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Infant, 3 Others Killed In Head-On Crash
Head-On Accident Kills 4
POSTED: 12:24 pm PDT October 23, 2009
UPDATED: 8:44 am PDT October 26, 2009
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- Three adults and an infant were killed Friday afternoon when two cars crashed head-on.The California Highway Patrol reported that a head-on car crash closed down Highway 46 after an infant and three adults were killed.According to the CHP, the crash happened around noon Friday when a Chevy Cavalier hit a Toyota Prius on highway 46 just east of highway 33.
The CHP said that the driver of the Cavalier was trying to pass a big rig when the Prius was coming in the opposite direction.The two cars hit head-on, killing a total of four people.The CHP said that Sirlene Ann Soto, 62, Walter Earl Elliott, 84, Jose Alberto Sanchez, 25, and Nathaniel Sanchez, 1, only died at the scene. Only 1 survived the crash. She was taken to a nearby hospital where she is listed with major injuries.CHP reported that the highway was reopened around 6 p.m.The CHP said that the infant was in a car seat.
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