Freeway crash in Carson was much worse than reported
As I reported, several people were injured in the June 22 crash on the southbound side near Avalon Boulevard.
The boy, Brandon Lundy, was ejected from the 2001 Ford Explorer and died when he landed in the carpool lane on the freeway's northbound side.
The CHP told me the collision happened after the driver of a sport utility vehicle made an unsafe lane change at 65 mph, sideswiped another car, lost control, slammed into the center divider and bounced into another car.
Several others in that car went to area hospitals, the CHP said.
The names of the other motorists and passengers were not released, and I was told no one else was hospitalized. Well, that was completely wrong.
I got this e-mail today from the driver of the "sideswiped" car:
Hi Larry,
I wanted to comment on your article. I was the driver that was "side-swiped." We were all hospitalized (there were three of us in the car) and side swiped seems an understatement.
The front seat passenger of our vehicle was in ICU for a week and was only released from the hospital today. She sustained several fractures and breaks from ribs to her lower spine and a lacerated liver. The back seat passenger right arm was crushed and has a severe concussion/short term memory loss and was released from the hospital last Friday. I was lucky, as I only have major cuts, bruises and hairline fractured spine and obvious whiplash.
Just thought I'd let you know.
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