CAR SLAMS INTO BLOCK WALL, HOUSE, KILLING 2 YOUNG MEN.Byline: Greg Botonis Staff Writer LANCASTER - A 17-year-old boy Lake Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. boy died early Wednesday from injuries suffered in a car crash that claimed the life of the driver and injured three other young men. Littlerock High School Littlerock High School is a public, co-educational high school located in Littlerock, California. It is the a part of the Antelope Valley High School District (AVHSD). External links
The Antelope Valley Hospital about seven hours after the car he was in crashed into a cinder-block wall, then spun through a wooden fence before slamming into the rear of a house in the 43600 block of Gingham Avenue. ``It was a pretty tremendous accident,'' said Los Angeles County sheriff's Deputy Mark Johnson Mark Johnson may refer to: Academics and scientists
Also killed in the 5:15 p.m. Tuesday crash was Dameon Deon Hill, 21, of Lancaster, the driver. Deputies said the crash happened as a Toyota Tercel The Tercel was Toyota's entry-level vehicle in North America during the 1980s and 1990s. The Tercel was slotted between the Corolla and the Starlet, and was meant to offer basic affordable transportation while introducing young buyers to the Toyota brand. carrying five young men ages 16 to 21 was traveling west on Avenue K between 60 and 65 mph in a 50 mph zone. Near 4th Street East, for an unknown reason, the car swerved off the right side of the road and into the back yard of a home bordering Avenue K. After hitting a block wall and a fence, the car crashed through the home's sliding glass door and came to rest in the dining room. A woman inside the home was not injured. Hill was pronounced dead after the crash. Johnson, who was riding in the rear seat behind the driver, was airlifted to Antelope Valley Hospital in serious condition. He died after being taken off life support, officials said. Passengers William Chacon, 21, Johan Riley, 18, and a 16-year-old boy, whose name was not released because of his age, were transported by ambulance to Antelope Valley Hospital with what officials described as minor to moderate injuries. All three Lancaster residents remained hospitalized Wednesday. Traffic investigators are still trying to determine what caused the crash. ``At this point, we don't have much to go on,'' said Deputy Mark Johnson. ``We just 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. why they swerved and no one in the car was really paying attention Noun 1. paying attention - paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people); "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to the consequences" attentiveness, heed, regard .'' Investigators are asking for anyone with information on the crash to call Johnson at the Lancaster sheriff's station at (661) 948-8466. |
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