It's always interesting to see these kind of reports...  Our "foreign  
car" junk yards here in Southern Ohio are packed with all sorts of  
Japanese rubble but not much "Euro trash".
Whew!   The crash report was sobering.  Interesting that the news  
article  listed the brand and types of vehicles involved:

An elderly couple was killed Friday morning in an accident on Highway  
89 along the West Shore of Lake Tahoe.

An 83-year-old male driver and an 81-year-old woman passenger died  
when their Volkswagen Vanagon crossed the double-yellow line on  
Highway 89 heading south near Sugarpine State Park at about 11:20  
a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol.

Their van struck an oncoming Ford F450 pickup, said CHP Officer Jeff  
Gartner.

The 45-year-old Carson City man driving the truck was uninjured,  
Gartner said.

�It doesn�t appear that alcohol was a factor; it appears they were  
maybe going too quick for the road conditions, the snow and slush,�  
Gartner said.

The names of the couple from San Mateo, Calif., had not been released  
as of Friday pending notification of family, Gartner said.

Stephen
Chillicothe Ohio
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