CAR DRIVER DIES IN HEAD-ON PEARBLOSSOM CRASH THREE IN PICKUP TREATED FOR INJURIES.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Staff Writer PALMDALE - A motorist died Wednesday when his car veered across the center line on Pearblossom Highway and collided head-on with a pickup truck towing a Model A Ford on a trailer. The truck crushed the front end of the red Pontiac Firebird The Pontiac Firebird was a pony car built by the Pontiac division of General Motors between 1967 and 2002. The Firebird was introduced in the same year with its platform sharing cousin the Chevrolet Camaro. , killing its driver despite his seat belt and an air bag. A Lompoc man, woman and 12-year-old boy in the truck were flown to a hospital with what deputies described as moderate injuries. ``The witnesses said the truck was driving about 55 mph. The red car drifted into the No. 1 lane across the yellow dividing line Noun 1. dividing line - a conceptual separation or distinction; "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity" demarcation, contrast, line differentiation, distinction - a discrimination between things as different and distinct; "it is necessary to and they hit head-on,'' sheriff's Deputy Frank Roth said. The victims' names were not immediately released. Deputies said the dead man was a white male who appeared to be in his 50s. The collision occurred just after noon on a sweeping curve in the four-lane highway east of 25th Street East. Deputies don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. how fast the Pontiac was traveling, but said motorists commonly travel 75 mph on that stretch of road. Pearblossom Highway was closed to traffic east of 25th Street East to allow two helicopters to land and carry off the injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. . It was kept closed while authorities waited for coroner's officials to remove the body from the wreckage wreck·age n. 1. The act of wrecking or the state of being wrecked. 2. Something wrecked. 3. The debris of something wrecked. . |
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