That's a crappy piece of road to start with. Old construction, narrow lanes, worn pavement. It's also a nice hike from Aptos to San Fran. Lots of twisty turny roads (HW17), crazed idjits. I've done it in the vanagon, but it's not pleasant. I wouldn't want to be doing it tired. My condolences to the family. tim in san jose
----- Original Message ----- From: "gary hradek" <hradek@YAHOO.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 1:46 PM Subject: vanagon crash looked vey ugly
> Stay awake, stay off the phone and stay alive. > Hope it was not someone from the list. > sympathies to the wife, gary > Newlywed man dies in crash as wife watches > > SF COUPLE'S VEHICLES HELD WEDDING GIFTS > > By Chuck Carroll > > Mercury News > > > A newly married man was killed Monday night in > Mountain View when he crashed into a tree as his wife > looked on from a separate vehicle, the highway patrol > said today. > > Both their vehicles were carrying wedding gifts as the > two headed for their new home in San Francisco after > dining with relatives in the Santa Cruz County town of > Aptos, said Officer Christian Oliver. > > The 29-year-old man and his 23-year-old wife spoke on > their cell phones as they drove. The man mentioned he > was getting sleepy, his wife told police. At about > 11:10 p.m. -- not long after he hung up -- his wife > watched as his gold 1985 Volkswagen Vanagon drift to > the left lane of northbound Highway 85 in Mountain > View, then swerve to the right and crash into a tree > south of the El Camino Real ramp. > > The man, whose name was being withheld this morning > until relatives could be notified, was pronounced dead > at the scene. No one else was injured in the crash. > Alcohol did not appear to be a factor, Oliver said, > although that would be routinely investigated. > > Oliver said the couple wed last week in Georgia and > had just returned to California after their honeymoon. > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > |
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