CRASH KILLS PALMDALE HIGH TEEN MOTORCYCLE JUST PURCHASED.Byline: Greg Botonis Staff Writer PALMDALE - Friends and classmates Classmates can refer to either:
'''Palmdale High School senior whose motorcycle collided with a car that pulled out in front of him on a busy Palmdale street. Riding a motorcycle that friends said he bought four days earlier, Timothy Colflesh, 17, was killed riding to Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. to check out classes for the following year. ``I just can't believe he's gone,'' said 16-year-old Tom Behning, one of the mourners who gathered Tuesday at Avenue R and Lemsford Avenue after the 4 p.m. crash to create a memorial of flowers, candles and stuffed animals
A stuffed animal is toy animal stuffed with straw, beans, cotton or other similar materials. Some stuffed animals are very old – home made cloth dolls stuffed with straw go back to at least the . Colflesh was riding his 1979 Yamaha west on Avenue R when the driver of a Chrysler New Yorker stopped at the stop sign on Lemsford, then pulled onto Avenue R to make a left turn. Deputies said motorist Sergio Avilez, 41, of Palmdale told them he saw the motorcycle heading his way but believed he had time to make the left turn. Colflesh applied the motorcycle's front brake and lost control, sliding into the Chrysler's left rear side, and was thrown to the pavement, officials said. Officials said they believe the teen died on impact. Avilez 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. . Investigators said alcohol and speed did not appear to play a part in the collision. Colflesh was riding at about the speed limit and was wearing safety equipment including a helmet. Colflesh's friends said he was extremely careful on his new motorcycle. ``He was just in love with that bike,'' said one friend who asked that her name not be used. ``That's all he talked about. Some of us were really scared for him though. People just don't pay attention to their driving out here.'' A crisis intervention crisis intervention Psychiatry The counseling of a person suffering from a stressful life event–eg, AIDS, cancer, death, divorce, by providing mental and moral support. See Hotline. team, made up primarily of school psychologists, was sent to Palmdale High on Wednesday to help students cope with their schoolmate's death. The team members will be on hand at the school as long as they are needed, officials said. Fund-raisers are in the works to help Colflesh's family with burial and funeral services funeral service n → misa de cuerpo presente funeral service n → service m funèbre funeral service funeral n but nothing has been finalized See finalization. yet, officials said. Greg Botonis, (661) 267-7802 gregory.botonis(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) COLFLESH (2) A makeshift memorial grows Wednesday at the intersection of Lemsford Avenue and Avenue R in Palmdale, where Timothy Colflesh, 17, was killed a day earlier riding a motorcycle he had only recently bought. Phil McCarten/Staff Photographer |
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