1 PERSON DIED, AS THE RESULT OF A JUST AFTER 3 P.M. ACCIDENT IN SALINAS THIS AFTERNOON. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN A DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF HIS CAR AND IN WENT ACROSS A LANE OF TRAFFIC AND INTO THE PARKING LOT OF U.S.A. TOWING ON ABBOTT STREET, WHERE IT HIT AN EMPLOYEE THERE. THAT MAN IS SAID TO HAVE DIED INSTANTLY, WHILE THE DRIVER WAS TRANSPORTED TO AN AREA HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.
THE ACCIDENT ON ABBOTT STREET, JUST NORTH OF EAST ROMIE LANE, RESULTED IN MAJOR TRAFFIC DELAYS IN THAT AREA.
