Car-Truck Crash in Westminster Sends 4 to Hospitals
A Corona woman was airlifted to UC Irvine Medical Center in serious condition Saturday after her vehicle was broadsided on Garden Grove Boulevard, police said.
Barbara Lander, 41, had just picked up her 1994 Ford Thunderbird at the Sunset Ford dealership at 5440 Garden Grove Blvd. about 1:30 p.m. when she tried to make a left turn and was struck by a 1986 Nissan pickup traveling east, police said.
Lander was pried from the car using the Jaws of Life. She was taken into surgery for internal injuries. Her passenger, Terrie Gaona, 40, of Las Vegas, was taken to Los Alamitos Hospital with minor injuries.
Barry Smith, 39, of Cypress, who was driving the pickup truck, suffered moderate injuries when his head struck the windshield. He was taken to Huntington Beach Medical Center with his passenger, Victor Munoz, 21. Munoz had minor injuries.
Police said Smith was not wearing his seat belt. Lander was wearing her belt, and the air bags in her car inflated on impact.
The investigation of the accident is not complete, police said.
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