Barbara was one of the friendliest, out going and fun loving persons I have ever had the pleasure to meet. We worked together in retail where I was a manager and she was a cashier. She had just resigned to attend the University of California, Riverside when she and her friend Stephanie Tourikian were both killed by a drunk driver. Both were only 19 years old at the time. There are no words to describe the pain and anguish brought by such a terrible event.
Barbara attended Chatsworth Park Elementary School, Lawrence Junior High School and Chatsworth High School were she graduated with honors. Barbara planned to become a doctor and was attending the University of Riverside majoring in Biology.
She was past Honored Queen of job's Daughters Bethel #305 and a member of Alpha Chi Omega Sorority.
Barbara is survived by parents Ed and Iris Paull, brother Greg Paul, grandparents Irwin and Sally Paull and Beatt Marsh and boyfriend Rena Monestine along with many, many friends and family.
Los Angeles Times Wrote,
Crash Kills 2 at Accident-Plagued Site : Northridge: After three recent traffic deaths, neighbors call the intersection hazardous.
January 07, 1994|CHAU LAM | TIMES STAFF WRITER
NORTHRIDGE — Two best friends were killed Thursday when a suspected drunk driver ran a red light and sheared their car in half, the second fatal accident since Christmas Day at a Northridge intersection that neighbors claim is too dangerous.
Killed in the crash at Corbin Avenue and Roscoe Boulevard were Barbara N. Paull, 19, the driver, and her college friend, Stephanie Tourikian, 19, of Ontario, Canada. Both were students at UC Riverside, and Paull had just picked up Tourikian at Los Angeles International Airport.
The driver of the car that struck Paull's was Hector Ruiz, 22, of Canoga Park. Witnesses told police he was traveling about 80 m.p.h., more than twice the limit on Corbin. Ruiz, who was hospitalized with a head injury, may face charges of manslaughter and drunk driving, said Officer Joe Barnes. Both Ruiz and a passenger were in Northridge Hospital Medical Center.
Ruiz has no criminal record, police said.
"He destroyed two lives," said a distraught Iris Paull of Chatsworth, one victim's mother, in an interview. "I want her home. I just want her home. I know, unfortunately, that's never going to be."
Barbara attended Chatsworth Park Elementary School, Lawrence Junior High School and Chatsworth High School were she graduated with honors. Barbara planned to become a doctor and was attending the University of Riverside majoring in Biology.
She was past Honored Queen of job's Daughters Bethel #305 and a member of Alpha Chi Omega Sorority.
Barbara is survived by parents Ed and Iris Paull, brother Greg Paul, grandparents Irwin and Sally Paull and Beatt Marsh and boyfriend Rena Monestine along with many, many friends and family.
Los Angeles Times Wrote,
Crash Kills 2 at Accident-Plagued Site : Northridge: After three recent traffic deaths, neighbors call the intersection hazardous.
January 07, 1994|CHAU LAM | TIMES STAFF WRITER
NORTHRIDGE — Two best friends were killed Thursday when a suspected drunk driver ran a red light and sheared their car in half, the second fatal accident since Christmas Day at a Northridge intersection that neighbors claim is too dangerous.
Killed in the crash at Corbin Avenue and Roscoe Boulevard were Barbara N. Paull, 19, the driver, and her college friend, Stephanie Tourikian, 19, of Ontario, Canada. Both were students at UC Riverside, and Paull had just picked up Tourikian at Los Angeles International Airport.
The driver of the car that struck Paull's was Hector Ruiz, 22, of Canoga Park. Witnesses told police he was traveling about 80 m.p.h., more than twice the limit on Corbin. Ruiz, who was hospitalized with a head injury, may face charges of manslaughter and drunk driving, said Officer Joe Barnes. Both Ruiz and a passenger were in Northridge Hospital Medical Center.
Ruiz has no criminal record, police said.
"He destroyed two lives," said a distraught Iris Paull of Chatsworth, one victim's mother, in an interview. "I want her home. I just want her home. I know, unfortunately, that's never going to be."
