A 39-year-old man who jumped out of a car on the westbound Foothill (210) Freeway in Irwindale was fatally injured, a California Highway Patrol officer said today.
Mark Anthony Munoz of Azusa was found fatally injured in the No. 3 lane,
west of Irwindale Avenue, shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday, according to the
CHP.
Munoz was a passenger in a 2007 Toyota Yaris driven by his 62-year-old
mother when, for unknown reasons, opened the passenger door and jumped out,
according to a CHP statement.
As he hit the pavement, Munoz was struck by a 2002 Honda Accord. The
driver of that car pulled over on the shoulder and was interviewed by the CHP.
The reason for my response is due to your second, 3rd, and fourth sentences of your comment which placed blame on people undeservedly.
I am also concerned about many readers' inability to express themselves in writing! I've never seen such poor spelling, punctuation, and grammar. Okay, I admit it - I'm a retired teacher! But really, readers, can't you do better???
I could not help but notice that you seem to have misspelled "weren't," You have it spelled "were't. Maybe you are correct, but I have never seen it any other way, than the way I spelled it. Also it does not seem as if you are placing two spaces between sentences. It could be my eyes, or maybe thes nuns were correct.
It's easy to make typos on the keyboard, esp. without that typing class my mother made me take in HS. I even make typos when tired or rushing :) But, most younger Americans do not have the literacy skills we learned "back in the day" and text lingo has infiltrated. In fact, text lingo shows up in the academic papers I grade regardless of my "preaching." On to this tragedy: This is a horrible event and I can only imagine the guilt and heartbreak the driver who struck him must be feeling. My intuition tells me the fellow was committing suicide. This sort of thing happens on TV and sadly, people get ideas from there. For whatever reason, this is horribly sad for all involved.
To Sgt.JackWagon: What "nuns" were you referring to in the comment you directed to me on October 12?