BRIEFLY : CAR BEING TOWED HITS, KILLS YOUNGSTER.SYLMAR - A 4-year-old Van Nuys boy was killed Wednesday after being hit by a car being towed away, authorities said. Martin Barahona, who suffered head and chest injuries, was pronounced dead at 5:14 p.m. at 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. , a hospital spokesman said. The incident occurred at about 12:24 p.m. in the 13800 block of Cranston Avenue and Nurmi Street as a truck prepared to tow a BMW BMW in full Bayerische Motoren Werke AG German automaker. Founded as an aircraft engine manufacturer in 1916, the company assumed the name Bayerische Motoren Werke and became known for its high-speed motorcycles in the 1920s. , Officer Bill Mulvihill said. ``The boy was lying in the street and no one saw him,'' Mulvihill said. ``When the truck towed the car away, the rear wheels (of the car) ran over him.'' The driver of the tow truck has not been charged, Mulvihill said. The West Valley Traffic Division is investigating the incident. ?13Daily News 3-month-old dies at day-care facility SAUGUS - A baby boy reportedly died Wednesday at a licensed home day-care center day-care center: see day nursery. in the 28000 block of Seco Canyon Road in Saugus, fire officials said. The 3-month-old was in full cardiac arrest cardiac arrest n. Abbr. CA A sudden cessation of cardiac function, resulting in loss of effective circulation. Cardiac arrest A condition in which the heart stops functioning. and lying on the living room floor when Los Angeles County firefighters arrived at about 2 p.m., said Capt. Michael Flocks of Fire Station No. 111. Apparently the infant was in a car seat on top of a bed. He turned on his stomach, possibly causing the seat to tip over and cover his face, said sheriff's Detective Melinda Hearne. Firefighters attempted to revive the boy, but he had no pulse, Flocks said. He was pronounced dead shortly after at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital. The death is under investigation. ?13Daily News West Hills woman arrested in N.Y. NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of - A California woman who came to New York to talk on television about using drugs was arrested for drug possession Tuesday night at Kennedy Airport on her way back home, authorities said. The suspect, Lena Lockerby, 19, of West Hills balked balk v. balked, balk·ing, balks v.intr. 1. To stop short and refuse to go on: The horse balked at the jump. 2. at placing a box on the X-ray scanner as she was preparing to board a United Airlines flight to Los Angeles. She was arrested and held for arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted on three misdemeanor possession charges when police found methamphetamine, hypodermic needles and a drug-cutting agent in the box, Mary DeBourbon of the Queens District Attorney's Office said Wednesday. Earlier Tuesday, Lockerby had taped a ``Geraldo'' show about ``crank,'' or methamphetamine, a drug said to be more dangerous than crack. Jeff Erdel, a spokesman for Geraldo Rivera “Geraldo” redirects here. For the British bandleader, see Geraldo (bandleader). For the talk show, see . Gerald Michael Rivera[1] (born July 4, 1943), known by his TV name Geraldo Rivera or simply Geraldo , said the program probably will air next month. ?13Associated Press 2nd-grader held in series of fires BURBANK - An 8-year-old second-grader has been detained on suspicion of setting a camper shell on fire at a Burbank trailer park, the fourth fire the boy is suspected of setting. Burbank fire Capt. Robert Reinhardt said the boy has admitted to setting two fires at the Hollywood Way Trailer Park, where he lives, and two at Color West Lithography, a nearby business. In the most serious incident, on Feb. 7, a trailer was burned to the ground. The occupant, who Reinhardt said would have been killed, escaped with second-degree burns on his arm. Reinhardt said the decision was made to detain the boy at Sylmar Juvenile Hall until his next court date because of concerns for both his own safety and that of others at the trailer park. ``In the interim he is undergoing psychiatric evaluation psychiatric evaluation The assessment of a person's mental, social, psychologic functionality. See DSM-IV-table multiaxial assessment, Personality testing, Psychiatric history, Psychiatric interview. ,'' Reinhardt said. ?13Daily News |
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