BRIEFLY : DRIVER KILLED IN LANE CHANGE.CHATSWORTH - A driver trying to change lanes was killed Sunday when he lost control of his car and clipped a truck, then crashed into a 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. police reported. Wayne Patrakian, 48, of Chatsworth died at the scene of the 3:15 p.m. accident near Devonshire Street and Mason Avenue, 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 Jim Wells Jim Wells MLA (born 27 April 1957) is a politician from the Democratic Unionist Party and a deputy speaker of the Transitional Assembly (Northern Ireland). Wells is one of six Assembly members for South Down. . A 26-year-old woman passenger sustained minor injuries when the 1980 Ford Mustang For other Ford Mustang models and concepts, see . The Ford Mustang is an automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company, originally based on the Ford Falcon compact.[1] slammed broadside into the tree, said Officer John Schlank of the Los Angeles Police Department's Valley Traffic Division. Investigators hadn't determined the Mustang'e speed, but Patrakian was accelerating as he traveled east on Devonshire, police said. The front passenger side of the Mustang struck the rear driver's side of the truck during the attempted lane change, Schlank said. SOURCE: - Daily News Motorist dies when car overturns SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - A man was killed today when his car overturned on the 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 Magic Mountain Parkway in Santa Clarita, a California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. officer said. The fatal crash happened about 6:50 a.m. on the southbound side of the freeway, said CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan officer Ken Lane. It was not clear why the motorist, who was in his 30s, lost control of the car. SOURCE: - City News Service Sheriff's divers can't find Simi man ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST The Angeles National Forest (ANF) was established by executive order on December 20, 1892 as the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve. It covers over 2,600 km² (650,000 acres) and is located in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, just north of the metropolitan area of Los - Sheriff's divers Sunday failed to locate the body of a 33-year-old Simi Valley man who disappeared after falling overboard at Pyramid Lake. It was the second day divers came up empty in their search for Craig Moore, who was presumed to have drowned after falling off a boat about 2:40 p.m. Saturday, said sheriff's spokeswoman Carrie Stuart. Sheriff's Sgt. Bob Stoneman said Moore, who was not wearing a life preserver, was in a cove near the dam at the south end of the lake when the accident occurred. Seven divers from the department's Emergency Services emergency services Emergency care '…services …necessary to prevent death or serious impairment of health and, because of the danger to life or health, require the use of the most accessible hospital available and equipped to furnish those services' Detail began today's search at about 9 a.m. and ended their effort about 4:30 p.m., Stuart said. SOURCE: - City News Service Sheriff's pilot survives shooting WRIGHTWOOD - A sheriff's helicopter pilot wounded by ground fire during a wild 30-mile chase was recovering Sunday after surgery for wounds to his leg and hip, San Bernardino County authorities said. Deputy Robert Hill temporarily lost control of the helicopter after he was shot, but he and an observer, Deputy Carlos Quezada, managed to make a safe emergency landing in a mountainous area, said Sgt. Rick Carr. Hill was airlifted to San Bernardino County Medical Center where he underwent surgery Saturday night for bullet wounds. He was described Sunday as stable, said Carr. The chase began about noon Saturday in the Jurupa area, the sergeant said. Jerry Gazaway, 37, of Riverside was arrested and booked for investigation of two counts of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer. An unidentified female passenger was questioned but not charged. SOURCE: - Associated Press Death toll hits 8 in Temecula crash RIVERSIDE - The death toll from last weekend's crash of a pickup truck crammed with illegal immigrants rose to eight with the death of a critically injured man, authorities said Sunday. Coroner's officials said they have been unable to identify the man, who died Saturday at Riverside General Hospital. He had been unconscious and in critical condition since the April 6 accident. The man was among 18 people injured when the pickup truck they were traveling in crashed while being followed by U.S. Border Patrol agents near Temecula. Seven others died at the scene. SOURCE: Associated Press |
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