Patterson Cemetery District, Stanislaus County, CA 

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Gonzalez Carlos 861104 p1
Youth Dies in Crash; A 15 year old Patterson boy was killed Sunday evening in a single-car accident on Ward Avenue a
half mile south of Sperry Avenue. Carlos Gonzalez, the apparent driver of the car, was found dead at the scene by
Patterson Paramedics who responded to the call at 6:58 p.m. Gonzalez was pinned under his parent s Pinto station wagon
alter it went off, the shoulder of the road and flipped over. The accident victim is the son of Pedro and Alice Gonzalez of
406 Del Puerto Street. Amador Chavez, 15. of Patterson. said he was a passenger in the car and at the scene gave a
reporter a partial account of what happened. He said the young Gonzalez was driving the car southbound on Ward
Avenue and "just went off the side of the road."  The car apparently went off the steep shoulder and flipped as it went
into a plowed field on the west side of the road. Chavez said he remained in the passenger sent as the car flipped over but
his friend was thrown out. Chavez, who wasn't hurt, found his friend trapped and unconscious under the car and then ran
for help. He aid he stopped at a nearby house, found no one home, and then ran to Gonzalez's parent's house on the
corner of Del Puerto and "C:" Street in Patterson - a distance of about a mile and a half. Chavez said Gonzalez had gotten
the keys to his parent's car and was giving him a ride home. "1 don t know why he turned this way, on Ward Avenue,
Chavez said."  Chavez lives with his parents in a house on South Third Street.  The 15 year old Gonzalez did not possess
a driver's license as he is underage. Patterson Firemen worked for 10 minutes before freeing Gonzalez's body from
underneath the car. County Coroner s report completed Monday stated the boy died from head injuries. Funeral
arrangements have been made through Hillview chapel in Patterson. A Rosary is set for 7 pm Thursday at Sacred Heart
Church. A mass will be Friday at 9:30am at the church.  Burial will be in Patterson District Cemetery. Gonzalez was a
student at Patterson High School. He was born in Phoenix, Ariz. and lived in Patterson since 1972.  He is survived by his
parents, a brother Peter of Gilroy, and step-brothers Angel Gonzalez and Frank Gonzalez also of Gilroy. Sisters are Mary
Hernandez of Modesto, Pasty Ramirez of Patterson, and step-sister Maria and Dianna of Gilroy.


Gonzalez Carlos 861111 p3
Boy Killed in Wreck Took Keys; The parents of a Patterson youth killed in a single-car accident Nov. 2 say their son took
the keys to the family car without their knowledge. The mother of the 15-year-old boy, Alice Gonzales, said she and her
daughter were about to go searching for him when news arrived he had been involved in an accident. They then drove to
the scene of the accident on Ward Avenue where firemen were working to free the body of Carlos Gonzales from
underneath the family s Pinto station wagon. Family members said the boy had been gone from the Gonzales home for
only a short time. As soon as she discovered her son and the car missing, she went to her daughter s house, just up the
street, trying to find him. They were about to go out searching when her husband, Pete, arrived and said the boy had been
hurt. The Gonzales family live at 406 Del Puerto Avenue. The accident occurred about a half-mile south of the Ward-
Sperry Avenue intersection. Carlos had apparently taken the car keys so that he and a friend, Arnador Chavez, could go
for a drive, family members said. After the mishap, Chavez said, he got out of the car, found Carlos trapped underneath
and ran for help. After getting no answer at a nearby house, he  ran all the way to Carlos parents house, he said. Chavez
was physically unhurt in the accident although he was hospitalized for stress. Parents of the Gonzales boy say they have
been blamed for giving the car keys to their son, who was too young to possess a driver s license.