BIG RIG HITS VAN, CAREENS OFF I-5.Byline: Patricia Farrell Aidem Staff Writer CASTAIC - Seven people were injured, one seriously, when the van they were in was struck early Friday by a big rig Big Rig was a punk band from the San Francisco Bay Area fronted by singer/songwriter Jesse Michaels. Michaels performed with the group after the break up of his previous project, Operation Ivy, and before forming the band Common Rider. on Interstate 5. The big rig, loaded with empty 55-gallon barrels, plunged some 50 feet over the side of the northbound freeway north of Templin Highway Templin Highway is a two-lane road from Interstate 5 and the old Golden State Highway east to the north end of the Castaic Reservoir in Los Angeles County, California, United States. and overturned, said Officer Wendy Hahn of the California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. . The 5 a.m. crash shut down traffic briefly for a helicopter to land to transport two of the victims to area hospitals. It was about four hours before the truck was unloaded and hoisted back to the road, Hahn said. 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 investigators believe driver Rigoberto Vargas, 47, of Los Angeles was fatigued. ``The driver was a little tired,'' Hahn said. ``He must have driven onto the shoulder around a curve and there was the van. It had overheated o·ver·heat v. o·ver·heat·ed, o·ver·heat·ing, o·ver·heats v.tr. 1. To heat too much. 2. To cause to become excited, agitated, or overstimulated. v.intr. and was waiting for a tow truck.'' One occupant of the van, which was stopped on the shoulder, had gotten out of the vehicle and was re-entering when it was hit and he was thrown a short distance. The other six occupants were seat-belted inside and suffered only minor injuries. The van occupants, friends from all over Southern California, were headed to a wedding in Oregon. |
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