Fatal accident in Oakland |
| By By PATRICK KELLETT Correspondent | |
| November 9, 2006 | |
| OAKLAND - On November 9, at 1:45 p.m., the Oakland Fire Department was requested to 76 Skyline Drive for a report of a motor vehicle accident with entrapment. While EMS was performing CPR on the 21-year-old male passenger, fire department personnel removed the roof and passenger door in order to extricate him. The extrication of the male victim took about 45 minutes and once removed he was transported by Oakland EMS and Paramedics to the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, NJ, were he was pronounced dead. The victim was the passenger in a Lexus being driven by a 26-year-old male. While traveling south on a downhill section of Skyline Drive, the driver of the Lexus lost control and crossed into the northbound line and side-swiped an on-coming vehicle. The impact sent the Lexus spinning and striking an SUV in the front, with the passenger side of the Lexus taking the impact. The 21-year-old victim was pushed into the driver seat and was trapped in the vehicle from the waist down. The 26-year-old driver of the Lexus suffered serious injuries that were believed to be non-life threatening and the driver of the SUV, a 35-year-old off-duty police officer, suffered minor injuries. The 26-year-old driver of the Lexus has been charged with vehicular homicide, driving while intoxicated, reckless driving and failing to maintain a lane. |
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