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Dumbass Affirmative action pigs missing an entire body, nice work dummies.

Woman found in tow yard died soon after crash, officials say
A dead body was found in a wrecked car at Howard Sommers Towing in Canoga Park Sunday, December 16, 2007.
The 72-year-old Paso Robles resident was discovered, dead, Sunday afternoon in a car that had been removed from the scene of a wreck that occurred Saturday morning. State agency launches investigation
By Robert J. Lopez and Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers
5:14 PM PST, December 17, 2007
A 72-year old woman left inside the twisted wreckage of a car that was towed to a police impound lot died within minutes of the crash that killed her, according to a preliminary autopsy report filed today by the Los Angeles County coroner's office.

Authorities investigating why police and fire officials failed to discover Shirley Lee Williams at the scene of the Saturday morning crash in Tarzana, said today that her son told rescuers that no one else was in the vehicle.

In addition to an LAPD investigation, officials from California's Emergency Medical Services Authority said today they have launched an inquiry into how the accident was handled.

Steven Williams, 48, of Paso Robles was driving when the car slammed into a Tarzana office complex Saturday morning. The force of the crash ripped a large hole in the back of a stucco building, shattering wood supports and plaster. His mother, Shirley Lee Williams, also of Paso Robles, was in the passenger seat. Her body was apparently hidden by an inflated air bag.

Shirley William's body was not discovered until Sunday afternoon, after relatives reported her missing.

Moore said detectives spoke today with paramedics who treated Williams but were still trying to determine why no one spotted the passenger in the car before it was taken to a police impound lot.

"It's reasonable to expect that the police and Fire Department at the scene would look in the car," he said.

When paramedics arrived at the scene of the crash Saturday, the son was in the front seat and told rescuers that he was alone in the car, police officials said today.

"When questioned if anyone else was in the vehicle, the driver indicated there was no else," said LAPD Deputy Chief Michel Moore, who is overseeing the investigation of the incident.

"He was conscious, he was breathing and he was able to respond to questions," Moore said.

Steven Williams was taken to Northridge Hospital Medical Center, where he is in critical but stable condition today, a hospital spokeswoman said. Moore stressed that the investigation was preliminary and that detectives need to determine how the question was asked and whether Williams was able to fully understand.

An autopsy conducted today listed Shirley Williams manner of death as multiple force trauma, according to Lt. Fred Corral of the Los Angeles County coroner's investigations division. Corral described the injuries as consistent with those seen in traffic fatalities. Initially, her time of death was listed as 3:35 p.m. Sunday, the time when paramedics arrived at the tow yard and pronounced her dead.

Investigators began looking for the woman Sunday after family members reported that two relatives, not one, were missing, said Officer Mike Lopez of the Los Angeles Police Department.

"We conducted a follow-up to the tow yard, and we discovered the woman inside the vehicle," Lopez said. "She was dead."

On Sunday afternoon and evening, LAPD detectives and officials swarmed the vehicle lot at Howard Sommers Towing Inc., an official police impound and tow yard in Canoga Park, trying to determine how city paramedics and traffic officers had failed to spot the woman in the damaged vehicle.

Williams, described by police as slightly built, was concealed beneath an air bag that deployed during the accident. The vehicle was badly damaged.

About 10 a.m. Saturday, the vehicle, driven by Williams' son, hit a parked car in a bank parking lot and then crashed into the building at 19255 W. Ventura Blvd.

The car was then towed about seven miles to the impound yard, where it sat overnight. The city's Department of Building and Safety, meanwhile, was called in to check for structural damage at the bank after the car was pulled from the building.

On Sunday afternoon, authorities called the impound yard and asked an employee to look in the vehicle for anything unusual, a source said.

About 3:15 p.m., the Fire Department's emergency medical technicians were summoned by the towing yard, Humphrey said. "We had one person declared deceased at the scene....

"Obviously, there is interest in our department in what happened. We are awaiting the results of the LAPD investigation. It's purely a law enforcement investigation at this time."