BRAKE DOWN BRAKE LOSS CAUSES TRUCK CRASH ON ROAD.Byline: Daily News ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST The Angeles National Forest (ANF) was established by executive order on December 20, 1892 as the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve. It covers over 2,600 km² (650,000 acres) and is located in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, just north of the metropolitan area of Los - A truck driver screamed for help as his 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. roared down San Francisquito Canyon Road before running into a ditch, spilling hot asphalt, a California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. officer said. Witnesses heard the driver yelling and his truck running loudly as it passed by them, then heard the crash, Officer Sandra Rockafellow said. ``He was screaming for help out the window of his cab,'' Rockafellow said. The truck driver told 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 that his brakes failed, she said. The wreckage will be examined to investigate the cause. The driver, whose name was not immediately released, was flown by helicopter to Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Providence Holy Cross Medical Center is a hospital in Mission Hills, California, USA. The hospital has 254 beds, and is part of Providence Health & Services. History in Mission Hills with shoulder and back pain. ``He was really very lucky,'' Rockafellow said. The trucker had been hauling two trailers filled with asphalt to rebuild storm-damaged San Francisquito Canyon Road, a witness said. The crash occurred about 11 a.m. Monday on a curving, downhill section of the road about 1 1/2 miles south of Spunky spunk·y adj. spunk·i·er, spunk·i·est Informal Spirited; plucky. spunk  i·ly adv. Canyon Road, just
south of the community of Green Valley. The truck and its trailers
overturned, spilling asphalt beside the road.
The road, which has been closed since it was washed out by January storms, links the Antelope and Santa Clarita valleys The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. and was a popular alternative for commuters seeking to avoid the freeways. Last month, a dump-truck driver working on reopening the road was run over by his truck. The driver appeared to have been under the truck on the road shoulder, adjusting its brakes, when it rolled over him, CHP officials said. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color)The driver of a semi truck hauling hot asphalt for road repairs down San Francisquito Road said he lost his brakes Monday on the steep section of the road near Green Valley. (2 -- color) The truck was destroyed in the crash, and the driver was airlifted from the scene. David Crane/Staff Photographer |
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