FIREFIGHTERS FREE DRIVER IN 14 CRASH PICKUP HITS TANKER ON FREEWAY, TRAPPING MOTORIST IN SMALL TRUCK.Byline: CONNIE LLANOS llanos (yä`nōs), Spanish American term for prairies, specifically those of the Orinoco River basin of N South America, in Venezuela and E Colombia. Staff Writer NEWHALL -- A speeding pickup truck hit the back of a slow-moving tanker truck Tuesday on the southbound Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. , leaving one man seriously injured, the California Highway Patrol said. The collision occurred about 11:55 a.m. just south of San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the . Benigno Villanueva, 40, driving a full-size pickup, hit the right rear of a tanker truck, 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 Michelle Esposito said. The collision smashed the roof of his truck, trapping him. Tanker driver Josue Munoz, 28, of Palmdale was traveling 15 to 20 mph in the slow lane, Esposito said. Villanueva tried to swerve to avoid hitting the truck, but he hit its right rear, Esposito said. Firefighters helped free him, and he was taken to Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Providence Holy Cross Medical Center is a hospital in Mission Hills, California, USA. The hospital has 254 beds, and is part of Providence Health & Services. History with major head trauma and broken ribs. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: This pickup was ripped open when the driver hit the back of a tanker Tuesday on the southbound Antelope Valley Freeway. The driver was not breathing when CHP officers arrived on the scene. Firefighters freed the victim, and he was hospitalized with major head injuries. David Crane/Staff Photographer |
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