ANTELOPE VALLEY: BRIEFLY : DEPUTIES IDENTIFY BODY FOUND AT STORE.

LITTLEROCK - Sheriff's deputies have identified the 55-year-old Littlerock man who was stabbed to death during an apparent robbery behind a convenience store Monday night sheriff's officials said.

Lloyd Gay Hunter was discovered dead at 5:45 a.m. Tuesday by the owner of the store at 90th Street East and Avenue S.

Hunter, who walked with crutches and wore a leg brace, was stabbed once in the chest and his body dumped in a pile of trash near a Dumpster behind the store, officials said.

While officials believe the motive for the attack was robbery they are still trying to determine what - if anything - was taken. Hunter was found still wearing two rings.

SOURCE: Daily News Crash victims in critical condition

BORON - Two people were critically injured Tuesday night when a motorist, possibly under the influence of drugs or alcohol, drove a 1972 Ford pickup truck with a camper into a 1986 Ford pickup truck, a California Highway Patrol spokesman said.

The crash occurred at 10:40 p.m. on Highway 58, two miles east of Boron. Both drivers were trapped inside their crushed vehicles, and had to be freed by firefighters. They were airlifted to San Bernardino County Medical Center, officials said.

According to CHP Officer Mitch Cox, the 1972 pickup truck's driver, a 22-year-old woman from Point Reyes, was driving east on Highway 58 when she drifted into the westbound lane and struck the other truck, driven by a 55-year-old man from Middletown. Neither name was released.

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LAKE ELIZABETH - A Lake Hughes man injured in a head-on collision on Elizabeth Road that injured two other people is suspected of driving while intoxicated, a California Highway Patrol spokesman said.

John Snabb, 52, was listed in serious condition Wednesday at Holy Cross Hospital in Mission Hills. He was arrested but not booked into jail because of the seriousness of his injuries, officials said. The crash also injured Gerald Schoenfeld, 56, and Sharon Muth, 51, of Lake Hughes.

CHP Officer Miguel Siordia said Snabb's 1991 Mitsubishi pickup truck crossed into the westbound traffic lane and collided with a 1984 Honda Accord driven by Schoenfeld, who was treated and released from a hospital. Muth, Schoenfeld's passenger, was admitted to Antelope Valley Hospital.

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PALMDALE - A 12-year-old bicyclist was attacked and bitten by a dog Sunday evening, according to a sheriff's report.

According to a sheriff's report, Robert Wilson was visiting relatives in the 3500 block of Avenue Q when he fell off a bicycle in front of a neighbor's home and was bitten by a dog on his right arm.

Neighbors said the dog must have gotten lose and ran from the house, deputies said. The dog was seized by animal control officers.

SOURCE: Daily News Man gets 7 years in friend's stabbing

LANCASTER - A Lancaster man was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in prison in the stabbing death of a friend in a dispute over $300.

Guy Carlson, 44, pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter in the Dec. 30 slaying of 53-year-old Dennis Earhart at Earhart's duplex apartment in the 45300 block of Sierra Highway.

Carlson told investigators that he and the victim were drinking and using rock cocaine before the 3:30 a.m. stabbing.

SOURCE: Daily News Cancer workshop offered by hospital

LANCASTER - People with cancer and others are invited to attend a workshop sponsored by Lancaster Community Hospital from 9 a.m. to noon May 4 at the Antelope Valley Inn.

Special discussion groups will form to talk about specific types of cancer, such as breast, lung, prostate and colon. The information gathered will be used in planning future community support groups to ``reach out'' to patients and family members after a diagnosis has been made.

A continental breakfast will be served. RSVPs can be made by calling 940-1459.

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