ROLLED SUV TIES UP I-5; I INJURED.Byline: Daily News VALENCIA - Two lanes of the northbound Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. were closed midday Tuesday after a sport utility vehicle rolled over, leaving a passenger injured. Veronica Salmeron, 32, of Compton was traveling north at about 60 mph when the right rear tire on her 1995 Ford Explorer
The Ford Explorer is a mid-size sport utility vehicle sold in North America and built by the Ford Motor Company since 1990. separated and she lost control of her vehicle, Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. Officer Paul Peterson said. The Explorer overturned and came to rest on its roof, according to the 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 report. Salmeron and four of her passengers were wearing seat belts and suffered minor injuries. But Jose Rios, 25, of Los Angeles was riding unsecured in the cargo area of the car and was partially thrown from the vehicle. He suffered a compound fracture compound fracture n. See open fracture. Compound fracture A fracture in which the broken end or ends of the bone have torn through the skin. to his right arm and severe scratches to his left arm. Salmeron was not cited. Two lanes of the freeway were closed for about an hour between noon and 1 p.m. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: CHP officers clean up the scene of an overturned SUV that tied up two northbound lanes of I-5 near McBean Parkway on Tuesday for an hour around noon. David Crane/Daily News |
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