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Movie Director Robert Clark, Best Known for 'A Christmas Story,' and Son Killed in Car Wreck
Fox News ^ | 4 April 2007 | FNC

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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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: California
KEYWORDS: achristmasstory; bobclark; illegalalien; porkys
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To: buccaneer81
An Infinity is a nice car, loaded with all the high tech safety and go-fast goodies.

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.

21 posted on 04/05/2007 3:51:28 PM PDT by gridlock (On January 20, 2009, Fred Dalton Thompson will be sworn in as President of the United States.)
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22 posted on 04/05/2007 4:03:16 PM PDT by Blue Highway ("History will be kind to me for I intend to write it." ~ Sir Winston Churchill)
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To: buccaneer81
Dang...I LOVE “A Christmas Story” and we watch it every year.....even when it isn’t Christmas. RIP.
23 posted on 04/05/2007 4:22:28 PM PDT by hummingbird (Why CAN'T we end a sentence with a preposition? Who made up that rule? Who?)
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To: buccaneer81

D-U-I Crash Suspect Here Illegally (”A Christmas Story” director killed by illegal alien)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1812787/posts


24 posted on 04/05/2007 4:29:05 PM PDT by TheLion (How about "Comprehensive Immigration Enforcement," for a change)
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To: keepitreal
Should we guess their status in the US?

My thoughts too.

25 posted on 04/05/2007 4:31:31 PM PDT by Churchillspirit (We are all foot soldiers in this War On Terror.)
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Update...

Killer of "A Christmas Story" Director Bob Clark To Be Deported

26 posted on 04/06/2007 3:29:48 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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