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Ventura County's deadly roads

See larger FILE PHOTO / Rob Varela Traffic is allowed to pass through the scene of a fatal accident involving a prisoner work-release crew doing maintenance work on the center median of the westbound 126 Freeway.

FILE PHOTO / Rob Varela
Traffic is allowed to pass through the scene of a fatal accident involving a prisoner work-release crew doing maintenance work on the center median of the westbound 126 Freeway.

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  • Nicolas Virgen, whose wife Theresa died in a Dec. 6, 2008, traffic accident in Oxnard, keeps her photo on a small altar in his Port Hueneme house. A speeding car hit the truck they were in, killing her and injuring Virgen and two of their three children.
  • California Highway Patrol Officers Todd Wonders, left, and David Ness investigate a fatal head-on collision on Pleasant Valley Road in Oxnard in June 2008. From 1994 to 2008, traffic accidents killed 1,096 people in Ventura County. CHP Officers Todd Wonders, left, and David Ness investigate a fatal head-on collision that happened on Pleasant Valley Rd. near Laguna Rd. in Oxnard on June 18, 2008.
  • California Highway Patrol Officer Lara Ray writes up a driver who was caught speeding Thursday on northbound Highway 101 near the Rice Road offramp in Oxnard.
  • Deborah Escobar’s husband, Joe Escobar, was killed when his car crashed in August on Highway 101 in Oxnard. “In a second, that’s what could happen,” she said. Deborah Escobar of Ojai, whose husband Joe Escobar died in a single car accident in August on the 101. Escobar is still looking for answers in what really happen that day.
  • Roadside memorials dot the roads of Ventura County including the intersection of Lewis and Adolfo Roads where there is automotive, locomotive and pedestrian traffic in Camarillo. Lewis Road is one of Ventura County’s more dangerous roads.
  • Police Officers Manny Perez and Jessica Eglin administer sobriety tests to a driver at a DUI checkpoint in Oxnard. The city has cracked down on drunken driving, and alcohol-related accidents dropped 5 percent in 2008-09 from the year before.
  • Juan Carlo / Star staff 01/23/10 in Oxnard: Oxnard Police officer Sergio Figueroa books in Juventino Marin of Oxnard with a DUI at around 11 p.m. He was 1.7 on the breathalyzer test, and he also got his truck towed away. Inside the jail he got his picture taken, fingerprinted, and search and then he got released.
  • Juan Carlo / Star staff 01/23/10 in Oxnard: Oxnard Police officer Manny Perez perform a breathalyzer test after doing different DUI test to Juventino Marin of Oxnard. He was 1.7 on the test and was arrested and book in with being under the influence, he also got his truck towed away.
  • Juan Carlo / Star staff 01/23/10 in Oxnard: Oxnard Police officer Manny Perez writes a DUI ticket to Juventino Marin of Oxnard. He was 1.7 on the breathalyzer test and was arrested and book in with being under the influence, he also got his truck towed away.
  • Juan Carlo / Star staff 01/23/10 in Oxnard: Juventino Marin of Oxnard waits for Oxnard Police Officer Sergio Figueroa to open up the jail facility at Oxnard Police department office. Marin was 1.7 on the breathalyzer test, and he also got his truck towed away. Inside the jail he got his picture taken, fingerprinted, and search and then he got released.
  • Juan Carlo / Star staff 01/23/10 in Oxnard: Oxnard Police officer Manny Perez perform a different DUI test to Juventino Marin of Oxnard. He was 1.7 on the breathalyzer test and was arrested and book in with being under the influence, he also got his truck towed away.
  • Juan Carlo / Star staff 01/23/10 in Oxnard: Oxnard Police officer Sergio Figueroa arrest Juventino Marin of Oxnard with a DUI at around 11 p.m. He was 1.7 on the breathalyzer test, and he also got his truck towed away.
  • Traffic backs up behind a fatal traffic accident on southbound Highway 101 in Camarillo in March 2008. Highway 101 ranks at the top of the list for most fatalities, but as county’s main traffic artery, it also handles the largest amount of vehicles. Motorists wait as traffic came to a stand still following a fatal traffic collision on the south 101 freeway past Pleasant Valley Road in Camarillo on Tuesday afternoon. The freeway was partially closed for approximately two hours.
  • Bill Paymard, left, and Balfre Salgado of Platinum Towing work to get a Hummer hooked up to their tow truck after the driver of the SUV lost control while traveling northbound on the PCH and rolled the car killing one passenger and leaving another passenger in critical condition on June 17, 2009. According to the CHP the group was heading back from the Lakers celebration in Los Angeles.
  • 01-27-10 Thousand Oaks: Cars approach the interchange from highway 23 south to highway 101 in Thousand Oaks, in either direction it is one of Ventura County’s more dangerous roads.
  • California Highway Patrol officer Lara Ray cites a driver who was talking on his cellular phone as he entered the southbound 101 Freeway at the Rose Avenue on ramp in Oxnard Thursday.
  • California Highway Patrol officer Lara Ray talks with a motorist on the shoulder of the southbound 101 Freeway near Johnson Drive in Ventura Thursday.
  • FILE PHOTO / Rob Varela Traffic is allowed to pass through the scene of a fatal accident involving a prisoner work-release crew doing maintenance work on the center median of the westbound 126 Freeway.
  • FILE PHOTO / Joseph A. Garcia Newbury Park High School students comfort one another at a memorial site honoring Cody Murphy, who died in a single-vehicle crash on Pacific Coast Highway.
  • FILE PHOTO The remnants of a Nissan Altima bear testament to the severity of a four-vehicle accident on Highway 118. The Nissan collided with an 18-wheeler, which also collided with two other passenger vehicles.
  • Highway 33 winds through the hillsides above Ojai, offering scenic views of the Los Padres National Forest.
  • A motorcyclist drives south from Mugu Rock on Pacific Coast Highway, one of Ventura County's more dangerous roads.

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