CRASH VICTIMS I.D VS

THE VICTIMS OF A MONDAY CRASH ON THE MONTEREY-SALINAS HIGHWAY WERE IDENTIFIED. THE 2-CAR CRASH KILLED ONE DRIVER,AND LEFT 4 WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. 45-YEAR OLD LEONARD PETIX, OF SALINAS, WAS KILLED WHEN HE LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER CAR CARRYING 4 PEOPLE. CHEYNE AND ROBIN SMITHERMAN, AND TIMOTHY NEECE (ALL 21-YEARS OLD), ALONG WITH 20-YEAR-OLD CRYSTAL TURNER WERE CRUSHED IN THEIR MAZDA PROTEGE, IN THE 9:15 P.M. CRASH. PETIX, WHO WASN'T WEARING A SEAT BELT, WAS PARTIALLY EJECTED AND KILLED INSTANTLY. THE OCCUPANTS OF THE PROTEGE WERE TRAPPED FOR SEVERAL MINUTES, THEN TAKEN BY 4 AMBULANCES AND A HELICOPTER TO DIFFERENT HOSPITALS.