COUPLE HURT IN FREEWAY PLUNGE.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer An elderly couple were injured Wednesday afternoon when their car drifted off 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. and down an 86-foot embankment, briefly forcing closure of lanes in both directions, California Highway Patrol officials said. Mortin Greenburger, 76, and his wife, Annette, 83, of Lancaster were airlifted to Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Providence Holy Cross Medical Center is a hospital in Mission Hills, California, USA. The hospital has 254 beds, and is part of Providence Health & Services. History in Mission Hills. The crash was reported shortly after 12:30 p.m. on the northbound Antelope Valley Freeway just south of Palmdale Boulevard. ``They went down an 86-foot embankment,'' 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 Scott Weldy. ``They allowed their car to drift into the center divider and lost control.'' After hitting the center divider, the Greenburgers' 1997 Toyota Camry overcorrected to the right, traveled across all lanes of the freeway over a curb and rolled several times down the embankment. ``I was about four car lengths behind them when I saw them hit the dirt Verb 1. hit the dirt - fall or drop suddenly, usually to evade some danger; "The soldiers hit the dirt when they heard gunfire" hit the deck move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" ,'' said Blaine Carbo, 27, of Lancaster. ``He was trying to overcorrect o·ver·cor·rect v. o·ver·cor·rect·ed, o·ver·cor·rect·ing, o·ver·cor·rects v.tr. To correct beyond what is needed, appropriate, or usual, especially when resulting in a mistake. v.intr. but it was just too much. They flipped three times as they went down the embankment.'' The car landed upside down, pinning the couple in their vehicle for several minutes before fire officials extricated them. All northbound lanes of the freeway were closed for about an hour and the southbound lanes were closed for about 20 minutes. |
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