BRIEFLY : FOUR-VEHICLE CRASH KILLS 1 IN LANCASTER.LANCASTER - A woman motorist died in a four-vehicle crash that started when her compact car ran a red light at Avenue J and Challenger Way, deputies said Tuesday. After running the light for northbound Challenger Way, the woman's car was clipped by a minivan, then hit broadside by a pickup truck, both traveling east, deputies said. The car spun and hit a westbound Jeep, deputies said. Witnesses told deputies the woman's car had run the red light. She was pronounced dead on arrival at Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Hospital. The other motorists were hurt, but none of the injuries was considered life-threatening, deputies said. The names of the dead and injured were withheld pending notification of relatives, deputies said. - Daily News Authorities recover rafting victim's body The body of a 27-year-old Rosamond woman who drowned while rafting with friends from Edwards Air Force Base Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. was pulled from the Kern River Kern River A river rising in the Sierra Nevada of eastern California and flowing about 249 km (155 mi) south and southwest to the southern San Joaquin Valley. , Tulare County sheriff's officials said Tuesday. Michelle Lopez's body came to the surface and was spotted Saturday by a Sequoia National Forest Sequoia National Forest is located in the southern Sierra Nevada mountains of California. The national forest is named for the majestic Giant Sequoia trees which populate 38 groves within the boundaries of the forest; the Giant Sequoia National Monument is also located within the ranger, about a quarter-mile from where the group's inflatable raft capsized a week earlier. Lopez had worked for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Dryden Flight Research Center The Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC), located inside Edwards Air Force Base, is an aeronautical research center operated by NASA. On March 26, 1976 it was named in honor of the late Hugh L. at Edwards. Also killed in the boating accident was Senior Airman senior airman n. 1. Abbr. SrA A noncommissioned rank in the U.S. Air Force that is above airman first class and below staff sergeant. 2. One who holds this rank. Ralph Cheverine, 26, of Rosamond, a member of the base's fire department. Seven people made it to shore safely. Officials said the raft capsized in a rough stretch of rapids avoided by the commercial rafting outfits that operate on the Kern River. - Daily News |
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