Firefighters, CHP and samaritans struggle to free woman fatally trapped under van

  • [photo by Gary Meyer, The Mountain Enterprise]

    [photo by Gary Meyer, The Mountain Enterprise]

Reported by Gary Meyer, TME

It was one of those beautiful Sunday mornings in spring at 11:30 a.m. on May 15 when suddenly motorists were caught in the middle of a terrifying accident between Gorman and Frazier Park on Interstate 5.

A northbound van loaded with passengers flipped over when…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

Photo captions:

Motorists, firefighters and CHP officers worked to free six people from a tangled wreck near Lebec, May 15 at 11:30 a.m.

At the lower right corner of this photo, beneath the sign, driver of the Plymouth, Arvonte Hale (sitting on ground) speaks with a CHP Officer (crouching) about how his vehicle hit the van prior to the rollover. Meanwhile, first responders help the injured. Both vehicles were coming down the grade from Gorman to Frazier Park, gathering speed.

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