CIRCUMSTANCES ADD TO FAMILY'S SORROW.Byline: Orith Goldberg Staff Writer For Linda Rose, what makes the pain of her son's death even more heart-wrenching is that his friend walked away as he died. Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. officers have yet to locate 19-year-old Ben Sutton Sutton, outer borough (1991 pop. 164,300) of Greater London, SE England. It is mainly residential, but plastics, chemicals, radio components, and paper goods are produced. The areas of Sutton were mentioned in the Domesday Book. of Newhall, the man they believe was driving the car that crashed last Saturday night in Saugus, killing Rose's son, Arthur Robert Meza Jr. ``I can't imagine someone leaving someone who is hurt so bad,'' Rose said in a recent interview. Meza, 20 and the father of a 21-month-old, died of head injuries suffered in the 5:05 p.m. crash on Plum Canyon Road. Sutton's light blue 1993 Honda Civic The Honda Civic is a compact car manufactured by Honda. It was introduced in July 1972 as a two-door coupe, followed by a three-door hatchback version that September. With the transverse engine placement of its 1169 cc engine and front-wheel drive, like the British Mini, the crashed into a utility pole A utility pole, telegraph pole, telephone pole, power pole, or telegraph post is a post or pole upon which telecommunication network equipment is situated. with such force that it split the car in half. What troubles Rose more than her own loss is that baby Christopher will grow up without a father. ``All we can do is think about the baby because he won't be able to see his father again,'' she said. The Honda was speeding at more than 90 mph on Plum Canyon Road, east of Via Joyce, when it veered across the center divider divider See European currency quotation. , hit a concrete curb and slid backward along the curb before hitting the pole. At some point, Sutton - who investigators said was drunk - was thrown from the car. He fled. Sutton has a previous drunk driving conviction, officials said. Emergency crews found Meza lying across the front seat of the car. He was pronounced dead at 5:19 p.m. Meza's grief-stricken family said the youngest of three children didn't feel well on Thanksgiving Thanksgiving annual U.S. holiday celebrating harvest and yearly blessings; originated with Pilgrims (1621). [Am. Culture: EB, IX: 922] See : America Thanksgiving national holiday with luxurious dinner as chief ritual. [Am. Pop. , but he felt well enough two days later to go to work at a landscaping company. ``I told him to take it easy and not to work the weekend,'' said Meza's father, Art Meza, 51, of Palmdale. The grief-stricken father said that after work, his son had gone to his boss's home, where Sutton offered him a ride back to his sister's Canyon Country home. The two apparently headed that way via Plum Canyon Road. Art Meza recalled watching the evening news and seeing the crash, hoping he didn't know any of the victims. At 2:30 a.m. Sunday, he learned that his son had died. ``I said, I can't believe it, it can't be,'' he said, crying. At the time of Meza's death, the Palmdale resident had three warrants out for his arrest. But Rose said her son wanted to get his life together and build a future for his son. ``He worked hard at what he did and was a go-getter,'' his father added. A rosary rosary [rose garden], prayer of Roman Catholics, in which beads are used as counters. The term, applied also to the beads, is extended to Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist prayers that use beads. for Meza will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday at Eternal Valley Memorial Park. On Friday, Meza's funeral will take place at Blessed Kateri Catholic Church, 22508 W. Copper Hill Drive, Saugus. Burial burial, disposal of a corpse in a grave or tomb. The first evidence of deliberate burial was found in European caves of the Paleolithic period. Prehistoric discoveries include both individual and communal burials, the latter indicating that pits or ossuaries were at Eternal Valley will follow. A memorial fund has been established for Christopher Meza: Arthur Robert Meza Jr. Memorial Fund, account No. 112799 c/o American Federal Credit Union P.O. Box 7278 Mission Hills, CA 91346. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (color -- ran in SAC Sac: see Sac and Fox. SAC - 1. An early system on the Datatron 200 series. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. edition only) Arthur Robert Meza Jr. poses with his son, Christopher, in this family photo. |
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