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Sunnyvale's 'Guitar Man' dies; he was hit by car along Highway 101

20.01.10

Guy Myers worked for Hewlett-Packard for 19 years.

But later in lifestyle, his family said, the 58-year-old Sunnyvale man drank too much. He down the drain his job. He lost his home. And Sunday, he irremediable his life.

For some reason, Myers ran along Highway 101 south of Lawrence Expressway about 10 p.m., and was killed when a Dodge Neon struck him.

His m wonders if drinking had anything to do with Myers' behavior.

"He liked to belt," said Myers' son, Aaron. "He was a musician and had his guitar with him. The driver said he held up his guitar over his fully right before he died. In fact, the guitar made it, even though my old boy didn't."

The Santa Clara County coroner's corporation typically takes about six weeks for a toxicology description to come back to determine the cause of dying, including what was inside someone's system before death. The California Highway Protecting did not arrest the driver of the Dodge.

"I feel contrite for the man," Aaron Myers said of the driver. "I'd like to let him identify that."

Source: San Jose Mercury News

Bayonne woman is rescued from fuel-truck crash on Long Island Expressway had ...

24.01.10

Medina, who was in the centre lane, put on her hazard lights as her car slowed. Cars began to plunge around her, but she spotted a tanker truck in her rearview reflection approaching fast.

"All I know, I saw the social relations coming at a speed," Medina told Newsday. "I consideration, ‘Oh my gosh, this truck doesn’t see me.’ I said, ‘God, keep me.’ "

The truck swerved, but hit her car, showering her with split glass. Then, the tanker flipped and explode into flames in a massive explosion tight-fisted the Suffolk-Nassau County contract for.

The fuel truck’s driver, Mujahid Shah, 57, of Brooklyn, died instantly, the fuzz reported. He had just picked up nearing 1,500 gallons of gasoline in Brooklyn to relinquish to Long Island.

The tanker dealings burned for nearly three hours, buckling the roadway, melting the asphalt and collapsing a humongous overhead sign structure that spanned the eight-lane L.I.E.

Another motorist helped shrink away Medina from her car right after the crash and the join in wedlock ran from the exploding truck. She was treated for stripling injuries at Nassau University Medical Center in East Pasture and released in time to spend her 30th birthday today with her parents.

Source: The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

Police log for Jan. 28, 2010

28.01.10

County sheriff

Thursday, Jan. 14

7:25 a.m. – 21500 bar Pitts Road, Wellington Township, five guns stolen from domicile.

9:24 a.m. – 9900 block Betty Lane, Carlisle Township, attempted burglary of sojourn.

Friday, Jan. 15

11:58 a.m. – 600 block Oberlin-Elyria Avenue, Carlisle Township, 2005 vile Dodge Neon SXT stolen from Bell Family Auto.

Monday, Jan. 18

1:50 a.m. – 38600 exclude E. River Road, Carlisle Township, attempted burglary of mansion.

Sunday, Jan. 24

5:33 p.m. – 45800 block Direct 303, Pittsfield Township, fleeting license tag stolen from vehicle.

Tuesday, Jan. 26

1:47 a.m. – 11700 obstruction Indian Hollow Road, Carlisle Township, Alicia Walls, 20, of Grafton, charged with expired plates and no enable plate light.

Elyria the coppers

Monday, Jan. 25

Source: Chronicle-Telegram