DRIVER, WALKER DIE IN COLLISIONS ON 101 FREEWAY; SEPARATE INCIDENTS SHUT LANES.Byline: Cecilia Chan Staff Writer Two people were killed Thursday in unrelated collisions on the Ventura Freeway The Ventura Freeway is a freeway in southern California running from Ventura to Pasadena. It is the principal east-west route through Ventura County and in the southern San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County. , including a crash that snarled snarl 1 v. snarled, snarl·ing, snarls v.intr. 1. To growl viciously while baring the teeth. 2. To speak angrily or threateningly. v.tr. morning rush-hour traffic for miles, authorities said. Kathryn Christensen, 43, of Clifton Park, N.Y., died in an 8:40 a.m. crash north of the Moorpark Freeway that injured four other motorists, California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. Officer Dave Cockrill said. ``Two of the four lanes were closed for three hours,'' Cockrill said. ``Traffic was backed up quite a way into L.A. County on the 101. Traffic on the southbound 23 was impacted, as well.'' Christensen was driving in the right lane on the northbound side of 101 when her mid-1980s Ford LTD careened across the four-lane highway and was hit broadside by a Chevrolet pickup truck Chevrolet has produced full sized pickup trucks under many nameplates and platforms:
Christensen's car flipped onto its roof, killing her instantly. Her passenger, Brian Christensen, suffered internal injuries and was undergoing surgery Thursday afternoon at Los Robles Robles is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning oaks, and may refer to:
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Cockrill said it was not immediately known whether Christensen lost control of her car while she was trying to change lanes or the car malfunctioned. At 3:55 a.m., Salvatore Adragna, a 53-year-old pedestrian from Ventura, was killed when he was hit by a northbound big rig when he tried to cross the freeway north of Ventu Park Road. Adragna earlier had been given rides off the darkened dark·en v. dark·ened, dark·en·ing, dark·ens v.tr. 1. a. To make dark or darker. b. To give a darker hue to. 2. To fill with sadness; make gloomy. 3. freeway in a Ventura County sheriff's patrol car and in a California Highway Patrol car, but apparently went back, authorities said. Larry McGuffee of Sandy, Utah, who was driving the big rig, was not injured. Three traffic lanes were closed until 6 a.m., but there was very little northbound traffic, Cockrill said. ``Most of the traffic at that time of the day is headed into L.A., anyway,'' he said. CAPTION(S): Map Map: Ventura Freeway Bradford Mar/Staff Artist |
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