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Car Rear-Ends CalTrans Truck On 14 Freeway

khts_crime_chpA Lancaster man was injured Tuesday afternoon when he rear-ended a Caltrans truck assigned to a work crew re-striping the 14 freeway.

The work was being done on the southbound 14 at Spring Valley at 11:32 p.m. when, for unknown reasons, a 2000 Chevy Prism came up behind the Caltrans vehicle, a 1997 Ford F-450, and hit it.

The Prism driver, James Alex Gonzalez, 58, was transported to Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital for treatment of bruised ribs and a broken right hand.


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The driver of the Caltrans vehicle, Les Phillip Mansell. 30, of Phelan, was not injured.

 

Car Rear-Ends CalTrans Truck On 14 Freeway

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