Deaths, major injury plague Labor Day weekend - Visalia Times-Delta
It was a deadly Labor Day weekend for some motorists in Tulare County after six people died and three suffered major injuries. Three of the deaths occurred in Tulare and two occurred in the Visalia area, according to the California Highway Patrol. Officers say Rudy Pena of Tulare was driving his Dodge south on Road 28 approaching Avenue 232 when he failed to stop at a stop sign. His vehicle collided with a 2001 Nissan, which was traveling east on Avenue 232, which is not controlled by stop signs. The Nissan veered right and struck the wooden stop sign and eventually rolled into a cornfield. A 39-year-old male and a 32-year-old male in the Nissan were pronounced dead at the scene. Pena was taken to Tulare Regional Medical Center for major injuries. A man roller-blading on a busy north Tulare thoroughfare died when he was struck by a vehicle Friday. The man, whose name was withheld Monday pending notification to his family, was struck while roller-blading backward on Prosperity Avenue between Hillman and Blackstone streets, according to police. Darron Altermatt, the man was not only skating the wrong direction, he was also skating backwards. Source: www.visaliatimesdelta.com
