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Posted: Dec. 01 2007,12:59 pm

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Anaheim Hills crash kills driver, hurts passenger
Driver loses control on Santa Ana Canyon Road, slams into telephone pole.
By SERENA MARIA DANIELS and KIMBERLY EDDS
The Orange County Register
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ANAHEIM - A 20-year-old driver was killed and his passenger was seriously injured when their car careened off the side of Santa Ana Canyon Road and slammed into a telephone pole Friday afternoon. The trapped driver was pulled from the car just before it was engulfed by flames.

The midday accident closed a section of Santa Ana Canyon Road between Lakeview Avenue and Royal Oak Road.

Justin Simpkins, 20, of Anaheim was driving on Santa Ana Canyon about 12:05 p.m. when he suddenly lost control near Lakeview Avenue and veered off the road, sending the car plummeting down the embankment and into a telephone pole, Anaheim Police Sgt. Mike Lynch said.

The car burst into flames with Simpkins trapped in the driverâ€™s seat, buckled in. His passenger suffered major injuries when he was thrown from the car.

An Anaheim police motor officer cut Simpkins out of his seatbelt and two people helped pull the badly injured man from the car before it erupted into flames, Anaheim police Sgt. Rick Martinez said. Simpkins later died at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Anaheim.

The passenger was rushed to UCI Medical Center. His name has not been released.

Anaheim traffic officers are investigating why Simpkins lost control of his car. The crash was just 100 yards from where Esperanza High School cross country coach Ryan Bousquet, 25, of Yorba Linda died after his motorcycle slid off the road and slammed into a guardrail in August.

Contact the writer: 714-704-3795 or sdaniels@ocregister.com

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Posted: Dec. 01 2007,1:17 pm

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Article is a bit off.
The passenger is his 22 yr. old brother.
Car was not engulfed in flames, downed power lines started a brush fire next to car.
Didn't suddenly lose control, was "Drifting" at about 100 MPH on a small two lane each way 45 MPH road.
Note: '87 M-B 580 is not a good choice for road racing.
Ryan (the passenger) is out of intensive care Tues and went home yesterday.

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Posted: Dec. 01 2007,4:32 pm

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DAMN!! It's Too Bad Some People Have To Learn The Tough Way!! :eek

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Posted: Dec. 01 2007,5:24 pm

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CE, you remember that Sleek that you found for me a couple months back with the pink fluffy cabin. It was for this kids mother.

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Posted: Dec. 01 2007,5:26 pm

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BTW, this was only approximately 2 miles from the HDF Command Center in Orange. :eek

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Posted: Dec. 01 2007,5:39 pm

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Quote (Havasu Doug @ Dec. 01 2007,5:26 pm)

BTW, this was only approximately 2 miles from the HDF Command Center in Orange. :eek

And the funeral is in Corona Del Mar. Pacific View Memorial Park.

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Posted: Dec. 01 2007,6:25 pm

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Quote (WATERDOG @ Dec. 01 2007,6:24 pm)

CE, you remember that Sleek that you found for me a couple months back with the pink fluffy cabin. It was for this kids mother.

MMMmm...No.... :stupid

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Posted: Dec. 01 2007,8:05 pm

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Quote (WATERDOG @ Dec. 01 2007,5:39 pm)

Quote (Havasu Doug @ Dec. 01 2007,5:26 pm)

BTW, this was only approximately 2 miles from the HDF Command Center in Orange. :eek

And the funeral is in Corona Del Mar. Pacific View Memorial Park.

And that's around 2 miles from the Remote HDF Command Center aka "a parking lot off East Coast Highway" in Corona del Mar.

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Posted: Dec. 01 2007,8:25 pm

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The car burst into flames with Simpkins "trapped" in the driverâ€™s seat, "buckled in".
An Anaheim police motor officer cut Simpkins out of his seatbelt!.

Simpkins later died at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Anaheim.

The passenger was rushed to UCI Medical Center

Is the passenger alive???..

