AFTERNOON CRASH CLOSES FREEWAY FOR 20 MINUTES.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer The Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. was closed for 20 minutes prior to Tuesday afternoon rush hour after a drunk-driving suspect veered over an embankment, officials said. Melvin Motter, 48, of Canyon Country was traveling south on the Antelope Valley Freeway at 3:15 p.m. when his 1988 Lincoln Continental The Lincoln Continental, an automobile produced by the Lincoln division of Ford Motor Company, began for the 1939 model year. Over the next 63 years, despite these cars sharing under-pinnings with less expensive Ford automobiles, Continental was usually a distinguishly-styled, went over a 75-foot embankment just north of Santiago Road. ``Witnesses said the man was weaving erratically, going from the fast lane to the slow lane and then over the side,'' said California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. Sgt. Ben Dibene. Motter was airlifted to Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital in Valencia, suffering from what 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 officers described as major injuries. His condition was not available. Motter was arrested on suspicion on driving under the influence, but not booked into custody because of his injuries. ``We suspect that he might be under the influence of alcohol or drugs,'' Dibene said. ``There was a smell of alcohol emitting from his breath.'' According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. CHP officials, the northbound freeway was closed for about 20 minutes while a sheriff's helicopter landed and picked up the injured man. |
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