Woman dies after crashing into garbage truck in Wilmington
July 15, 2009 | 8:37
am
A woman died this morning when the car she was driving crashed into a trash truck near a Harbor Freeway overpass in Wilmington.
The 6 a.m. crash near Pacific Coast Highway and Figueroa Street forced the closure of the highway from Figueroa to Wilmington Boulevard, said Sgt. Jeff Hamilton of the Los Angeles Police Department.
The cause of the accident was under investigation. Hamilton did not know whether the trash truck driver was hurt.
-- Ruben Vives
Photo: Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times
Probably texting or putting on make-up while driving.
Posted by: John | July 15, 2009 at 09:30 AM
Rest in Peace Sister, Gaynell Tasso
Posted by: Rhonda | July 19, 2009 at 10:40 AM
It's always a peeve of mine that any news story of a car crash is written as though it were the car it self that drives. "...when the car she was driving crashed into" makes it sound like the car is the one in control of it self. If a cyclist is in a crash one does not say the bicycle the person was riding crashed into [blank], but this logic is used to describe the drivers of automobiles all the time.
Posted by: Gary K. | July 22, 2009 at 06:12 PM