Posted on 04/04/2007 4:32:00 PM PDT by buccaneer81
Movie Director Robert Clark, Best Known for 'A Christmas Story,' and Son Killed in Car Wreck
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
LOS ANGELES Film director Robert Clark, best known for the beloved holiday classic "A Christmas Story," and his son were killed Wednesday in a head-on crash with an alleged drunken driver on Pacific Coast Highway, the filmmaker's assistant and police said.
Clark, 67, and son Ariel Hanrath-Clark, 22, were killed in the accident in Pacific Palisades, said Lyne Leavy, Clark's personal assistant .
The two men were in an Infiniti that collided head-on with a GMC Yukon around 2:30 a.m., said Lt. Paul Vernon, a police spokesman.
The driver of the other vehicle, Hector Velazquez-Nava, 24, of Los Angeles and his passenger, described as a 29-year-old woman, were taken to UCLA Medical Center with minor injuries.
The driver remained hospitalized and will be booked for investigation of "gross vehicular manslaughter" after being treated, Vernon said.
"The initial investigation has concluded that Nava was driving without a license northbound in the southbound lanes while under the influence of an alcoholic beverage," Vernon said.
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But stack it up against a GMC Yukon and what do you get?
Two dead in the Infinity and two minor injuries in the GMC.
High tech stuff is nice, but in a head-on, the thing that matters most is mass.
D-U-I Crash Suspect Here Illegally (”A Christmas Story” director killed by illegal alien)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1812787/posts
My thoughts too.
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