90-YEAR-OLD JAYWALKER KILLED.Byline: Jesse Hiestand Daily News Staff Writer A 90-year-old man out for a predawn pre·dawn n. The time just before dawn. pre  dawn adj. walk was hit and killed by a car Friday when he jaywalked near the intersection of Roscoe and Topanga Canyon boulevards, police said. The victim was identified as Sidney Barkan, who lived near the intersection, said 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 Officer Mary Brady of the Valley Traffic Division. ``It's unfortunate a person can live to be 90 years old and get taken out while jaywalking jay·walk intr.v. jay·walked, jay·walk·ing, jay·walks To cross a street illegally or in a reckless manner. [From jay2, inexperienced person. across a street in the Valley,'' Brady said. ``People might look at this and think he was 90 years old and couldn't run fast enough, but we have 30-year-olds who couldn't run fast enough.'' Barkan was walking north across Roscoe Boulevard, east of Topanga Canyon Boulevard, in the predawn darkness about 5:50 a.m. when he was hit and killed by a 1987 Subaru, Brady said. The driver, Louise Hernandez, was not cited. That intersection was the site of a tragic incident in March when a 1-year-old girl in a stroller was crushed to death under the wheels of a big rig Big Rig was a punk band from the San Francisco Bay Area fronted by singer/songwriter Jesse Michaels. Michaels performed with the group after the break up of his previous project, Operation Ivy, and before forming the band Common Rider. . Police said the girl's mother was at fault for darting into the crosswalk as the truck was bearing down on them. Although the intersection of Roscoe and Topanga Canyon boulevards is considered dangerous, it did not rank among the most dangerous in Los Angeles County, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a recent transportation survey. The intersection of Roscoe and Sepulveda boulevards was deemed the most dangerous for pedestrians in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. . Overall, the Los Angeles metropolitan area ranked No. 1 in the nation in terms of fatal or serious pedestrian traffic injuries, with 1,382, more than any other major city in 1996, the study said. At the Roscoe and Topanga Canyon intersection, jaywalking is a major problem because of the heavy foot traffic from nearby shopping centers shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into , apartments and houses, Brady said. ``We're constantly out there issuing jaywalking tickets,'' Brady said. ``Most of the time it's the pedestrian's fault for walking midblock, strolling across the street and just thinking they're going to beat the cars.'' CAPTION(S): Map MAP: Pedestrian killed |
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