BIG RIG RUCKUS CRASH JAMS I-5 TRAFFIC FOR 5 MILES SIMI VALLEY MAN SUFFERS SERIOUS HEAD INJURIES.Byline: Daily News VALENCIA - One driver was seriously injured Thursday when 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. driver lost control of his truck on the Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. , setting off a string of collisions and a massive traffic jam. The 11:20 a.m. crash tied up the northbound I-5 for about 10 miles until almost 2 p.m. Trucker Herman Elias, 60, of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. lost control when he tried to avoid hitting a truck that had stopped for traffic just north of Magic Mountain Parkway, said Officer Paul Peterson For the actor and novelist William Paul Petersen, see Paul Petersen. Paul Peterson, also known as St. Paul, is a musician best known for his memberships in the bands The Family and The Time. of the California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. . When Elias hit his brakes, his trailer fishtailed, and he veered to the left, sideswiping a Toyota truck and sending it out of control on the freeway, Peterson said. The Toyota hit the center divider and overturned, leaving its driver, 73-year-old William Kitchen of Simi Valley, with serious injuries. Kitchen was treated at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital for deep cuts to his head, arms and elbows. Meanwhile, Elias' rig also hit a Ford truck pulling a boat. A Canyon Country family - two parents and their children - were headed to Castaic Lake and were not seriously injured The casualty status of a person whose injury may or may not require hospitalization; medical authority does not classify as very seriously injured, seriously injured, or incapacitating illness or injury; and the person can communicate with the next of kin. Also called NSI. See also casualty status. , but their truck and boat had to be towed, Peterson said. Elias' rig finally came to a stop, but only after broadsiding the big rig he originally had tried to avoid hitting. Both rigs were hauling empty trailers. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Rescue workers who pulled William Kitchen, 73, of Simi Valley out of his overturned truck wheel him to an ambulance. (2 -- color) A California Highway Patrol officer directs traffic on the northbound Golden State Freeway on Thursday after a big rig crash backed up traffic for five miles north of Magic Mountain Parkway. Shaun Dyer/Special to the Daily News |
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