DRIVER CRITICALLY HURT AS TANKER FLIPS.Byline: - Daily News The driver of a tanker truck was critically injured when his vehicle, loaded with more than 9,000 gallons of fuel, overturned 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. in Calabasas, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. . The driver, 36-year-old Alberto Castro of Ventura, was airlifted to UCLA Medical Center UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. It is rated as one of the top three hospitals in the United States and is the top hospital on the West Coast according to US News & World Report. and was listed in guarded condition late Wednesday, police said. The crash occurred about 11 p.m. Tuesday, snarling 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. Wednesday morning's commute through the Valley as traffic backed up for 12 miles while cleanup crews cleared the wreckage. Signs along the westbound Ventura Freeway in Sherman Oaks, and 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. , indicated up to a 90-minute delay for motorists heading toward Ventura County. Traffic began to slow at White Oak Avenue and stopped dead at Reseda Boulevard. The crash occurred on the westbound Ventura Freeway just west of Las Virgenes Road when the driver drifted into a dirt embankment, causing the truck to overturn. The truck belongs to USA Petroleum. Emergency personnel rescued the trapped driver, who suffered major head injuries and facial fractures. Several lanes of the freeway were shut down while crews cleaned up more than 8,000 gallons of fuel that spilled onto the road and seeped into the soil. Investigators expected to reopen all eastbound lanes at 10 p.m. Wednesday. CAPTION(S): photo, map Photo: Traffic on the westbound Ventura Freeway coming down the Calabasas Grade slowed Wednesday as crews clean up wreckage of a fuel tanker that overturned Tuesday night. Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer Map: Tanker overturned |
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