The Daily News of Los Angeles, "Tire Failure Leads to Two Fatal Crashes"

          Three people from Tehachapi and Rosamond died in two separate weekend crashes on Highway 58 after tread came off tires on the vehicles in which they were riding, officials said Monday.
          Tehachapi residents John Paul Verstraeten, 24, and Jessica Cristanelli, 20, were fatally injured Saturday afternoon just east of Bakersfield, California when their westbound sport utility vehicle overturned on Highway 58 after the tread came off the right front tire, California Highway Patrol officials said.
          Rosamond resident Jesus Oropeza, 54, died about 4 1/2 hours later on Highway 58 seven miles east when his westbound pickup truck overturned after the tread came off the left rear tire, CHP officials said.
          Verstraeten was driving a 1991 Ford Explorer "substantially" faster than the highway's 65 mph speed when the crash occurred about 1:15 p.m. Saturday east of Edison Road, Williams said. When the tread came off, the vehicle swerved into the center divider, then veered right and flipped several times, the CHP report said.
          Cristanelli was not wearing a seat belt and was thrown from the vehicle's rear seat, the report said. Verstraeten was wearing a seat belt but was fatally injured when the Explorer's roof collapsed. About 5:50 p.m. Saturday, Oropeza was driving a 1992 Ford F250 pickup truck west on Highway 58 near General Beale Road when the left rear tire tread separated, a CHP report said. The truck ran off the highway and overturned. Oropeza was killed despite wearing a seat belt.