2 INJURED IN HEAD-ON CRASH : STOLEN PICKUP VEERED INTO TRAFFIC.Byline: Mary Beth Alexander Daily News Staff Writer TUJUNGA - A 16-year-old girl who police say was driving a stolen pickup on the wrong side of the road collided head-on with a utility truck Wednesday on Big Tujunga Canyon Road, injuring two men. The crash occurred at about 2:30 p.m. in the 12500 block of Big Tujunga Canyon Road, police said Wednesday. It was unknown why the pickup veered into the path of the utility truck, said Officer Bill Mulvihill, of the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Police Department's Valley Traffic Division. ``She just went on the wrong side of the roadway,'' Mulvihill said. The teen-age girl walked away from the crash scene and was taken into custody about a mile and a half down the road by police, Mulvihill said. She was booked on suspicion of felony felony (fĕl`ənē), any grave crime, in contrast to a misdemeanor, that is so declared in statute or was so considered in common law. hit and run, said Mulvihill. The two men in the utility truck were taken in serious condition to a nearby hospital. One suffered a broken leg, said Mulvihill, and the other a broken pelvis pelvis, bony, basin-shaped structure that supports the organs of the lower abdomen. It receives the weight of the upper body and distributes it to the legs; it also forms the base for numerous muscle attachments. . Three other teen-agers in the the stolen truck were treated for minor injuries and released, he said. They were questioned by police, but none were arrested. Police did not release the name of the 16-year-old girl because of her age. The victims' names were not available. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1) An LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. officer removes the handcuffs hand·cuff n. A restraining device consisting of a pair of strong, connected hoops that can be tightened and locked about the wrists and used on one or both arms of a prisoner in custody; a manacle. Often used in the plural. tr.v. from one of two youngsters who left the scene of Wednesday's crash in Tujunga. (2) Los Angeles firefighters and paramedics tend to an injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. driver after a pickup truck veered into head-on traffic. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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