school bus. A 16-year-old girl sitting on a bus bench was thrown beneath a 6,000-pound truck laden with a tree trunk, and a jogger was hit by another truck - but both were treated and released from the hospital. ``It must have been luck. She's very lucky,'' said California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. Officer Jordan Van Meter, a spokesman from the Altadena office. The cause of the crash, which occurred about 8 a.m., was under investigation. No one was cited or arrested. The chain-reaction crash began when a stake-bed truck belonging to the University of California, Los Angeles UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college), seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students, and that number is steadily rising. , collided with a truck belonging to the Department of Water and Power in the 12400 block of Roscoe Boulevard, just west of Whitsett Avenue, according to a preliminary CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan investigation. The DWP DWP Department of Work and Pensions (UK) DWP Drinking Water Program DWP Dynamic Weapon Pricing (gamin, Counter-Strike: Source) DWP Department of Water & Power DWP Drinking Water Protection pickup then struck the school bus, which was slowing to pick up children heading to the Lowman Special Education Center, officials said. The UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX truck continued into the intersection of Roscoe and Whitsett and hit head-on a smaller truck that was trying to turn left onto Whitsett. The impact pushed the smaller truck into a jogger and a car, which then struck another car. The UCLA truck continued, jumping the curb and hitting the 16-year-old girl on the bus bench. The girl, a student at Francis Polytechnic High School, was stuck beneath the UCLA truck until a motorist, Diana Negrete, rushed to pull her to safety, Van Meter said. ``It was horrible,'' Negrete said. ``The blue truck in front of me spun out and made a 180-degree angle into these people sitting on the bench.'' A 14-year-old Poly High boy who was near the girl was also treated and released with minor injuries. None of the children on the bus was injured, although all were shaken. An adult female aide to the students was treated and released from a hospital, the CHP said. A 19-year-old woman jogging south on Whitsett Avenue at Roscoe Boulevard was also hit by a truck and escaped with minor injuries, Van Meter said. The UCLA truck plowed through the high school fence and crashed into a parked van. The 50-year-old driver of the smaller truck had to be 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. with the Jaws of Life Jaws of Life A trademark used for a pneumatic tool consisting of a pincerlike metal device that is inserted into the body of a severely damaged vehicle and opened to provide access to people trapped inside. Noun 1. and was hospitalized in serious condition, said Brian Humphrey, a Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. spokesman. A passenger in his truck was also treated and released with minor injuries. The driver and passenger in the DWP truck were treated and released from 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. . CAPTION(S): photo, map Photo: Firefighter Mike Taylor helps a boy get out of a school bus hit in a seven-vehicle crash in Sun Valley. John McCoy/Staff Photographer Map: Sun Valley crash sequence Bradford Mar/Daily News |
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