Local News in Brief : Canoga Park Driver Dies as Car Tumbles
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A Canoga Park man died Sunday when he and a passenger were thrown from the car he was driving swerved off the Golden State Freeway in Glendale and tumbled down an embankment, the California Highway Patrol said.
Officer Robert Vargas said Jeffrey Ireland, 36, was killed in the 4:15 p.m. accident, which occurred by the Branford Street on-ramp.
Vargas said Ireland and his passenger, Rhonda Miller, 25, of Sun Valley were taken to Holy Cross Hospital in Mission Hills, where Ireland died an hour later. Miller, who was treated for trauma and lacerations, was in stable condition Monday, a hospital spokeswoman said.
Vargas said the CHP is investigating the accident. He said officers believe Ireland would have survived had he been using his seat belt.
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