TRAIN-CAR FATAL STILL SUICIDE, SAY COPS INJURED PARTNER REBUTS DEATH TRY.Byline: RICK COCA Staff Writer Four days after a man drove his car into the path of a Metrolink train in Sun Valley, killing himself and injuring his girlfriend, police are now saying the woman doesn't remember what happened, but are still calling it an attempted murder-suicide. Based on eyewitness accounts and a recorded statement from the woman, Michelle Wright Michelle Wright (born July 1 1961 in Morpeth, Ontario) is a Canadian country music singer. She is one of the country's most widely recognised and awarded female country singers of the '90s, winning the Canadian Country Music Awards (CCMA) Fans' Choice Entertainer Of The Year Award , detectives believe Brandon Funches deliberately drove onto the tracks Monday and parked his car. In the statement, taken Tuesday from Wright's hospital bed, where she is recovering from a concussion and other injuries, she told detectives the couple was arguing before the crash, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. police Lt. George Rock George Rock (October 11, 1919 - April 12, 1988) was a member of Spike Jones and His City Slickers. In addition to being a trumpet player, he also sang with the group from time to time, using a voice characterization that sounded like a child. said. Earlier this week, Rock said Wright told police that Funches tried to kill her and himself. But now, Rock is backing off that statement, saying she told police she has little recollection of what occurred in the moments before or during the crash. "She doesn't remember how she got on the tracks or if Funches made any statement at the end or if he made an effort to get out (of the car) or not," Rock said. "The eyewitnesses saw him drive around the stopped cars and the down (crossing) arm and stop on the tracks. ... We have what appears to be, from the action of the driver, that it was an intentional act, and that's how we're classifying it." In a phone interview from her hospital bed, an emotional Wright, 23, of Los Angeles denied early reports that she told police Funches intentionally killed himself or tried to kill her. "They're saying that I said my boyfriend tried to kill me," she said. "He didn't try to kill me." Wright said she and Funches, 21, of South Los Angeles South Los Angeles is the official name for a large geographic and cultural area lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The area was formerly called South Central Los Angeles, and is still sometimes called South Central. were in the Sun Valley area looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a part for Funches' car. Wright also denied telling police that the couple was arguing, despite the recorded statement. "Before we went to get the car part, we were kissing," Wright said, adding tearfully that Funches told her last week he wanted to marry her soon. "He told me he was buying the ring," she said. "He was a nice, beautiful person." The train was traveling at nearly 80 mph when it hit the rear-passenger side of Funches' 2005 Dodge Magnum The Dodge Magnum name has been used on a number of different automobiles. The most recent is a large rear-wheel drive station wagon introduced in 2004 for the 2005 model year. near Branford Street and San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the . rick.coca(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3329 |
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