TRUCK CRASH IS DEJA VU FOR CHP.Byline: Cynthia Teed Daily News Staff Writer A big rig Big Rig was a punk band from the San Francisco Bay Area fronted by singer/songwriter Jesse Michaels. Michaels performed with the group after the break up of his previous project, Operation Ivy, and before forming the band Common Rider. that lost its brakes early Wednesday and caused a nine-vehicle pile-up pile·up or pile-up n. 1. Informal A serious collision usually involving several motor vehicles. 2. An accumulation: "the pile-up of unsold autos" on a busy Newhall freeway interchange was involved in a crash in November - also blamed on faulty brakes, the Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. reported. It was a different driver this time - Alex Evans, 41, of Los Angeles, who suffered chest injuries in the 9 a.m. crash on 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. truck route approaching the 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. , said 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 Officer Doug Sweeney. The interchange, jammed with commuters, was closed for two hours for investigation and cleanup. Evans was airlifted to Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Providence Holy Cross Medical Center is a hospital in Mission Hills, California, USA. The hospital has 254 beds, and is part of Providence Health & Services. History in critical condition. No other serious injuries were reported, though five people were checked at hospitals, officers said. Witnesses said Evans was traveling faster than the traffic flow. Subsequent investigation found that seven of 10 brakes on his tractor-trailer were out of adjustment, according to CHP officers. Evans was driving for San Jose-based Chano Trucking. During Wednesday's investigation, Officers Don Pellegrino and Michelle Esposito recalled a similar accident on Nov. 17 in the same area involving the same truck, Sweeney said. In that case, officials determined the truck's brakes were faulty. Witnesses Wednesday said that as the truck Evans was driving rounded the curve, southbound on the transition road, it rear-ended a 1999 Chevrolet Cavalier driven by Cecilia Henkle, 48, of Valencia, Sweeney said. The truck then swerved, rear-ended and sideswiped a 1999 Suburban driven by Danielle Doglash, 32, of Canyon Country, then sideswiped a 1990 Toyota Celica driven by Diana Goche, 45, of Saugus and a 1993 Ford Explorer driven by Robert Hagan, 37, of Agua Dulce. The Explorer was pinned between the truck and the guard rail over a 200-foot drop. The tractor-trailer then scraped along the guard rail for 50 yards hitting three more vehicles: a 1998 Chevrolet van driven by Kenneth Johnson, 33, of Valencia, a 1989 Plymouth driven by Susan Fix, 50, of Agua Dulce and a big rig driven by Salvadore Montesdeoca, 41, of Sylmar. James Hackbarth, 40, of Canyon Country came along at that point in a 1990 Mercedes-Benz and skidded into the second big rig. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos PHOTO (1--Color in SAC and AV Editions only) Investigators and rescue personnel check the scene of a crash on the Antelope Valley Freeway. (2--Ran in SAC Edition only) A car sits pinned against the guard rail on a overpass after a crash in Newhall on Wednesday morning. (3--Color in AV Edition only) James Hackbarth sits beside his crumpled crum·ple v. crum·pled, crum·pling, crum·ples v.tr. 1. To crush together or press into wrinkles; rumple. 2. To cause to collapse. v.intr. 1. car at the scene of a multiple-vehicle crash Wednesday on the Antelope Valley Freeway. David R. Crane/Daily News |
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