Three women killed on freeway remembered by
family members
From staff and AP reports
The three East Coast women who were killed
Sunday as they changed a tire along the Long Beach Freeway were working
as teachers at a childrenís science camp.
The women, identified Monday as Joanna
Wilson, 23, of New London, N.H.; Lauren Dunn, 23, of Erie, Penn.; and Lauren
Interess, 23, of Winchester, Mass., were living and teaching at a nonprofit
childrenís camp at the Desert Sun Science Center in Idyllwild.
Children at the camp learn about astronomy
and other physical sciences.
This weekendís camp classes have been postponed
so the staff can grieve, said David Goodsell, the centerís director.
"They were three very fine, enthusiastic,
energetic young ladies," Goodsell said.
The trio was returning from a Santa Catalina
Island scuba diving trip and had pulled over to the median strip of the
710 Freeway after their Plymouth Voyager got a flat tire.
Moments after stepping out of their van,
they were struck by a Chevrolet Camaro.
A police statement said the Camaro was
traveling northbound on the freeway at a high rate of speed. The driver
of the Camaro, his two passengers, and the driver of a third car involved
were not injured, police said.
Ricardo Zamora, 20, of Torrance was arrested
at the scene and arraigned Tuesday at the Long Beach Court House.
He was charged with felony vehicular manslaughter,
a representative for the Long Beach Police Department said.
After the arraignment, Zamora was transferred
to the Los Angeles County Jail and is being held on $50,000 bail.
The women's family members recalled their
adventurous spirits.
Wilson's stepfather Kenzie Lobacz said
his stepdaughter came to California in September after completing a graduate
teaching course at the University of New Hampshire.
"She was loving it," Lobacz said. ëëShe
was helping kids. That's what she always wanted to do. She helped everybody."
Ed Interess of Winchester, Mass. said his
daughter, Lauren, had just fulfilled her dream of driving cross country
a few weeks ago.
"She was a self-starter," Interess said.
"She knew what she wanted to do and always did it." |
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