Teen Dies When Truck Hits Parked Big Rig
One big rig slammed into the rear of another Wednesday on the southbound Golden State Freeway north of Castaic, engulfing both vehicles in flames and killing a teenage passenger.
The crash occurred about 11 a.m. near Pyramid Lake, said Officer Matthew Hill of the California Highway Patrol.
According to a preliminary investigation, truck driver Adan Q. Amaro, 27, of Los Angeles, plowed into an 18-wheeler parked on the freeway shoulder.
After authorities put out the fire, they found the burned body of Amaro’s passenger, a 17-year-old boy whose name was not released.
Amaro was taken to Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital in Valencia with moderate to major head trauma, a shattered pelvis and internal injuries, Hill said.
The driver of the parked truck, 37-year-old Michael Bogunovich of Gilroy complained of minor pain, Hill said.
Two freeway lanes were closed for about 10 hours as authorities investigated the crash and removed the wreckage.
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