CRASH AT INTERSECTION LEAVES 1 INJURED.Byline: Nicholas Grudin Staff Writer VALENCIA - A man suffered serious head injuries Wednesday afternoon after his coupe collided with a luxury SUV This article may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since October 2007. in the Valencia Industrial Center, sheriff's officials said. About 2 p.m., a black, early-1990s model Acura Integra heading east on Avenue Mentry collided with a silver BMW X A small five-cylinder radial engine for sport and training aircraft. Although this engine, the BMW X, proved successful at several large-scale events in 1930, including that year's round-Europe flight, only a few were built. A successor model, the BMW Xa, was introduced in 1931. 5 at an intersection intersection /in·ter·sec·tion/ (-sek´shun) a site at which one structure crosses another. intersection a site at which one structure crosses another. , sheriff's deputies said. The driver of the SUV was not injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. , but the driver of the Acura was unconscious and taken to Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, officials said. Neither man was publicly identified. Witness Herman Mendoza, a trash collector who drives the roads of the industrial center every day, attributed the crash to a speeding trend he has seen in the area. ``Very often, what happens is that people are late and they try to speed through these roads. They come really fast,'' Mendoza said. ``I usually take a break at this hour because I know what's going on Verb 1. know what's going on - be well-informed be on the ball, be with it, know the score, know what's what know - know how to do or perform something; "She knows how to knit"; "Does your husband know how to cook?" here. Somebody got hurt bad this time.'' The posted speed limit on Mentry is 35 mph. Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County sheriff's deputies responding to the crash said they are investigating whether speed was a cause of the crash. Investigating officers said the Acura driver didn't appear to have been wearing a seat belt. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Sheriff's deputies look over an Acura smashed in a crash with a luxury SUV in the Valencia industrial Center. David R. Crane/Staff Photographer |
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