HIGH SCHOOL IN MOURNING TWO HIGHLAND STUDENTS DEAD, 4 INJURED IN LEONA VALLEY CAR CRASH.Byline: Greg Botonis and Karen Maeshiro Staff Writers LEONA VALLEY - Highland High School Highland High School or Highlands High School may refer to: In the United States:
tr.v. par·a·lyzed, par·a·lyz·ing, par·a·lyz·es 1. To affect with paralysis; cause to be paralytic. 2. To make unable to move or act: paralyzed by fear. . A Honda sedan, loaded with six teens after classes were let out early for back-to-school night, ran off a curve Thursday afternoon on winding two- lane Bouquet Canyon Road, plunging into a brush-filled ravine. Alcohol was suspected to be a factor in the crash, the California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. said in a statement. ``They were the type of kids who enjoyed being around a lot of people, and that's why they had such a tremendous impact on campus. These were the types of kids who enjoyed being around kids,'' Principal Pat Iaccino said Friday. ``We dealt with hundreds of kids today, just trying to deal with their emotional situation - and with our staff,'' she said. Killed were driver Juan Carlos Juan Car·los Born 1938. King of Spain (since 1975) who acceded to the throne on the death of Francisco Franco and helped restore parliamentary democracy. Noun 1. Rodriguez, 18, a Highland senior, and junior Priscilla Cifuentes, 15. Senior David Estrada David Estrada (born December 19, 1978) is a Guatemalan-Mexican boxer who is from Chicago. Amateur Career David Estrada is originally from Chicago where he started his amateur career. , 17, was reported hospitalized and on life support Friday and sophomore Richard Skinner, 17, was feared to be paralyzed with a broken neck, school officials said. Seventeen-year-olds Gregorio Canales and Adonte Medley, a former Highland student who now attends Desert Winds Continuation High School A continuation high school is an alternative to a comprehensive high school primarily for students who are considered at-risk of not graduating at the normal pace. The requirements to graduate are the same but the scheduling is more flexible to allow students to earn their credits , survived with what 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 officers described as minor injuries. Medley was the only teen wearing a seat belt. The four who were killed or most seriously injured had been thrown from the compact car as it overturned after running off the road. CHP officials said the Honda had been heading north at about the 55 mph speed limit, traveling in the middle of a string of cars on the popular commuter route, when it went out of control at the end of a right-hand curve. At the crash site Friday, 2 1/2 miles south of Elizabeth Lake Road, schoolmates erected a plywood memorial bearing a cross made of drumsticks and photocopied photos of the crash victims. Counselors and psychologists from other schools were sent to Highland to help console hundreds of grieving students and teachers. School officials said they had never seen anything quite like Friday's massive outpouring of grief. ``You walk into a class and half of the kids are crying,'' Antelope Valley Union High School District The Antelope Valley Union High School District (A.V.U.H.S.D.) is located in the Antelope Valley area of California, in northern Los Angeles County. The district includes eight public high schools, one trade school, and two continuation high schools in the cities of Palmdale trustee Donita Winn said. ``There were kids in the gym, kids in the theater, kids in the commons area, kids in the bathrooms, just inconsolable.'' Many students left school early. ``My daughter was devastated dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. ,'' said parent Tom Cox, whose sobbing 16- year-old daughter, Kelly, called him at work to pick her up after learning of the deaths on her arrival at school. ``She knew one of the kids and said they were really close. I couldn't even tell who it was on the phone because of the way she was crying.'' Greg Botonis, (661) 267-7802 gregory.botonis(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1) Richard Skinner Highland sophomore, 17 (2) Priscilla Cifuentes Highland junior, 15 (3) David Estrada Highland senior, 17 |
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