MAN KILLED AFTER 2-CAR COLLISION.Byline: - Daily News A Ventura County man died Sunday after his commercial pickup truck struck another vehicle, slammed into a metal power pole power pole Noun Austral & NZ a pole carrying an overhead power line and flipped over near the railroad tracks at the 8700 block of Canoga Avenue near Parthenia Street, police said. The dead man's identity was not released pending notification of relatives. Officials said he lived in Moorpark and was 46 years old. The crash occurred at 2:35 p.m. The driver of the other car, Mario Cortez, 41, said he lived nearby and was not injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. . Speaking in Spanish through a translator, Cortez called the crash ``tragic.'' ``Apparently what happened was the (truck driver) was going northbound north·bound adj. Going toward the north. northbound Adjective going towards the north Adj. 1. in the fast lane and there was a car in front of him,'' said Sgt. John Amott of the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . . ``When he passed he hit (Cortez) in the right
lane.''
Police said the impact from the man's red Toyota pickup caused Cortez's older model red Toyota Celica For the high-performance versions of the Celica, see . The Toyota Celica name has been applied to a series of popular pony cars made by the Japanese company Toyota. The name is ultimately derived from the Latin word coelica to hit and shear off a communications pole at the base. The front right fender above the wheel of the Celica was ripped off from the impact. |
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