Update: CBS2/KCAL9 is reporting that alcohol might have been a factor in the crash, but that the minivan also blew a tire before skidding off the freeway and landing onto Figueroa Street below. A 6-year-old girl who survived the crash was evidently not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle.
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Previously: A vehicle went over the side of the Ventura (134) Freeway Sunday evening in Eagle Rock, killing three people, including a child, and hospitalizing three others, a city fire official said.
The crash was reported at 6:55 p.m. on the eastbound 134 at Figueroa Street, according to Brian Humphrey, a spokesperson of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
Three people—a man, a woman and a girl—were pronounced dead at the scene, Humphrey said.
A 55-year-old man, a 36-year-old woman and a six-year-old girl were taken to hospitals in serious to critical conditions, Humphrey said.
The group was apparently all in the same vehicle, possibly a minivan, Humphrey said.
The cause of the crash was unknown.
— City News Service
They said it might of been a big rig that rear ended them.
Seat belts have saved my life a couple of times. So I say they do make a difference.
to everyone who's missing it, of course it's up to the state to ensure motorways are safe and have proper safety measures in place. Cars are designed to protect occupants in collisions, not falling off a bridge. Had that guardrail been twice the size, it is highly probable that they would have bounced off and back into the freeway where the car can do what it has been designed to do. and, considering the amount of drivers that speed in this area, putting every driver at risk . on top of that, it is poorly lit at nights, there are animals (deers, coyotes, etc) all the time. all other sections of the 134 and 210 freeways have gotten upgrades, walls, better lighting, reflectors, etc, all but this stretch ......
http://www.dot.ca.gov/newtech/operations/roadsidesafety/docs/type80.pdf
I'm just wondering where EagleRockMom is to blame it on the marijuana dispensaries.