CRASH OF STOLEN JEEP KILLS DRIVER.Byline: -Daily News ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST The Angeles National Forest (ANF) was established by executive order on December 20, 1892 as the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve. It covers over 2,600 km² (650,000 acres) and is located in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, just north of the metropolitan area of Los - A Monrovia man driving a stolen 1991 Jeep Cherokee Jeep Cherokee can refer to five different SUV models produced by Jeep from 1974 to the present:
n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. reported. The crash on Angeles Forest Highway The Angeles Forest Highway traverses the Angeles National Forest and connects the Los Angeles basin to the Antelope Valley by going up and over the San Gabriel Mountains. The highway is variously known as County Road N-3 or FH-59 or the Palmdale cutoff. It is about 25 miles long. was reported about 10:15 a.m. Saturday, according to a 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 statement. A 48-year-old Monrovia man was driving the Jeep south on Angeles Forest Highway when the vehicle veered into an oncoming lane on a curve and struck a northbound Ducati motorcycle. The Jeep then hit the mountainside, throwing the driver against the steering wheel, according to the statement. The vehicle was not equipped with an air bag, and the driver apparently was not wearing a seat belt, according to the statement. The Monrovia man was later pronounced dead. ``Based on the odor of alcohol from inside (the Jeep), and a large beer can on the floor, it is also believed that (the driver) may have been under the influence at the time of the collision,'' according to the statement. The motorcyclist - a 28-year-old Redondo Beach man - was taken to Huntington Memorial Hospital for treatment of major injuries, officers said. The Jeep had been reported stolen from the Palmdale area, according to the CHP. |
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