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It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a motorcycle
A funny thing happened to Art Gallegos on the way home from the Santa Clara Senior Center dance just before 11 p.m. last Thursday. Gallegos, a saxophonist for the Leratones, exited Hamilton Avenue and noticed lights from a Campbell police car just up ahead at the stoplight. He slowed down in time to see a stalled car in the lane. Then, as Gallegos attempted to move to the right, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle crash-landed between his 1997 Cadillac Seville and the parked police car.
"I got a sudden jolt from nowhere," said Gallegos, 74, who also added that his car had just been detailed. "The motorcycle was halfway under my car. I couldn't get out."
According to Campbell Police Sgt. Mike Alameda, Campbell Police officer Dave Lowry was parked in the farthest left-hand lane attending to the stranded vehicle.
"[The motorcyclist] lost control and impacted the [police] car," Alameda said, adding that the victim suffered lacerations to the face, knees and left ankle.
According to James Law Jr., who witnessed the accident from several cars away, the motorcyclist was traveling so fast down the exit that he became airborne when he hit the concrete ramp.
"He passed by me in the air," Law said. "I've never seen anything like that in my life."
The CHP also responded to the scene and closed the Hamilton Avenue exit for approximately an hour and a half. At press time, it was not determined if the driver was under the influence of alcohol.
--Genevieve Roja
Tots to do hard time in CUSD program
Kindergartners are putting in more hours in their days with the new extended-day program. Starting on Sept. 7, kindergartners in the Campbell Union School District will go to school from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., which is as long as the first-grade day. The district's governing board authorized the change after research indicated a longer day would help students master basic skills. Last year, CUSD's Sherman Oaks became the pilot school to test the longer day. After six months, the school saw a 6 percent gain in reading. Before this year, the district had a traditional half-day for kindergartners.
--Genevieve Roja
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