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Police reports tell the chilling story, in bland language:
âUnit two was northbound on South Dobson Road just south of Southern Avenue in lane number two. Unit one, a pedestrian, was crossing in the crosswalk against the light from west to east.Â
âThis crosswalk has a traffic light but the signal was green for northbound traffic. The pedestrian crossed the street in the darkness of night and was struck by unit two going northbound.Â
âThe pedestrian was taken to Banner Desert Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.â
The average road vehicle weighs about 4,000 pounds with top speeds of around 120 mph.
Firefighters use jaws of life to extract woman from rollover crash on 55 Freeway in Costa Mesa
Costa Mesa firefighters use the jaws of life Thursday to pull a woman trapped inside her vehicle on the 55 Freeway.
(Courtesy of Costa Mesa Fire & Rescue)
By Sara CardineStaff Writer
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Firefighters were called Thursday to the scene of a rollover crash on the 55 Freeway in Costa Mesa that required members to use the jaws of life to pull a driver from her mangled SUV, officers reported.
Costa Mesa Fire & Rescue Capt. Joe Noceti said a call came in at around 11:20 a.m. reporting a single vehicle had overturned on the southbound side of the freeway, just north of the 73 Freeway overpass. Responders had to use the jaws of life to extricate the driver, a middle-aged woman, from the vehicle.
One out of two wasnât bad, sheâll tell you .
The college graduate landed here in
early September, figuring schools in Mesa start as they do in most of the country â after Labor Day.
Negative: âI was too late. They start school here in August, and everyone had their hiring done by the time I got here,â she said with a laugh.
Her brother, Gil Damiani, worked for the Mesa Fire and Medical Department. He told his sister they were hiring.
âHe said, âYou have to be physically fit, but itâs a job where you really help the community.â I thought about it, since I was active in high school and college playing sports, the fact you help people â that was a good fit,â she reflected.
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