THE WOMAN WHO WAS KILLED IN LAST WEEK’S FATAL ACCIDENT ON HIGHWAY 152 HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 65 YEAR-OLD GILROY RESIDENT BARBARA FOSTER. THE CRASH OCCURRED WHEN THE DRIVER OF A WESTBOUND BIG-RIG COULDN’T STOP HIS TRUCK FAST ENOUGH AND IT HIT SEVERAL VEHICLES, BEFORE LURCHING INTO THE ONCOMING EASTBOUND TRAFFIC AND HITTING SEVERAL MORE VEHICLES. BOTH THE CAB OF THE BIG-RIG AND FOSTER’S SEDAN CAUGHT FIRE AS A RESULT. THE BIG-RIG DRIVER WAS RESCUED FROM HIS RIG, WHILE FOSTER WAS DECLARED DEAD AT THE SCENE. SEVERAL OTHER DRIVERS SUFFERED MAJOR INJURIES IN THE CHAIN REACTION CRASH AS WELL.
