AREA DEPUTY IN HOSPITAL AFTER CRASH.Byline: Stacy Brown Daily News Staff Writer A 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. County sheriff's deputy was recovering Tuesday after he was critically injured in a single-car crash as he drove home from working a double shift, officials said. Deputy Paul Tallant, 33, was upgraded from critical to serious condition at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, where he was taken after the crash at 3:35 a.m. Monday. ``We hear that he is doing somewhat better,'' sheriff's Sgt. Mike Watner said. Tallant, a seven-year veteran assigned to the Palmdale station, was driving southbound on Bouquet Canyon Road when his new white pickup hit the dirt Verb 1. hit the dirt - fall or drop suddenly, usually to evade some danger; "The soldiers hit the dirt when they heard gunfire" hit the deck move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" shoulder and flipped, throwing him from the vehicle, Sgt. Russ Hill said. ``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. quite what happened, except that he veered off the roadway,'' Hill said. ``The vehicle rolled.'' California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. Officer Doug Sweeney said investigators believe that Tallent may have fallen asleep at the wheel. Officers throughout the county, including Tallant's wife, a deputy assigned to East Los Angeles East Los Angeles, uninc. city (1990 pop. 126,379), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles, in an industrial area. It has a large Mexican-American population. There is a performing arts center and a cultural center. A junior college is there. , were pulling for him. ``For a minute it was pretty touch and go,'' said Hill, who was awaiting word from hospital officials on whether blood donations or any other assistance was needed. ``They won't let us see him and we feel helpless right now because there's nothing we can do.'' |
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