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KXO News Local News Tragic collission near Salton City Todays is : Wednesday, 20 August 2008
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| Tragic collission near Salton City |
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| Written by George Gale | |
| Monday, 05 November 2007 | |
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(Two people, a father and son, are dead because they were not buckled)…The California Highway Patrol says the tragedy occurred at around 8:20 Sunday morning. The father and son, 23-year-old Santiago Mendez Jr. and 1-year-old Santiago Lorenzo Mendez were passengers in a vehicle driven by 18-year-old Erika Garcia. All three were from Salton City. The C H P says Garcia was driving the vehicle, a Camry, Northbound on Highway 86, and attempted to turn onto the access road to the Red Earth Casino and Travel Center. The C H P says the turn was made directly in from of a Silverado pick up, being driven by 30-year-old Auburn Williams from Hanford, California. Williams could not avoid the Camry, and the pick up collided with the vehicle on the passenger side. The collision pushed the Camry into a Ford pick-up that was stopped on the access Road waiting to enter the Highway. The C H P airplane was in the area monitoring speed limits, and was the first on the scene. A Highway Patrol Helicopter was requested. Paramedics pronounced the one-year-old dead at the scene. His father was flown to Pioneers Memorial Hospital in Brawley. The 23 year old died from his injuries at the Hospital. Garcia suffered moderate injuries and was also transported to P M H. Deputy Coroner Henry Proo says the father and son probably suffered such severe injuries because they were not seat belted. The child was in his safety seat, but not strapped in. An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday to determine the exact cause of death for both the father and son. No other serious injury was reported. |
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