COUNTY FIRETRUCK HITS CAR EXITING FREEWAY; TRAFFIC SNARLS IN T.O.Byline: Sonia Giordani Daily News Staff Writer A Ventura County firetruck responding with lights and sirens to a house fire in Westlake Village collided early Wednesday with a car exiting the Ventura Freeway The Ventura Freeway is a freeway in southern California running from Ventura to Pasadena. It is the principal east-west route through Ventura County and in the southern San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County. , officials said. The three firefighters in Engine No. 31 were not injured in the 6 a.m. crash, which created a massive rush-hour traffic jam. Rosa Cameron, 45, of Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. , who was driving a 1996 Toyota sedan Sedan (sədäN`), town (1990 pop. 22,407), Ardennes dept., NE France, on the Meuse River. A noted textile center since the 16th cent., Sedan also has metal and brewing industries. The town became part of French crown lands in 1642. , suffered minor injuries and was treated at the scene by Firefighter Kevin Miller For other persons of the same name, see Kevin Miller (disambiguation). Kevin Miller (born 1968) is a conservative American talk radio host and political pundit who has been featured on many national news programs, including The Today Show, Leeza Gibbons, CNN, and MSNBC. , who was driving the fire engine. ``What normally happens in that kind of situation is that people don't hear the siren or see the lights on the emergency vehicle, and they continue into the intersection,'' California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. Officer Dave Cockrill said. ``If a fire engine has a licensed siren on, it is in charge of the intersection.'' The firetruck was eastbound east·bound adj. Going toward the east. eastbound Adjective going towards the east Adj. 1. on Westlake Boulevard with its emergency lights flashing and its siren blaring when it broadsided Cameron's sedan, which was driving south from the freeway off-ramp. The southbound off-ramp of the Ventura Freeway at Westlake Boulevard was closed for about three hours as authorities investigated the crash. Traffic backed up on the southbound freeway to Moorpark Road and on Highway 23 all the way to Janss Road, said Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. police Sgt. Rod Mendoza. Although fire engines and other emergency vehicles are rarely involved in traffic accidents, Cockrill said 20 fatalities involving firetrucks were reported nationwide in 1995 - 13 of which occurred while the engines were responding to an emergency. Miller, a 16-year veteran, was heading to a fire in the 1700 block of Bowcliff Avenue. The blaze was extinguished by two other fire engines. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (Color only in Conejo edition, page 1) Firefighter Todd Leake inspects a crash of a car and firetruck Monday in Thousand Oaks. Ken Koller/Special to the Daily News |
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