Barbara was one of the friendliest, out going and fun loving persons I have ever had the pleasure to meet. We worked together in retail where I was a manager and she was a cashier. She had just resigned to attend the University of California, Riverside when she and her friend Stephanie Tourikian were both killed by a drunk driver. Both were only 19 years old at the time. There are no words to describe the pain and anguish brought by such a terrible event.
Barbara attended Chatsworth Park Elementary School, Lawrence Junior High School and Chatsworth High School were she graduated with honors. Barbara planned to become a doctor and was attending the University of Riverside majoring in Biology.
She was past Honored Queen of job's Daughters Bethel #305 and a member of Alpha Chi Omega Sorority.
Barbara is survived by parents Ed and Iris Paull, brother Greg Paul, grandparents Irwin and Sally Paull and Beatt Marsh and boyfriend Rena Monestine along with many, many friends and family.
Los Angeles Times Wrote,
Crash Kills 2 at Accident-Plagued Site : Northridge: After three recent traffic deaths, neighbors call the intersection hazardous.
January 07, 1994|CHAU LAM | TIMES STAFF WRITER
NORTHRIDGE — Two best friends were killed Thursday when a suspected drunk driver ran a red light and sheared their car in half, the second fatal accident since Christmas Day at a Northridge intersection that neighbors claim is too dangerous.
Killed in the crash at Corbin Avenue and Roscoe Boulevard were Barbara N. Paull, 19, the driver, and her college friend, Stephanie Tourikian, 19, of Ontario, Canada. Both were students at UC Riverside, and Paull had just picked up Tourikian at Los Angeles International Airport.
The driver of the car that struck Paull's was Hector Ruiz, 22, of Canoga Park. Witnesses told police he was traveling about 80 m.p.h., more than twice the limit on Corbin. Ruiz, who was hospitalized with a head injury, may face charges of manslaughter and drunk driving, said Officer Joe Barnes. Both Ruiz and a passenger were in Northridge Hospital Medical Center.
Ruiz has no criminal record, police said.
"He destroyed two lives," said a distraught Iris Paull of Chatsworth, one victim's mother, in an interview. "I want her home. I just want her home. I know, unfortunately, that's never going to be."
Barbara attended Chatsworth Park Elementary School, Lawrence Junior High School and Chatsworth High School were she graduated with honors. Barbara planned to become a doctor and was attending the University of Riverside majoring in Biology.
She was past Honored Queen of job's Daughters Bethel #305 and a member of Alpha Chi Omega Sorority.
Barbara is survived by parents Ed and Iris Paull, brother Greg Paul, grandparents Irwin and Sally Paull and Beatt Marsh and boyfriend Rena Monestine along with many, many friends and family.
Los Angeles Times Wrote,
Crash Kills 2 at Accident-Plagued Site : Northridge: After three recent traffic deaths, neighbors call the intersection hazardous.
January 07, 1994|CHAU LAM | TIMES STAFF WRITER
NORTHRIDGE — Two best friends were killed Thursday when a suspected drunk driver ran a red light and sheared their car in half, the second fatal accident since Christmas Day at a Northridge intersection that neighbors claim is too dangerous.
Killed in the crash at Corbin Avenue and Roscoe Boulevard were Barbara N. Paull, 19, the driver, and her college friend, Stephanie Tourikian, 19, of Ontario, Canada. Both were students at UC Riverside, and Paull had just picked up Tourikian at Los Angeles International Airport.
The driver of the car that struck Paull's was Hector Ruiz, 22, of Canoga Park. Witnesses told police he was traveling about 80 m.p.h., more than twice the limit on Corbin. Ruiz, who was hospitalized with a head injury, may face charges of manslaughter and drunk driving, said Officer Joe Barnes. Both Ruiz and a passenger were in Northridge Hospital Medical Center.
Ruiz has no criminal record, police said.
"He destroyed two lives," said a distraught Iris Paull of Chatsworth, one victim's mother, in an interview. "I want her home. I just want her home. I know, unfortunately, that's never going to be."
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