BOY, BABY SISTER KILLED IN CRASH.Byline: Grace Lee Staff Writer OXNARD - A 3-year-old boy and his 6-month-old sister died in a fiery head-on crash early Tuesday although bystanders tried to save them by pulling them from their burning car. David Lopez, 3, and his baby sister, Jacqueline, were dragged from the burning car after the 8:35 a.m. crash on Victoria Avenue. ``The good Samaritans had to rip the child safety seat from the base attached to the seat to get Jacqueline out of the burning vehicle,'' said California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. Officer Steve Reid For the game developer of the same name, see . Steve Reid (January 29, 1944) is an American jazz drummer who has played with a wide range of notable artists including Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, James Brown, Fela Kuti and Sun Ra, and as a session drummer for Motown. . They then pulled David Lopez out of the 1998 Chevrolet Prizm. As the flames intensified, Reid said, bystanders also rescued the children's mother, Francine Lopez, 21, of Oxnard. They cut her seat belt with a knife and freed her before the car became fully engulfed. David Lopez was pronounced dead at Community Memorial Hospital and Jacqueline Lopez was pronounced dead at Ventura County Medical Center Ventura County Medical Center is a hospital in the city of Ventura, California, USA. It is a 208 bed acute care hospital. The county also operates a 49 bed campus in Santa Paula. . Francine Lopez sustained moderate injuries and was transported to St. John's Medical Center. She was traveling northbound on Victoria, south of Olivas Park Drive, when she lost control of her car and it veered across the center divider divider See European currency quotation. , Reid said. Her car collided with a 1994 Honda Civic The Honda Civic is a compact car manufactured by Honda. It was introduced in July 1972 as a two-door coupe, followed by a three-door hatchback version that September. With the transverse engine placement of its 1169 cc engine and front-wheel drive, like the British Mini, the driven by Naomi Torres, 35, of Canoga Park. She suffered a broken left arm and partially collapsed lung. |
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