7/20/02

Teen dead following
high-speed mishap

Sac Bee Excloo

MARYSVILLE 7/20/02 (YSN) - Chue Lor, 18, of Yuba County has died from injuries suffered in a Highway 70 driving mishap, authorities said Friday.

Lor was riding in a small foreign sedan southbound on Highway 70 late Thursday when driver Danny Yang, 18, lost control and hit a center divider at a high rate of speed near the Olivehurst over-crossing, according to California Highway Patrol reports.

Lor, who was not wearing a seat belt, was thrown from the back to the front of the 1995 Acura, sustaining fatal injuries, according to CHP reports.

Lor was pronounced dead at Rideout Emergency Center, a spokesman for the Yuba County Sheriff's Department said.

The remaining four teens wore seat belts and suffered only minor injuries, the CHP reported.

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