AREA RESTAURANT OWNER DIES IN CRASH ON AREA FREEWAY.Byline: Lisa Van Proyen Daily News Staff Writer The co-owner of a Canyon Country restaurant was killed Wednesday morning after his pickup truck veered off 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. and hit a guardrail, authorities said. Daniel D. Bergman, 52, of Canyon Country, a community volunteer and a businessman who made a point of knowing his customers, was alone in the Ford utility pickup when it inexplicably veered to the right and crashed. He was pronounced dead at 9:06 a.m., nearly an hour after the accident in the busy southbound lanes, said Officer Robert Strong of the California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. . Though the cause of the accident remained under investigation, a family friend said hospital officials believed the popular restaurateur res·tau·ra·teur also res·tau·ran·teur n. The manager or owner of a restaurant. [French, from restaurer, to restore; see restaurant. suffered a heart attack or a stroke while traveling to an electrical job. Bergman has owned Bergie's The Steak House steak house or steak·house n. A restaurant that specializes in beefsteak dishes. in Canyon Country, with his wife, Donna, for about the past six years, 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. Judy Palmer, a bartender at the restaurant. He also worked out of his home as an electrician, friends said. Palmer said Bergman will be sorely missed, especially by regulars at his restaurant. ``He was a genuinely friendly guy. He liked to have fun with people. He's going to be missed. He was just a great guy,'' she said. Another family friend, Bob Keller, said Bergman made it a point to know everybody in his restaurant. ``He doesn't know a stranger. They're all friends,'' Keller said. Keller said Bergman frequently sponsored events for bowl-a-thons and the American Red Cross American Red Cross: see Red Cross. and volunteered his talents as an electrician for the annual Frontier Days. He also pitched in to help as a substitute coach for baseball and basketball teams, his friends said. ``He never said `no,' '' Keller said. ``As a community member, he's been a giver, not a taker tak·er n. One that takes or takes up something, such as a wager or purchase: There were no takers on the bets. taker Noun . We're all going to miss him.'' Bergman is also survived by his 11-year-old son, Brandon. |
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