BRIEFLY : HIGHWAY 14 PILEUP INJURES 7 MOTORISTS.A pileup involving as many as five vehicles on the Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. on Sunday afternoon injured seven people, two seriously, authorities said. The cause of the crashes, which occurred shortly after 4 p.m. on the southbound Highway 14 near the Palmdale Boulevard exit, is under investigation, said Officer Garry Goldenberg, of the California Highway Patrol. ``It was possibly a bad lane change that caused a chain reaction, one person may have swerved to avoid hitting another and so on, but as to who is responsible, that is still being investigated,'' Goldenberg said. An injured 17-month-old girl was airlifted to Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles, said Capt. Tim Bloom, with the Los Angeles County Fire Department Not to be confused with Los Angeles Fire Department. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including the City of La . Ron Yukelson, a hospital spokesman, said the child was in serious condition with a lacerated lacerated /lac·er·at·ed/ (las´er-at?ed) torn; mangled; wounded by a jagged instrument. lac·er·at·ed adj. Cut or wounded in a jagged manner. liver. A Los Angeles County sheriff's helicopter transported a critically injured 18-year-old man to Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Providence Holy Cross Medical Center is a hospital in Mission Hills, California, USA. The hospital has 254 beds, and is part of Providence Health & Services. History in Mission Hills, said Bloom. Three people with minor injuries were transported by paramedics to Antelope Valley Hospital, while two others, also with minor injuries, were taken to Lancaster Community Hospital This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , Bloom said. ?13Daily News Sunland collision leaves 2 injured SUNLAND - A two-car collision in Sunland on Sunday injured two people, one of whom was critically injured and temporarily trapped inside a vehicle, a 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 said. The crash occurred in the 9800 block of Tujunga Canyon Boulevard about 8:10 p.m., Brian Humphrey said. One person was trapped in the wreckage but freed by firefighters and taken to Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills, he said. Humphrey said the other victim, reported in serious condition, was taken to Glendale Adventist Medical Center Glendale Adventist Medical Center is located in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale, California. It was founded in 1905. Glendale Adventist Medical Center is a sister institution of Loma Linda University Medical Center and is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist hospital system. . ?13City News Service Hit-run driver sends toddler to hospital A 2-year-old boy who wandered onto a North Hollywood street was injured by a hit-and-run driver Sunday afternoon, police said. A man driving a red Camaro with a black rear bumper hit the boy, who suffered a fractured leg and facial cuts. The incident occurred on Riverton Avenue, near Sherman Way at about 1:20 p.m. The child was airlifted to Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles, said Officer Bill Mulvihill, of the Los Angeles Police Department's Valley Traffic Division. |
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