TEEN DIES AFTER FATAL CRASH STOLEN-MOTOR HOME SUSPECT MAY BE CHARGED IN TWO HIGHWAY DEATHS.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer After clinging to life for four days, a teenager has died from injuries he suffered when a stolen motor home fleeing sheriff's deputies after a fatal crash struck a car full of young people. Sixteen-year-old Lancaster High School Lancaster High School may refer to:
``He was a caring, God-believing kid. He was reading the Bible and would say, 'Dad, I can't put it down,''' father Stevie McWright said Wednesday. ``He knew if he died, he would go to heaven. He told my niece (that) the day of the accident.'' The boy's death raises the possibility of a second murder charge against 40-year-old Christopher Hall of Palmdale, who was charged Tuesday with second-degree murder in the death of Lilian Mary Arevalo minutes before the crash that injured the teenagers. Hall has pleaded not guilty to 23 counts, including second-degree murder, attempted murder In the criminal law, attempted murder is committed when the defendant does an act that is more than merely preparatory to the commission of the crime of murder and, at the time of these acts, the person has a specific intention to kill. , assault with a deadly weapon Assault with a Deadly Weapon is the term used to describe the act of threatening to harm one or more people by using a weapon (usually a firearm). Here, assault must be differentiated from battery as they are often confused. Assault is threatening to use force. , and driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol, causing injury. Hall was charged with murder in Arevalo's death under the theory that a person is aware of the consequences of driving while the under the influence of drugs or alcohol, said Sandi Gibbons Famous people named Gibbons include:
Hall was already on probation for battery on a peace officer after an arrest last month by Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, deputies. He was being held without bail. The motor home that hit Arevalo's car, three others, and then the one containing the teenagers had been stolen from a Pearblossom gasoline station, probably within one to three hours of the first fatal crash. Owner Louise Dott said she had parked the motor home at the station to sell it and had last checked on it Friday morning. She found out it was stolen when a sheriff's deputy called her after the crashes. A detective showed her a photo of the long-haired, disheveled Hall, but she didn't recognize him as anyone who had talked to her about buying the vehicle, Dott said. ``I had not seen him before,'' Dott said. The 28-foot-long motor home hit Arevalo's car after 4 p.m. Saturday on 47th Street East, south of Avenue R-8. Arevalo's car went out of control and crashed into a utility pole A utility pole, telegraph pole, telephone pole, power pole, or telegraph post is a post or pole upon which telecommunication network equipment is situated. . The motor home kept going, allegedly causing two other minor collisions before deputies spotted it near Avenue P and 26th Street East, deputies said. Deputies pursued the motor home for about eight minutes until it crashed into two more cars at Palmdale Boulevard and 50th Street East. The car containing Brian McWright was dragged more than 100 feet before the motor home overturned. Hall was arrested there. Brian McWright, his 21-year-old brother Steven, a cousin visiting from Louisiana, and Steven's girlfriend were on their way to a Juneteenth celebration at Jackie Robinson Noun 1. Jackie Robinson - United States baseball player; first Black to play in the major leagues (1919-1972) Jack Roosevelt Robinson, Robinson Park in Littlerock when the crash occurred. Brian McWright was going to start his sophomore year at Lancaster High School in the fall and was in Junior ROTC, said his father. The teenager loved to eat and cook, baking cheesecakes for the holidays and making German chocolate cakes The German Chocolate Cake is a layered chocolate-buttermilk cake filled and topped with a coconut-pecan frosting. History This cake was not actually invented by Germans. The original recipe was sent by a homemaker in Dallas in 1957 to a newspaper in Texas. for his father from scratch. Almost without fail every night before turning in, Brian McWright would tell his parents good night and that he loved them. He would wake them if they were asleep. ``He was a wonderful kid, always smiling. He loved to jump on the trampoline trampoline Resilient sheet or web (often of nylon) supported by springs in a metal frame and used as a springboard and landing area in tumbling. Trampolining is an individual sport of acrobatic movements performed after rebounding into the air from the trampoline. and play basketball. He was never mad,'' his father said. ``He was special. Every picture taken of him, he glowed.'' The family was in the process Tuesday of trying to set up a fund at a local bank to help pay for burial expenses. Funeral services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Tuesday at 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 Christian Center in Lancaster. The criminal complaint against Hall also names as victims six deputies in the attempted murder and assault on a peace officer charges. Karen Maeshiro, (661) 267-5744 karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color -- ran in AV edition only) McWRIGHT |
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