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Posted: Dec. 02 2007,7:22 am

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Quote (WATERDOG @ Dec. 01 2007,2:17 pm)

Article is a bit off.
The passenger is his 22 yr. old brother.

Ryan (the passenger) is out of intensive care Tues and went home yesterday.

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Posted: Dec. 02 2007,8:06 am

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Is the passenger alive???..

Did you lose your glasses again?

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Posted: Dec. 03 2007,5:11 am

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No I saw it, I just worded it wrong I should have stated that instead of asking!. The point is the passenger wasn't "strapped in" but the driver was, there's a message there!.

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Posted: Dec. 03 2007,5:44 am

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Kids will never learn that raceing on the street is not Cool and this is just another stupid move like that guy doing 219 mph in the lambo! :stupid

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Posted: Dec. 03 2007,6:26 am

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Kids will never learn that raceing on the street is not Cool and this is just another stupid move like that guy doing 219 mph in the lambo! :stupid

Yep, and a lot of that is from lack of tracks, they keep closing down, I see a big increase here once Firebird closes, "Friday Night Drags" draws a huge crowd sometimes!.. :rolleyes

As far as that guy going 219 on the freeway, he's a fockin nut case and should be put away!.. :beat

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Posted: Dec. 03 2007,8:33 am

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In talking to a few people "In the Know". They're guessing that the other 20 yr old kid he was racing, will be charged with a homicide today after the funeral.

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Posted: Dec. 03 2007,10:04 am

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The Article didn't mention another car either..... :stupid

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Posted: Dec. 03 2007,11:03 am

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Yeap, street racing at it's best. This is a small heavy used street too. The "Official" story is that they were going to the movies and were going to drop one of the cars off at home and ride together to the show.

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Posted: Dec. 03 2007,1:09 pm

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I'm Guessing That's Not What Was Happening.....Is That The Kids Story Or The Cops?? :stupid

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Posted: Dec. 03 2007,2:12 pm

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Quote (Carrera Elite @ Dec. 03 2007,1:09 pm)

Quote (WATERDOG @ Dec. 03 2007,12:03 pm)

I'm Guessing That's Not What Was Happening.....Is That The Kids Story Or The Cops?? :stupid

This would be the kid in the other car that didn't crash story. I won't get Ryan's side till later this week.

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Posted: Jan. 14 2008,3:57 pm

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Talked with Ryan and his mom today. He and many other witnesses say he lost control and spun out twice going up the road before the accident. The police forensics people and Ryan are both saying the car left the road at more than 130 MPH. The other driver received a letter in the mail last Friday that they will be prosecuting him for vehicular manslaughter, as well as a felony hit and run. I seems that even though he never left the scene, He never mentioned to LEO's that he was the driver of the other car. That's gonna hurt.

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Quote (WATERDOG @ Jan. 14 2008,3:57 pm)

WOW...

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What ever happen to good old red light to red light drags, now everybodys got to do a high speed run, They busted one of our star player for the cave's, "labron james" for speeding , 101mph on I-71, he said it was no be deal, he will just pay the fine and move on, he is 23.

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ya know reading stories like this kinda makes me thankful....when I was young and dumb...I used to street race and do the high speed runs down the high way. When you're in your late teens and early 20's you're still in that "I'm Invincable" stage. Sad to hear about the young man that died. Whats even worse is the passenger and the driver of the other car has to live with the memory of the accident. Thats punishment enough.. Hey Waterdog sounds like you know the family pretty well....Sorry to hear

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Posted: Jan. 15 2008,7:03 am

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Many of us lived to tell the dumb stunts that we used to pull. Things have changed in this world, and you just can't do the things that we did. Very sad.

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Posted: Jan. 15 2008,9:30 am

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Whats even worse is the passenger and the driver of the other car has to live with the memory of the accident. Thats punishment enough.. Hey Waterdog sounds like you know the family pretty well....Sorry to hear

That's how the mother feels, she doesn't want him to go to jail. I know them well, very well. Best friends since we were about 14. Was going to marry in '74, but I decided to go to college instead. We decided to be best friends forever.

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