COMMUTER VAN, BIG RIG JAM FREEWAY.Byline: Daily News CANYON COUNTRY - Commuter traffic Noun 1. commuter traffic - traffic created by people going to or returning from work traffic - the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time backed up for several miles Monday morning 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. after a commuter van hit a 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. , triggering three additional crashes involving 10 vehicles. No serious injuries were reported, but three of the four southbound lanes on the busy freeway were closed for nearly two hours, said Officer Doug Sweeney of the California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. . The crash occurred at 6:50 a.m. near Sand Canyon Road in Canyon Country. The driver of the van, Sheryl Thomas-Black, 40, of Palmdale was headed to the University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission with nine passengers aboard. The van's left rear tire blew, and Thomas-Black lost control of the vehicle, which crossed lanes and sideswiped a big rig hauling dirt, Sweeney said. The truck swerved and dragged the van into the center divider wall, skidding for several feet along the barrier. The wreckage blocked the lanes, pushing the heavy traffic onto the right shoulder, he said. The backup also gridlocked grid·lock n. 1. A traffic jam in which no vehicular movement is possible, especially one caused by the blockage of key intersections within a grid of streets. 2. local surface streets as motorists opted for other routes to work. Seven of the passengers were treated at the scene for minor injuries. Truck driver Billy J. Prell, 54, driving for a Canyon Country firm, was not injured. The crash resulted in three more collisions involving 10 vehicles caught in the backed-up traffic, Sweeney said. There were no immediate reports of injury from any of those crashes. |
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