SIMI VALLEY : 2 Men Injured as Auto Rolls Over
Two Simi Valley men were injured, one of them seriously, when their car rolled over several times as it plunged down a dirt embankment in Simi Valley, the California Highway Patrol said Friday.
The passenger, Ronald Buck, 20, was taken to Simi Valley Hospital where he remains in serious but stable condition, a hospital spokeswoman said.
The driver of the car, Thomas Lorge, 27, was also taken to Simi Valley Hospital where he was listed in stable condition.
Lorge was booked on suspicion of driving while under the influence of alcohol, a CHP spokesman said.
The two men were traveling south on Tapo Canyon Road, north of Presidio Drive in Simi Valley about 1:20 a.m when Lorge lost control of the car, which ran off the road, the CHP said.
CHP officials said they have not yet determined how fast Lorge was driving at the time of the accident.
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