BRIEFLY.Fiery big-rig crash kills truck driver MOJAVE - Kern County coroner's officials were trying Friday to confirm the identity of a truck driver killed in a fiery big-rig crash on Highway 58 north of Mojave. Believed to be a 46-year-old resident of Casa Grande Casa Grande (kä`sä grän`dā), city (1990 pop. 19,082), Pinal co., S Ariz.; inc. 1915. It lies in an irrigated farm area near the Casa Grande Mts. , Ariz., the man died when his truck crashed into the rear of another 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. , rolled down an embankment and burst into flames, California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. officials said. The crash occurred about 4 a.m. Friday on westbound Highway 58 just west of the last Mojave exit, officials said. The dead man's truck had been traveling at a high rate of speed when it drove into the rear of the second truck, which was traveling about 40 mph in the slow lane, 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 officials said. The Missouri couple driving the second truck was not hurt. - Daily News |
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