Posted on 05/05/2007 8:34:25 AM PDT by TheDon
Lori Coble beamed as she posed for the camera with her husband and their three small children. Katie was still a baby, perched on Lori's hip. Kyle and Emma – in matching white shirts, jeans and flip-flops – grinned as they crowded on their dad Chris' lap.
"Kyle, Katie and Emma – the crazy monkeys" as the Ladera Ranch family's Web site proclaimed. The kids grew up so fast.
The dream was abruptly shattered about 1:10 p.m. Friday when a big-rig slammed into the back of the family's 2006 Chrysler Town & Country minivan on the southbound Santa Ana (I-5) Freeway north of Oso Parkway.
The three Coble kids were in the back of the minivan, strapped into car seats and booster seats. Lori was driving. Grandmother Cynthia Maestri was in the front passenger seat.
Two-year-old Katie and 5-year-old Kyle were rushed to Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo. Katie died just before 2 p.m. Four-year-old Emma died minutes later at Saddleback Memorial Hospital in Laguna Hills, California Highway Patrol officer Katrina Lundgren said.
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CHP investigators spent hours questioning the driver, Jorge Miguel Romero, 37, of Apple Valley, who said he saw the traffic backed up, applied the brakes but couldn't stop in time.
Fontana-based leasing company Aurora TRL, which owns the truck, did not return calls for comment.
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What made you think he was here illegally? I didn’t see any mention of that in the article.
The name Jorge Miguel Romero makes me wonder if he is illegal. Sorry if my profiling upsets you.
I only hope they provided him with a taxpayer supported translator. After all people have rights.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe you should contact Alberto Gonzales.
Location makes it an easy assumption to make. Although, I'd be surprised.....I don't know that there's a big problem with illegals driving 18-wheelers.
Prayers sent, RIP little ones.
Wasn’t the guy who just caused the meltdown of the San Fran Nan overpass illegal? I know that story was buried immediately except to say that he had had around 50 violations in the past 3 years. Driving an 18 wheeler.
Dear Lord, embrace these three children with your loving arms and bring them to the Kingdom of Heaven. Amen
I’m not sure “going home” will help. I hear there’s a super highway being talked of running thru the “Americas” including Mexico and Canada. That will ensure a lot of Mexican truck drivers coming thru and they won’t be considered “illegal.” I hear this highway runs thru Kansas, which is a relief to me, but won’t be to Kansans.
God bless the family.
Will say this though — that picture shows the very type of people who are going to be leaving California in droves during the coming decades.
What a beautiful family, my heart breaks for them.
Pryaers up.
California has about 35 million residents. Of that number, 33% are of Hispanic origin (from the 2000 census. That’s roughly 11 million people. Yes, California has a high number of illegal aliens. But you certainly can’t make the case that every hispanic here is here illegally. And, I would venture a guess that a trucking company isn’t going to hire drivers who are here illegally to operate their big rigs, if they can help it. The liablity would be too great.
Rest in Peace
Kyle, Katie and Emma
My prayers go up for all who now mourn the passing of these beautiful children.
Hydroshock, thank you for the ping.
Blessings,
trussell
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how much worse is it going to be with the nafta and the mexican trucks and drivers (from what i’ve read, no real training nor safety regulations on their trucks) driving along our freeways?
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