CHP URGES SLOWER DRIVING IN RAIN.Byline: Stacy Brown Daily News Staff Writer Authorities said many of the traffic collisions on Southland freeways during the rain season could be avoided if motorists did one simple thing: slow down. The California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. said one man was killed in a crash on the Antelope Valley freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. while another man, who was spotted driving more than 100 mph a few miles south on the same freeway, caused a 10-car collision. ``People have to slow down in this type of weather,'' said 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 Officer Doug Sweeney. ``(Friday) a CHP officer spotted this car going in excess of 100 mph. The car then hit another car and caused a 10-car chain-reaction accident,'' he said. Authorities said the rain led to havoc all day Friday in the Santa Clarita Valley 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. , with more than 25 vehicles involved in collisions. Three people were injured - including two California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an , students - when a jackknifed big rig triggered a chain-reaction pileup that included nine other trucks, two tour buses and a CHP squad car in the truck lanes of the Newhall Pass. From 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., the CHP said there were more than 500 collisions on county freeways and roads in unincorporated areas. Glendale truck driver Jirair Ayvazyan died after he lost control of his rig at San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the on the Antelope Valley Freeway at about 1 p.m., officials said. The truck went through a guardrail and landed about 50 feet below on Sierra Highway, Sweeney said. Los Angeles County Fire Department Not to be confused with Los Angeles Fire Department. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including the City of La Capt. Bernard Deyo said the area where the truck spun off the road and down the embankment has been the site of other traffic mishaps, especially when it rains. ``The rain is always a contributing factor,'' Deyo said. In the pileup at the Newhall Pass, a trucker who lost control of his vehicle and jackknifed was run into by another big rig, touching off the chain-reaction collision at about 4:40 a.m. The crashes occurred in the same area where a 14-vehicle pileup took place one week earlier. A CHP officer was fortunate to escape injury as one of the trucks ran over his squad car shortly after he exited to help clear traffic lanes. ``We want people to know that when it is raining, the road becomes slippery and everyone should adjust their speeds,'' Sweeney said. |
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