Vehicle Hits Tree, Kills 2 Forest Service Employees
Third Employee Involved In Crash Is Seriously Injured
POSTED: 11:07 am PST November 5, 2006
UPDATED: 8:08 am PST November 6, 2006
SAN DIEGO -- Authorities Monday released the name of a second U.S. Forest Service employee killed in a weekend collision that also left a third employee seriously injured in the Cleveland National Forest.Daniel Duran, 29, of Calexico, was pronounced dead Saturday, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office.Duran was riding in a vehicle driven by 20-year-old Francesco Damico of Chula Vista at the time of the accident, authorities said.Damico was southbound on Boulder Creek Road about 9:30 p.m. Saturday when he failed to negotiate a curve, causing the vehicle to leave the road, flip over and hit an oak tree, according to a California Highway Patrol dispatcher.Damico was also killed, according to CHP Officer Brian Pennings.Another passenger, 20-year-old Adrian Rios of Chula Vista, survived the crash with serious injuries. He had been pinned in the vehicle for two hours until a passerby spotted him.All three men were U.S. Forest Service employees, authorities said.
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