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More from Breaking NewsPolice and Fire: The California Highway Patrol this morning arrested a man who fled the scene of a crash that injured four people near Camarillo last night.
A CHP officer on routine patrol outside Camarillo arrested Brandon Nizdil, 45, of Camarillo after spotting him walking along Center School Road near Highway 118 shortly after 8 a.m., said Officer Matt Winter of the Ventura CHP.
Nizdil was arrested on suspicion of felony hit-and-run and felony driving under the influence of alcohol, then transported to a local hospital, Winter said.
Nizdil allegedly fled from authorities last night after he collided head-on with another motorist on Highway 118 at 9:50 p.m.
Nizdil was driving southbound on Price Road toward Highway 118 westbound when he made a wide right turn onto Highway 118 eastbound and collided with a car heading eastbound, the CHP reported.
Two adults and two juveniles in the eastbound car were injured.
It was not immediately clear this morning whether Nizdil suffered any injuries in the crash.
A CHP officer had obtained Nizdil’s identity information and was attending to the victims of the crash when Nizdil disappeared into a nearby orange grove, Winter said.
The Ventura County Sheriff’s Department helped search for Nizdil with a K-9 team and a helicopter, but authorities did not locate him Thursday night.
The person most seriously injured in the crash was Yvette Houser, 39, of Simi Valley.
Houser suffered major internal injuries, the CHP reported.
She was listed in fair and stable condition at the hospital this morning, said hospital spokesman Jeremy Brewer.
Her husband, David Houser, 43, of Simi Valley, was driving their car eastbound on 118 when the crash occurred. He was transported to a local hospital with a complaint of pain.
Two girls in the car were transported to Simi Valley Hospital with minor to moderate injuries.
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Traffic: Highway 101 southbound was shut down just north of Telephone Road in Ventura this morning after a semi flipped over and began leaking gas, the California Highway Patrol reported.
The crash was reported at 6:11 a.m.
An ambulance responded to the scene.
At 6:29 a.m., the CHP called for a unit to close the roadway.
At 6:50 a.m., one lane was being reopened.
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Weather: Partly cloudy conditions with high temperatures in the 60s at beaches and into the 70s inland are expected today, the National Weather Service reported.
Winds up to 25 miles per hour are expected in local mountains.
There is a 50 percent chance of rain Saturday afternoon, the weather service reports.
Posted by lawabider on October 3, 2008 at 7:31 a.m. (Suggest removal)
he was probably under the influence of something and wanted to pull a Ted Kennedy and wait it out...
Posted by 805m0mma on October 3, 2008 at 7:32 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I heard all the sirens last night, figured it was something bad on the 118.
Posted by omie on October 3, 2008 at 7:49 a.m.
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Posted by missmary on October 3, 2008 at 8:38 a.m. (Suggest removal)
CHP website caught him, he is being tranported to VCMC - probably under the influence because he could walk {run} away. Coward, yes. My prayers are with the family - both of them.
Posted by Equitable_Enforcer on October 3, 2008 at 8:54 a.m. (Suggest removal)
lawabider, you are so on target with your statement. Kennedy, however, was able to avoid arrest and jail time.
Posted by mamaof2 on October 3, 2008 at 9:02 a.m. (Suggest removal)
how did the semi flip over? did it hit any other cars? was the trucker injured?
Posted by Adam_Monroe on October 3, 2008 at 9:18 a.m. (Suggest removal)
ImMadAsHellAndImNotGoingToTakeItAnymore,
I wonder which nationality the name "Bradford Nizdil" hails from?
By the way I think that is the greatest screen name I have EVER seen on this site hahaha....
Posted by beachgurl on October 3, 2008 at 9:28 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Adam...the greatest screen name ever belonged to a movie star on the cartoon "Angry Beavers"...his name was Oxnard Montalvo...HA! Almost died when I heard it for the first time.
Anyway, no comment on this Bradford guy, just another drunk or high or texting or talking doofus, we should be used to this by now.
Posted by Adam_Monroe on October 3, 2008 at 9:44 a.m. (Suggest removal)
While I agree that Angry Beavers had its merits, I was much more into the NickToons Doug, Ren and Stimpy, and Rocko's Modern Life...and I liked AWWWWW Real Monsters as well, but preferred the others...
Anyhow, the other one is from a movie called Network...definitely a cinematic masterpiece that I think everyone employed the Star ought to see...talk about ratings whores...sadly, Network is more prophecy than fiction nowadays....
Posted by Adam_Monroe on October 3, 2008 at 9:45 a.m. (Suggest removal)
BTW there are actually streets called Oxnard and Montalvo in LA...
Posted by brwnoso on October 3, 2008 at 10:16 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Good thing he got caught, now make him pay for the damage he caused.
Posted by rants805 on October 3, 2008 at 10:51 a.m. (Suggest removal)
The semi truck that crashed was being flipped back up by a Nacho's towing semi-towing rig. As I passed by I noticed the company name of the flipped truck, Nacho's Towing! It was also one of their newest big semi-towing rigs that crashed. I wonder if the driver is going to be fired, then again usually only the top employees or the bosses drive the newest toys.
Posted by Jewels on October 3, 2008 at 11:05 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Okay..so has anyone noticed that it says he was arrested then transported to the hospital..but then it says that it wasn't clear if he had any injuries. Huh? then why was he transported to the hospital. Pretty clear to me that he had some sort of injuries.
Posted by vcsexplorer11 on October 3, 2008 at 11:08 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Nizdil, Hey Holm, I can dig it! You know he ain't gonna lay no mo' big rap upon you man!
ShaNizdil that Nizdil.
Sorry, I start to talk jive.
Posted by missmary on October 3, 2008 at 11:13 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Did anyone notice that everyone is going to be alright, with the exception of the drunk! Amazing Grace, how sweet it is. Another Angel of the Highway, Thanks again. ")
Posted by ebrockway on October 3, 2008 at 1:27 p.m. (Suggest removal)
rants.805:
Was the rig on its side a 4 axle wrecker?
Posted by Thinkbeforeyoupost on October 3, 2008 at 2:25 p.m. (Suggest removal)
ebrockway; yes it was a big rig tow truck. They had to get a tow for the tow
Posted by ebrockway on October 3, 2008 at 4:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Thinkbeforeyoupost;
I mean, there's 3 axle heavies, and they have a 4 axle heavy too. Wondering which one was clobbered?
Posted by wolf9walker on October 3, 2008 at 6:37 p.m. (Suggest removal)
A guy I work with saw it, he said the semi didnt have a cab, so it might of been a trailer of some kind. that was been towed the lost.
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