Amber Willard
GLENDALE -- Recent rain led to several traffic fatalities in the Los
Angeles area, including one man killed in Glendale and another man, from
La Crescenta, killed in a crash in Woodland Hills.
Glenn Francis Einarsen, 44, of La Crescenta, was killed early Friday
when his truck skidded off of the rain-slick Ventura (101) Freeway near
De Soto Avenue, according to California Highway Patrol and L.A. County
Coroner's Office reports. Einarsen was partially thrown from the truck
when it hit a tree and was pronounced dead at the scene from severe head
trauma, coroner's spokesman Scott Carrier said Monday.
Ronald Marcel Satchell, 39, of San Dimas was killed early Thursday
when he lost control of his car on the west side of the Ventura (134)
Freeway near Pacific Avenue. His Dodge Neon slid on the wet road and hit
a guard rail, a highway patrol spokesman said. Satchell died from blunt
force trauma to his head and body, Carrier said.
