TWO AUTO VICTIMS ID'D MAN, TEENAGE BOY ARE KILLED IN CRASHES THAT HURT 5 OTHERS.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Staff Writer ACTON - A teenage boy killed Saturday when a Magic Mountain-bound minivan blew a tire and overturned 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. was identified as 14-year-old Eric Buchanan Jr. of Lancaster. A motorist killed in an earlier crash on the freeway eight miles away was identified as Gerardo Delgado, 27, of Quartz Hill, 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. County coroner's officials said. The van crash injured five other people, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. California Highway Patrol reports. The injured included three girls ages 12, 14 and 17, the 45-year-old driver and a 30-year-old man. The crash that killed Delgado occurred about 5 a.m. Saturday when his 1994 BMW BMW in full Bayerische Motoren Werke AG German automaker. Founded as an aircraft engine manufacturer in 1916, the company assumed the name Bayerische Motoren Werke and became known for its high-speed motorcycles in the 1920s. went out of control on the northbound freeway south of Avenue S over the California Aqueduct. The BMW had drifted into the median and hit a bridge railing, then swerved back across all lanes and slammed into another railing, overturning and sliding on its roof, 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 officials said. Delgado was thrown part way out of the car. The van crashed about 11:30 a.m. Saturday just south of Crown Valley Road. The 1994 Dodge Caravan blew its right rear tire and went out of control, overturning in a drainage culvert. The boy and two other passengers were thrown out of the van as it flipped. Others had to be extricated ex·tri·cate tr.v. ex·tri·cat·ed, ex·tri·cat·ing, ex·tri·cates 1. To release from an entanglement or difficulty; disengage. 2. Archaic To distinguish from something related. from the wrecked van by firefighters. Neither Delgado nor the boy was wearing a seat belt, CHP officers said. |
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