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Man and Dog Killed in Crash

July 25, 2012 | Filed under: Blog

Following a series of incidents and deadly crashes along highway construction zones, one more will have to be added to the tally. In El Monte, a driver and his dog were killed when the vehicle in which they were traveling in rear-ended a utility pickup truck. Workers aboard the truck were sent to the hospital with minor injuries.

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David Sanders, a 32-year-old from San Bernardino was driving the year 2002 Ford Windstar at highway speeds westbound on the 10 Freeway. East of Peck Road at about 4:10 a.m. it rear ended a utility truck that was occupied by workers who were gathering construction cones.

Construction cones were ran over and knocked around the site. The rear of the pickup truck absorbed much of the impact protecting the construction workers who escaped the accident with minor injuries, including the one that sat in the back collecting the cones.
At speeds of 65 miles per hour the Windstar was unable to absorb the impact as well as the long bed of the pickup truck. Its occupants, Sanders and his female pitbull were killed. The pitbull was riding on the front passenger seat.

Authorities arrived and closed the carpool lane plus an additional three freeway lanes for about six hours while they cleared and investigated the site.

Identified only as a 34-year-old Beaumont man and a 40-year-old man from Moreno Valley, the workers were transported to Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center and are expected to recover from their minor injuries. They were contractors for Atkins Construction who was doing work for Caltrans and had been working on an ongoing paving project for the area.

While the lane ware closed off, investigators were seeking to understand why it was that Sanders drove through the closed-off lane and into the pickup that was going in reverse. His body will be taken to Los Angeles County Department of Coroner (LACDC) so that an autopsy can be conducted Wednesday according to Craig Harvey a spokesperson for LACDC.

Motorists on the freeway had to deal with the snarled traffic which ran from El Monte to West Covina. Those heading to Los Angeles had their commute time increased more than one hour. The lanes were reopened around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Sunday, two road workers were killed in a separate crash on the 405 freeway in Torrance; they were victims of a crash that resulted from suspected drunk drivers.

Have you been involved in a freeway automobile accident? Try contacting a Los Angeles automobile accident lawyer who can help you navigate through the legal questions and situations which may arise and even fight to get you compensation.

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