The mid air collision happened yesterday, 01/20/08, off of Auto Center Drive and Wardlow Rd. in Corona, CA. The map shows you approximately where the accident occurred. Since the plane crash, the street is blocked off and you are not able to turn left from Auto Center drive to Victor Buick 2525 Wardlow which is the command post for the accident. Coming to work every day, I turn right to arrive at my office, 2455 Wardlow Rd Corona, CA (which is the building in the picture on the right side). Of course there are a swarms of people, news reporters, news cameras, news vehicles etc. around. Inside our building we have been hearing the helicopters overhead, all morning long. Investigators from the NTSB are trying to figure out why a Cessna 172 and a Cessna 150 collided in mid-air about a mile south of the Corona Municipal Airport in California on Sunday, killing the pilot and passenger of each aircraft plus one person on the ground. According to the Associated Press, the Riverside County Coroner's Office identified the dead as Scott Gayle Lawrence, 55, of Cerritos; Paul Luther Carlson, 73, also of Cerritos; Brandon William Johnson, 24, of Costa Mesa; Anthony Joel Guzman, 20, of Hesperia; and Earl Smiddy, 58, of Moreno Valley. Smiddy was reportedly crushed inside a car dealership when one of the aircraft pierced the building's roof.
Here are a couple of links about the story:
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We heard about this on the internet (Don listens to KFI's webcast). A tragic accident that even affected someone on the ground! Truly a freak accident!
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