Car Plunges Down Embankment; 1 Hurt
An 18-year-old Oxnard woman was seriously injured Monday morning after her car swerved off the Ventura Freeway and plunged down a 150-foot embankment, a California Highway Patrol spokeswoman said.
Bernadette Elias was driving about 75 m.p.h. in the northbound fast lane about 9:30 a.m. when she swerved for an unknown reason between Ventu Park Road and Thousand Oaks Boulevard in Thousand Oaks, the spokeswoman said. Elias’ car sideswiped a vehicle in the middle lane, then rear-ended a pickup, the spokeswoman said.
Her car then spun off the road, overturning several times as it went down the embankment, the spokeswoman said.
Elias was taken to Los Robles Regional Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, where a hospital spokeswoman reported that she was in serious condition with a fractured neck.
There were no other injuries.
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