SPEEDING CAR FLIPS, KILLING DRIVER.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Staff Writer PALMDALE - One young man died, a second was near death and two others were 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. Saturday when a compact car ran off the 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. and flipped several times down an embankment, California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. officials said. Witnesses told 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 the Saturn had been weaving through traffic at more than 90 mph and brushed another vehicle before it skidded off the freeway south of where it crosses over 10th Street West. Names were not immediately released after the 1:29 p.m. crash. All four occupants appeared to be in their teens or early 20s and were believed to be from Bakersfield, where the car was registered, CHP officers said. The driver died despite wearing a seat belt. Two passengers who were thrown from the car were critically injured, officials said. A third passenger crawled out of the wreckage by himself. The most critically injured passenger was believed to be a brother of the driver, officials said. Officers didn't know if the ejected passengers were belted and said the car rolled so many times they might have been thrown out despite seat belts. The two critically injured passengers were taken to Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Hospital and the third to Lancaster Community Hospital This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. . The motorist whose vehicle was brushed by the Saturn was not injured. His vehicle suffered only scratches to a fender, CHP officers said. Charles F. Bostwick, (661) 267-5742 chuck.bostwick(at)dailynews.com |
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