FIVE DEAD SO FAR ON HIGHWAYS THIS HOLIDAY.Byline: - Staff and Wire Services The Memorial Day weekend got off to a deadly start, with at least five people killed locally in traffic crashes, including two motorcyclists who died in Burbank and a man whose car hit a bus, authorities said Saturday. Westley Williams, 18, of 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. , was killed about 8 a.m. Saturday when his car slammed head-on into the MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. bus in South Los Angeles South Los Angeles is the official name for a large geographic and cultural area lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The area was formerly called South Central Los Angeles, and is still sometimes called South Central. , authorities said. The bus driver and at least four passengers suffered minor injuries. Authorities said Williams was dressed in formal attire and apparently had attended a school prom the night before. About 12:30 a.m. Saturday, a 36-year-old motorcyclist and his 23- year-old female passenger died when their bike slammed into the side of a vehicle turning at Victory Boulevard Victory Boulevard is a major thoroughfare on Staten Island, measuring approximately 8.0 miles (12.87 km) and stretching from the west shore community of Travis to the upper east shore communities of St. George and Tompkinsville. and Myers Street in Burbank, police said. Their names were not released, pending notification of their relatives. A car crash at 1:35 a.m. Saturday in Industry left the unidentified driver dead and his three passengers injured. An hour later, the California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. got a call that a driver had been thrown from his car onto the connector from the southbound San Diego (405) to the Harbor Transit Way (110) freeways. He was pronounced dead at the scene. |
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