FREEWAY CRASH KILLS FATHER OF 1.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer A karaoke disc jockey disc jockey (DJ) Person who plays recorded music on radio or television or at a nightclub or other live venue. Disc jockey programs became the economic base of many radio stations in the U.S. after World War II. on his way home from work was killed early Tuesday when his car drifted off the 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. and overturned, California Highway Patrol officials said. Danny Garcia II lost control of his car and crashed into a freeway call box around 3:20 a.m. near Avenue C, 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 officials said. Garcia was thrown from the 1998 Mazda 626 after it drifted off the side of the road, traveled 300 feet and hit the call box, then rolled another 300 feet. He was airlifted to a local hospital but died 4-1/2 hours later. ``He totally destroyed the call box. Once he hit that he began to roll and continued rolling,'' said CHP Sgt. Robert Hurlbert. ``He was still alive at the scene but very, very injured. He had massive head and facial injuries facial injuries, n.pl trauma to the face and its associated structures, most frequently from traffic accidents, contact sports, and domestic conflicts. .'' Garcia was returning home from his job at O'Hara's Cantina can·ti·na n. Southwestern U.S. A bar that serves liquor. [Spanish, canteen, from Italian, wine cellar.] after stopping off at Wal-Mart, his father said. He was less than four miles from his home when the crash happened. Garcia and his father, also named Danny Garcia, on Friday had opened an American Indian crafts store, The Last Outpost, at 90th Street West and Rosamond Boulevard. ``This was our dream,'' said the elder Garcia. ``We had been planning this for a long time.'' Proud of his heritage, the younger Garcia, a Chiricahua Apache, often was known by his Indian name of Lone Wolf. Father to an 18-month-old girl, Danny Garcia II played a variety of instruments and had just been asked to sing at the Grand Ole Opry Grand Ole Opry, weekly American radio program featuring live country and western music. The nation's oldest continuous radio show, it was first broadcast in 1925 on Nashville's WSM as an amateur showcase. and do some background singing for Disney Studios, his father said. ``He was known throughout the valley for his voice,'' the elder Garcia said. ``Danny was one who was filled with dreams.'' |
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