CRASH INTO WALL KILLS 2 TEEN-AGERS'CAR EXCEEDED 100 MPH, OFFICIALS SAY.Byline: Heather MacDonald Staff Writer SAUGUS - Two Saugus High School Saugus High School may refer to:
The Ford Mustang is an automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company, originally based on the Ford Falcon compact.[1] slammed into a retaining wall, police said. Robert Smith Robert Smith, Bob Smith or Bobby Smith may refer to: Business
prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. police and friends. 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 said the Mustang, with Smith at the wheel, had been traveling in excess of 100 mph. Smith, who was remembered by friends and teammates as someone who loved to drive fast, did not have a license, said sheriff's Sgt. Ron Olfert. ``Robert thought he was invincible,'' said Ryan Marko, 17, a friend and teammate of the victims. ``And Sheldon thought he was Superman.'' The Mustang, which Smith had souped up Souped up is a slang term referring to a vehicle which has modifications that may appeal to ones eye or may include performance items. An engine is souped-up when it is mechanically modified so it produces more power than the stock engine. and turned into a muscle car, was going north on Bouquet Canyon Road at Heidi Jo Lane when it hit the right curb, skidded left, hit the median and crashed into the wall surrounding David and Andrea Chase's home just before 1 a.m., according to Olfert and Anthony J. Fusco Jr., who tried to help the teens. ``His Mustang was the nicest muscle car at school,'' Marko said. ``He was real proud of it, always showing it off to the girls and taking them for rides in it.'' The Chase home is a block away from Saugus High School. ``I heard the boom,'' Fusco said. ``It sounded like a bomb went off. I ran over there to see if I could save whoever was in the car, but I could tell right away there was nothing I could do.'' Speeding - especially with teens at the wheel - is an epidemic problem on all of Santa Clarita's main roads, Lt. Scott Young For other uses, see Scott Young (disambiguation). Scott Young (April 14, 1918 – June 12, 2005) was a Canadian journalist, sportswriter, novelist and the father of musician Neil Young. said. ``What happened here seems pretty typical when someone is traveling at that rate of speed,'' Young said. ``The slightest correction in direction can send the car flying.'' While there is no evidence that drugs or alcohol played a role in the crash, blood tests are pending, Young said. Both Bell and Smith are believed to have been wearing their seat belts because they were not thrown from the car, Young added. Andrea Chase was in her kitchen baking cookies when she heard the car skidding and felt the vibrations as it plowed through the cinder cin·der n. 1. a. A burned or partly burned substance, such as coal, that is not reduced to ashes but is incapable of further combustion. b. A partly charred substance that can burn further but without flame. block wall. ``It sounded like a bomb and felt like an earthquake,'' she said. ``The whole house shook.'' Paramedics were able to revive Smith, but the Centurions defensive end died a short time later at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital. Bell was pronounced dead at the scene. Bell, who had recently moved to Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, from Lancaster, always had a smile on his face and a kind word on his lips. Smith's world revolved around girls, football and his car, friends recalled. In addition to playing tight end for the football team, Bell was the starting center on the school's basketball team, according to friends and the Saugus High Web site. About 400 friends, teammates and classmates Classmates can refer to either:
v. draped, drap·ing, drapes v.tr. 1. To cover, dress, or hang with or as if with cloth in loose folds: draped the coffin with a flag; a robe that draped her figure. with flowers and littered with candles and notes to the two friends. ``They will both be extremely missed,'' said football Coach Ron Hilton, holding a burning candle. Smith's 19-year-old brother Roger sobbed uncontrollably during the vigil, leaning on his mother. ``I already miss him, and it hasn't even been a whole day,'' Roger Smith said. ``I just want my brother back.'' After the vigil, most of the students returned to the high school, where they gathered in the gym to recall their friends with laughter. They reminisced about Smith's favorite Ihop meal - the breakfast sampler - and the time when Smith once got a quarter stuck up his nose. Throughout the day, dozens of friends and classmates - many wearing Saugus High's colors of white and light blue - came to the site of the crash to remember the two popular and well-known friends. In front of a makeshift memorial, one student spray-painted a blue cross, just a few yards from the thick, black skid marks the Mustang left on the road. ``I brought Sheldon flowers because he brought me flowers once,'' said Brittany Fox, 16, a junior, after placing a bouquet of carnations at the shrine. ``He was the nicest football player. You could tell he cared about everyone.'' Others recalled Bell's sense of humor Noun 1. sense of humor - the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; "she didn't appreciate my humor"; "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor" sense of humour, humor, humour and his love for the football team at University of California, Los Angeles UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college), seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students, and that number is steadily rising. . ``I had a first-period class with him, and I looked forward to that class because Sheldon was in it,'' Matt Swarbrick, 15, a sophomore, said from behind dark glasses while wiping his tear-stained face. ``He brightened the entire room.'' About midafternoon Sunday, mourners moved to the gym at Saugus High, where a video that Bell and Smith had taken of themselves was shown, students said. ``They brought a video camera to school and taped themselves clowning around and goofing off,'' said Kyle Marko, 15, a sophomore. ``That's how I'll remember them.'' Casey Walton, 17, danced with Bell on Saturday night to some of her favorite songs. ``He was into good, clean fun,'' Walton said, remembering how Bell and Smith used to let her wear their trademark silver, purple and yellow purple and yellow traditional colors seen in churches during Easter season. [Christian Color Symbolism: Jobes, 487] See : Easter Mardi Gras beads as a sign of their affection. ``And he could dance. He loved to dance. He had the moves.'' About 200 high school students attended the monthly party at the Qzar Laser Tag Arena on Cinema Drive Saturday night, said manager Hilary Bettis. Alcohol and drugs are not allowed at the monthly ``fusion parties,'' featuring hip-hop, r&b and electronic music for those 16 and older, Bettis said. The Sheriff's Department has not received any complaints about the parties, Young said. Over the past several years, speeding has caused the deaths of almost a half-dozen Santa Clarita teen-agers. City officials have launched several programs designed to make the dangers of speeding real to high school students. ``We hear it from our coaches, from our teachers, from our parents,'' Ryan Marko said. ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. why they didn't listen.'' Elsewhere in the region, two Westlake High School Westlake High School may refer to:
``There's a big lesson here,'' said Samantha Lopez, 17, a senior, between sobs. ``I'll never, ever drive fast again. Just looking at the skid marks gives me the chills.'' CAPTION(S): 5 photos Photo: (1) SMITH (2) BELL (3 -- color) Friends of two teens killed in a car crash Sunday in Saugus console each other. The two died in a car that hit a wall. (4 -- color in SAC edition only) A friend kneels and prays while another watches by the ruins of a wall that the car hit outside a Saugus home. (5 -- ran in SAC edition only) A makeshift memorial springs up at the scene of Sunday's fatal car crash, in which two Saugus High School seniors died. Investigators say the car exceeded 100 mph at the time of the crash. Shaun Dyer/Special to the Daily News |
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