MAN KILLED IN RAINY DAY CRASH.Byline: Daily News PIRU PIRU Public Information Reference Unit PIRU People in Red Uniform (band) - A 29-year-old Port Hueneme Port Hueneme (wī'nē`mē), city (1990 pop. 20,319), Ventura co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast; founded 1870, inc. 1948. It has an artificial deep-sea harbor and is the site of a huge naval construction-battalion (Seabee) center. man was killed and his 17-month-old daughter critically injured in a head-on collision on rain-slick Highway 126, authorities said Monday. Kenneth Paul Ames Jr. was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which occurred about 3:15 p.m. Sunday, officials said. His daughter, Paige Ames, was transported to Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital in Valencia, then later transferred to UCLA Medical Center UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. It is rated as one of the top three hospitals in the United States and is the top hospital on the West Coast according to US News & World Report. . Ames was eastbound in a 1992 Ford Ranger pickup about a mile east of Center Street in Piru when he lost control and crossed into the westbound lanes, hitting another 1992 Ranger. Authorities were investigating whether the truck might have hydroplaned on the rain-slick highway. The unidentified driver of the second truck was taken to Santa Paula Hospital Santa Paula Hospital (SPH) is a hospital in Santa Paula, California, USA. The hospital is a campus of the Ventura County Medical Center. SPH has 145 full-time employees, 30 shared patient beds, and 19 private patient rooms[1]. with moderate injuries, officials said. |
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