SUV SLIDES INTO TRAFFIC 2 MOTORCYCLISTS KILLED IN RAIN.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Staff Writer PALMDALE - Two Nevada motorcyclists riding with a group of Vietnam veterans This article is about the French band. For veterans of the Vietnam War, see Vietnam veteran. The Vietnam Veterans were a six-person French psychedelic group that released six records in the 1980s. The band was praised by many alternative music publications. were killed Monday morning on a rain-slick 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. overpass when a sport-utility vehicle sport-u·til·i·ty vehicle n. Abbr. SUV A four-wheel-drive vehicle with a roomy body, designed for off-road travel. slid on a onramp and veered into traffic. The Toyota 4Runner “4Runner” redirects here. For the country music group 4 Runner, see 4 Runner. The Toyota 4Runner is an SUV manufactured by Toyota and sold in countries such as the United States, Canada, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Australia and Chile from 1984 to the present. first hit a Mazda Miata sports car, then hit one of the motorcycles, which was shoved into the second motorcycle. The second motorcyclist was knocked off the freeway overpass and landed on the sidewalk of the street below, officials said. ``Everybody, when you're driving in the rain, you need to reduce your speed,'' California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. Officer Ben Moya said. The motorcyclists were identified as Timothy Janssen, 53, of Reno and Lon Williams, 59, of Carson City Carson City, city (1990 pop. 40,443), state capital, W Nev., in the Eagle valley; inc. 1875. The city is a trade center for a mining and agricultural area. State government is the major employer, and tourism is economically important. . The two men had been traveling in a Vietnam Veterans Motorcycle Club This article is about "American-style" motorcycle clubs (MCs) as a specific cultural phenomenon, not motorcycle riding clubs in the generic sense of the term. A Motorcycle Club group, Moya said. Two other club members on motorcycles, along with one's wife, had been riding ahead of the two who were hit. The Miata driver, 58-year-old William Richards of Palmdale, was treated at Antelope Valley Hospital and sent home. The 4Runner's occupants, 25-year-old Lachondra Cooper of Palmdale and her daughter, were not injured, Moya said. The wreck, which happened about 8:15 a.m. north of Rancho Vista Boulevard, tied up traffic on the Antelope Valley Freeway for more than three hours. Monday's storm dropped 0.2 inches of rain by early afternoon in Palmdale, bringing to 7.95 inches the season total since October. The average total by this time is 7.01 inches. National Weather Service forecasters said the rain would halt today, with partly cloudy skies and afternoon high temperatures up to about 60 degrees. A chance of showers is expected to return Thursday through Friday, with partly cloudy skies Saturday and mostly clear weather Sunday. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color -- in AV edition only) Cleanup work and investigation keep commuter traffic away Monday morning on the Antelope Valley Freeway after two men on motorcycles were killed when a sport-utility vehicle slid into traffic. John McCoy/Staff Photographer |
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