DUMP TRUCK OVERTURNS ON FREEWAY.Byline: -Daily News CASTAIC - A truck driver swerving Tuesday night to avoid an abandoned tire on Interstate 5 lost control of his rig, which overturned on The Old Road. Eduardo Jiminez, 43, of Houston, was driving a three-axle dump truck in the southbound south·bound adj. Going toward the south. southbound Adjective going towards the south Adj. 1. lanes of the Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. when he reportedly saw a tire/wheel combination in his lane and tried to avoid it. Officer Wendy Hahn of the California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. said Jiminez veered to the right, went through the chain-link fence, down the embankment and hit a fence on The Old Road near Hillcrest hill·crest n. The summit line of a hill. Parkway. He was trapped in the overturned truck, but suffered only minor injuries. |
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