BRIEFLY; WOMAN, 79, KILLED WHEN CAR HITS TREE.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. - A car went off the southbound 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. near Atwater Village on Sunday and hit a tree, killing the 79-year-old Chatsworth woman behind the wheel, a city Fire Department spokesman said. The crash at Colorado Boulevard Colorado Boulevard (or Colorado Street) is a major east-west street in Southern California, United States. It runs from Griffith Park in Los Angeles east through Glendale, the Eagle Rock section of Los Angeles, Pasadena, and Arcadia, ending in Monrovia. was reported at about 8:50 a.m., said Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. spokesman Brian Humphrey. The woman, who had a seat belt on, was alone in the silver Mercury Marquis The Mercury Marquis was a vehicle produced by the Ford Motor Company under its Mercury brand from 1967 to 1986. It began as a full-size car, but became a mid-size in 1983. Continuing as a full-size was the former top-level trim line, Grand Marquis. , Humphrey said. She was pronounced dead at the scene. - City News Service HIKER COLLAPSES, DIES IN STATE PARK TUJUNGA - A 55-year-old North Hollywood man collapsed and died Sunday while hiking with friends on a trail in La Tuna Canyon State Park, a city fire spokesman said. Rescuers received a 911 call at about 2 p.m. reporting that a man had suddenly collapsed, said Los Angeles city fire spokesman Brian Humphrey. The callers were unsure of their exact location, but two helicopter crews eventually spotted the group from the air, Humphrey said. The man's companions gave him cardiopulmonary resuscitation cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), emergency procedure used to treat victims of cardiac and respiratory arrest. CPR can be done in a hospital with drugs and special equipment or as a first-aid technique. , but he was pronounced dead at the scene after paramedics arrived. - City News Service TEMPLE CELEBRATES TORAH ACQUISITION Members of Temple Beit Hamidrash of Woodland Hills celebrated their new Torah on Sunday with a procession through the community. They carried it from the synagogue at 5850 Fallbrook Ave. to their day school, the Rabbi Max D. Raiskin West Valley Hebrew Academy at 5724 Oso Ave., where the congregation gathered for a festival. The synagogue has been at the Fallbrook Avenue location for 20 years, and the new Torah was made possible by a donation from the Walg family, who are founders of the temple. ``It's a dream come true,'' said Alan Shapiro, president of the temple. - Daily News |
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