4 BIKE-RIDING BOYS INJURED BY CAR IN PACOIMA.Byline: Mary Beth Alexander Daily News Staff Writer Four boys ages 11 to 14 were 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. - two of them suffering broken legs - when they were hit by a car Thursday morning as they rode bikes to Pacoima Middle School, police said. The boys were riding in a crosswalk on Terra Bella Street beneath the Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. overpass about a block from school when they were hit by a westbound car, driven by Irma Ramirez, 34, of Pacoima, said Sgt. Stephany Payne, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . .
``She did not see them. Her side of the story is that she was trying to avoid another car,'' Payne said. The boys had been riding two on each bike. Brothers Juan Sanchez, 14, and Francisco Sanchez Francisco Sanchez (1805-September 1862) served as the Eighth Alcalde (Mayor) of San Francisco, California in 1843, and established the Sanchez Adobe in what is now present day Pacifica, California. Born in San Jose, California. , 11, both of Arleta, were taken by helicopter to Childrens Hospital of 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. . The elder child had a broken leg, and his younger sibling a deep cut on his leg that required stitches, a hospital spokesman said. Two other boys, ages 13 and 14, were taken to Providence Holy Cross Hospital Holy Cross Hospital may refer to: In the United Kingdom:
Ramirez was not cited, Payne said. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO The two bicycles that four Pacoima boys were riding T hursday when hit by a car are carried away. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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