Two killed by wrong-way driver on Anaheim freeway, officials say

A woman who was traveling the wrong way on the 91 Freeway in Anaheim is being investigated for driving under the influence after an early-morning crash killed two people, authorities said.

The woman was driving a pickup truck westbound on an eastbound lane of the 91 Freeway near the 55 Freeway when she collided with another vehicle at about 3 a.m., said California Highway Patrol Officer Denise Quesada.

The four women in the other vehicle were not wearing seat belts, Quesada said, and the driver and front-seat passenger died from their injuries. The two back-seat passengers, who were minors, were taken to the hospital with “major injuries,” she said.

The driver of the pickup also was taken to the hospital with serious injuries and was being investigated for “possibly being under the influence,” Quesada said.

-- Ari B. Bloomekatz

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Comments

[Pablo]

"The four women in the other vehicle" included "two back-seat passengers, who were minors"??? If they were minors, they were not adults and therefore not women. So, then, what was their relationship to the adults in front?

[Dorothy Day]

Remember when Nicole Ritchie drove DUI in 2007 going the wrong way on the populated 134 fwy in Glendale, near the Buena Vista off ramp she entered at 5 AM or so in the morning? luckily no one was in her path. She was in the fast lane and ended up stopping in the shoulder. This could have easily been tragic ending, like the above story.
And this was Ritchie's 3rd DUI and she was unjustly given a very light sentence. If the lady in this story survives, her life will be over with, live or die. Another lesson for all of us, to never try to drive after we drank, regardless of how we might think we can. Over the legal limit of .08% isn't enough really to be considered drunk, yet it will get anyone a DUI and if someone is killed it's murder. Don't ever risk this, please take a taxi and go back to get your car when able.

[Marvin]

I wonder why we have tire spikes in parking lots to keep people from going the wrong way, but we can't put them on freeway offramps to prevent the same?

[Warren]

Was the woman who was DUI under the influence of Alcohol, Marijuana or drugs?

[Alex]

I cannot believe how many people still do not wear their seat belts. Browsing the news the past two weeks or so I've seen at least half a dozen stories about car accidents where the only person to have died has been the one not wearing his or her seat belt. Please, buckle up!

[P H]

WEAR YOUR SEATBELT.

[Instructor Gloria Ridgeway]

This is sad to hear! There are so many questions unanswered. Was the driver going in the right direction, see the car coming? If so, did the driver try to get in another lane? Did the car have its headlights on? ---- What do you do when a car is coming toward you on a one way road? -- It is so important to keep your eyes on the road at all times and drivers please make sure that everyone is in seat belts.. ----Driver Education Instructor Ridgeway