THREE CAR FATALITY

There's a lot of interest in the accident that occurred Sunday night. Here's what The Roadrunner has on it so far:

THREE KILLED IN COLLISION SUNDAY
A Labor Day weekend collision on Lilac Road killed three people and sent three to area hospitals.
Two cars collided on Lilac Road just west of Anthony Sunday evening, about 7:20.
A 1994 Ford Explorer, driven by Albert G. Lovelady, 70, of Escondido, was eastbound on Lilac when it collided with a 1995 Cadillac driven by Carlos Mere, 56, of Oceanside.
According to the California Highway Patrol, witnesses said that Lovelady was weaving erratically moments before crossing the center lines into oncoming traffic.
Lovelady, who was not wearing a seat belt, was pronounced dead on the scene.
Mere also died, as did a passenger in the back seat, Lourdes Bacilio, 55, also of Oceanside.
Three other passengers in the Cadillac sustained major trauma and were still in critical condition on Monday.
They are Isabella Mere, 55, of Oceanside, Carolina Cornejo, 52 of Texas and Victor Medina, 22 of an unknown city. Medina was transported to Scripps La Jolla, while the other two were taken to Palomar Medical Center.
The accident is still under investigation by CHP.


Mr. Lovelady, although not a Valley Center resident, was well-known in the area for his involvement with the Valley Center Vaqueros horse club and for his involvement with local 4-H clubs. He was known in that group as "Bud" Lovelady.

Services will be held for him on Saturday, 11 a.m. at Oak Hill Church of Christ. (Oak Hill & Ash), Escondido. The family requests in lieu of flowers, to send contributions to the Valley Center Vaqueros at Valley Center Vaqueros, Inc., P.O. Box 617, Valley Center CA 92082.

We expect to have an obituary on Mr. Lovelady in the Sept. 12 paper.