Sunday morning aerial crash claims another life on Interstate 5

  • [photo by Gary Meyer, The Mountain Enterprise]

    [photo by Gary Meyer, The Mountain Enterprise]

By Gary Meyer

The Fort Tejon California Highway Patrol Office took a call about 9:07 a.m. on Sunday, June 24 about a silver sedan that had gone off the freeway at the Lebec overpass.

One woman died. Another woman and a man survived with major injuries, according to CHP Sergeant Karr, who said…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

Photo captions:

Kern County firefighters tend to a survivor of a rollover crash from Interstate 5 that ended up west of Lebec Service Road just north of the Lebec overpass. There was one fatality.

Above: Looking north at two large gravel piles, both of which the car hit as it flew through the air. At top: Looking south at the Lebec overpass where the car came off the freeway.

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This is part of the July 6, 2018 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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