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Deadly CA Accident Involved Inmate Van
By latimesblogs.latimes.com
Published: 11/24/2010

Investigators Tuesday evening were trying to determine what caused a deadly head-on collision between a minivan and a truck carrying inmates from a Los Angeles County fire crew.

The accident on Highway 138 near Gorman left two people dead and several others critically injured. The force of the crash caused the boxy fire truck to roll about 150 feet and hurled inmates out of the vehicle and onto the pavement, officials said.

The driver of the minivan and one inmate were pronounced dead at the scene, the Los Angeles County Fire Department said.

"Some of the members were ejected, and some trapped inside," Fire Inspector Matt Levesque said of the inmates.

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