GIRL INJURED IN FREEWAY PILEUP; CRASHES SNARL HIGHWAY 14 AS RAINY SEASON BEGINS.Byline: Teresa Jimenez Daily News Staff Writer A 16-vehicle pileup on the rain-slick 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. left a young girl in critical condition Monday and heralded the start of what is expected to be a very rainy winter. The 1:17 p.m. pileup closed three of the four southbound lanes from Placerita Canyon to San Fernando roads, and backed up traffic onto Sierra Highway as motorists tried to escape the snarled 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. freeway, said California Highway Patrol Officer Wendy Moore. ``It's a mess out there,'' said 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 Kara Kara (kär`ə), river, c.140 mi (230 km) long, NE European and NW Siberian Russia. It flows N from the N Urals into the Kara Sea, forming part of the traditional border between European and Asian Russia. It is navigable in its lower course. Ellis. Among the crash victims was a 4-year-old girl, who suffered severe head injuries. She was transported 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 in Granada Hills, and was expected to be transferred to Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, officials said. The girl's mother suffered a broken hip and was listed in stable condition at Providence Holy Cross, officials said. Late Monday afternoon, investigators still were trying to sort out the cause of the crash. ``We don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what started it,'' Moore said. ``All we know was that it was multiple collisions. Rain wasn't the cause - rain was a contributing factor.'' Debris from wreckage still was strewn strew tr.v. strewed, strewn or strewed, strew·ing, strews 1. To spread here and there; scatter: strewing flowers down the aisle. 2. about the freeway hours later as CHP officers and county firefighters continued their probe. Tow trucks lined up to haul away the twisted cars. Monday's storm, which dropped about an inch of rain on the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. , contributed to dozens of collisions around the region. Later in the day, a car spun out of control on the Antelope Valley Freeway near Via Princessa, causing the brief closure of the southbound lanes. Details were unavailable in the late afternoon. Vladimir Rushko, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service, said the storm should let up this morning, though another one is due to move in by evening, he said. A third storm is expected late Thursday or early Friday, Rushko said. ``There will be a brief lull and then the next storm will come in,'' Rushko said. ``There will be brief breaks.'' Monday's rain marked the beginning of Southern California's anticipated wet winter season, Rushko said. Earlier rains were more tropical, he said. Valley areas received one-fourth to three-fourths inch of rain, while the mountain areas received 1 to 2 inches, Rushko said. High temperatures for the Santa Clarita Valley this week are expected to reach the low 60s, and lows are expected in the 50s, Rushko said. |
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