CRASHES KILL 3, SNARL FREEWAYS.Byline: Jesse Hiestand and Lisa Van Proyen Daily News Staff Writers A rash of crashes on 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. freeways Friday left three dead, numerous people injured and traffic jammed to a near standstill, in one case for much of the day. Among the worst of it: A motorcyclist was killed in a 10:40 a.m. crash involving a big rig Big Rig was a punk band from the San Francisco Bay Area fronted by singer/songwriter Jesse Michaels. Michaels performed with the group after the break up of his previous project, Operation Ivy, and before forming the band Common Rider. and a car on the northbound San Diego Freeway The San Diego Freeway (Interstate 405, and the part of Interstate 5 south of the El Toro Y[1]) is one of the principal north-south highways in Southern California, and the major beltway of I-5 running through Southern California. in the Sepulveda Pass Sepulveda Pass (el. 1130 ft. / 334 m.) is a mountain pass through the Santa Monica Mountains in Los Angeles, California. It is often called Poop-Out Pass, a phrase once used by now-deceased traffic reporter Bill Keene. . The incident reduced the freeway to one lane, creating a five-hour traffic jam. A woman was killed in a car-truck crash just after 2 p.m. in a Chatsworth intersection. Six children and one adult were injured just before 7 a.m. in a wreck east of downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or when a car collided with a school bus with 17 pupils headed to Pacoima Middle School. A woman whose car collided with a pickup truck on the westbound Ventura Freeway at 5:40 a.m. suffered major injuries. ``It's just one of those Fridays,'' said Sgt. Steve Munday of the California Highway Patrol's West Valley office. ``What's happening today can't really be chalked up to any particular traffic pattern. The only time you really see that is when people are trying to get out of town on holidays.'' Police said an unsafe lane change by the big rig is suspected of being the cause of the Sepulveda Pass crash. William Axsum, 37, of Santa Monica was killed, coroner's officials said. ``A motorcycle, a big rig and a Jaguar were northbound on the 405, approaching Skirball Center Drive,'' 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 Giovanni Trejo said. The big rig made an unsafe lane change and hit the Jaguar, which spun into the path of the motorcycle, he said. Details were not available in the fatal car-truck crash at Topanga Canyon Boulevard and Chatsworth Street. In the bus crash on a transition between the Golden State and San Gabriel freeways, the six pupils, ages 11 and 12, received minor injuries, said Officer M. Lopez of the CHP's Central Division. They were taken to three area hospitals. A 20-year-old passenger in the car that struck the Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. bus was hospitalized and in serious condition, CHP officials said. In the Ventura Freeway crash, the woman, who was driving a Hyundai Excel, hit a large piece of metal on the freeway west of Reseda Boulevard, lost control and hit a Nissan pickup truck, CHP Officer Doug Reynolds said. The woman was in the intensive-care unit with major injuries at Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge Hospital Medical Center is a hospital in the Northridge town of Los Angeles, California, USA. It is currently operated by Catholic Healthcare West. History The hospital was founded in 1955 by Dr. , CHP officials said. Her 15-year-old son was treated and released. |
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