1 TEEN KILLED, 3 INJURED IN CRASH.Byline: - Josh Kleinbaum A teenage girl died and three other teens were injured Thursday when the car they were in smashed into a parked pickup truck, then landed in front of an apartment building along a busy stretch of Topanga Canyon Boulevard, officials said. Officials did not immediately identify any of the four teenagers, whom emergency crews rushed to three different area hospitals after the 3:40 p.m. crash near Topanga Canyon Boulevard and Collins Street. The girl died at the hospital, said Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. spokesman Jim Wells Jim Wells MLA (born 27 April 1957) is a politician from the Democratic Unionist Party and a deputy speaker of the Transitional Assembly (Northern Ireland). Wells is one of six Assembly members for South Down. . Another teen was in critical condition, and two others were in serious condition late Thursday, Wells said. Witnesses told police that the teens were in a silver 1997 Nissan being driven erratically about 50 mph when it smashed into a parked Toyota Tundra The Toyota Tundra is a full-size pickup truck sold by Toyota, replacing the Toyota T100. It is similar to the Toyota Sequoia, and Toyota Tacoma. The Tundra was nominated for the North American Truck of the Year award and was Motor Trend magazine's Truck of the year for the year , said Sgt. Dave Ferry of the Los Angeles Police Department's Valley Traffic division. ``We don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. yet whether it was kids fooling around or some sort of mechanical problem with the vehicle itself,'' Ferry said. Residents of the Warner Villa apartment building said they heard tires squealing squeal v. squealed, squeal·ing, squeals v.intr. 1. To give forth a loud shrill cry or sound. 2. Slang To turn informer; betray an accomplice or secret. v.tr. , then a loud crash. ``We got out here within 30 seconds, and there was already a passenger on the sidewalk on his knees,'' said Stephanie Stubig, 17. The other three teens were trapped in the car and had to be extricated ex·tri·cate tr.v. ex·tri·cat·ed, ex·tri·cat·ing, ex·tri·cates 1. To release from an entanglement or difficulty; disengage. 2. Archaic To distinguish from something related. , Wells said. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Firefighters extract teenagers from a car that hit a parked pickup truck and landed by an apartment building Thursday on Topanga Canyon Boulevard. Gavin Kaufman/Special to the Daily News |
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