Distracted California patrol officer kills teenager in crash
Updated 4:19 pm, Wednesday, June 8, 2016
ORLAND, Calif. (AP) — Officials say a Northern California teenager is dead after a California Highway Patrol officer became distracted and rear-ended another vehicle.
The Glenn County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday that 15-year-old Weston Sites of Willows, California was pronounced dead at the scene along Interstate 5 near the town of Orland.
CHP Sgt. Tony Odell tells television station KCRA-TV (
http://bit.ly/1OdDyjw ) that the officer was looking down at his computer about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday.
He didn't notice that northbound traffic was slowing until it was too late to avoid rear-ending the vehicle where Sites was riding in the back seat.
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