BRIEFLY : ROAD FATALITIES DIP IN L.A., RISE IN STATE.Two people died in crashes on 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 roadways during the first 60 hours of the Christmas holiday, down from three deaths in the comparable period last year, the California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. reported Sunday. Statewide, there were 16 traffic fatalities in the 60 hours from 6 p.m. Christmas Eve to 6 a.m. Sunday, said California Highway Patrol Officer Wendy Moore. That number was up from 14 deaths for the comparable period a year ago. One of the fatal crashes in Los Angeles County happened in Palmdale, where a woman was killed and a man injured in a head-on collision Thursday on State Route 138 near 223rd Street East, 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 Bob Dodd. The other fatal crash happened Friday in 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. , where a drunk-driving suspect hit and killed a jogger from Fontana on Olympic Boulevard, Moore said. Statewide, officers made 845 arrests for investigation of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, up from 795 a year ago. - City News Service Man pulled off bike, robbed by 5 suspects SIMI VALLEY - A Simi Valley man was attacked and beaten early Sunday while riding his bicycle. Shortly after 2 a.m., the 19-year-old man was riding his bicycle near the pond in Rancho Simi Park when five people blocked his path, according to the Simi Valley Police Department The Simi Valley Police Department (SVPD) is the police department of the city of Simi Valley, California. The department currently has over 120 sworn officers, and more than 65 support personnel[1]. The department has a patrol area that covers over 39 square miles. . The five dragged the man off his bicycle and beat him with their hands and feet, he told police. They then took his wallet, removed all his clothing except his T-shirt and threw his bicycle into the pond, police said. The man went to a nearby convenience store and called for help. He suffered a concussion and cuts and bruises to his face, police said. No additional information about the suspects was available. - Daily News Tot almost drowns in backyard pool RESEDA - An 18-month-old boy nearly drowned Sunday when he wandered unattended into the back yard of his home and fell into the pool, fire officials said. The incident occurred about 12:40 p.m. at a house in the 7700 block of Jamieson Avenue. Relatives estimate the boy was in the water for no more than three minutes before they pulled him out and gave him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation mouth-to-mouth resuscitation n. A technique used to resuscitate a person who has stopped breathing, in which the rescuer presses his or her mouth against that of the victim and, allowing for passive exhalation, forces air into the lungs every few , said Los Angeles city fire spokesman Brian Humphrey. The boy was breathing on his own when he was driven to Van Nuys Airport Van Nuys Airport (IATA: VNY, ICAO: KVNY, FAA LID: VNY) is a public airport located in Van Nuys, California in the San Fernando Valley, within the Los Angeles city limits. and then airlifted to Childrens Hospital Los Angeles in serious but stable condition, Humphrey said. Another near drowning occurred about four hours later in Hancock Park when a 2-year-old girl fell into the pool at her house in the 100 block of W. Fremont Place, Humphrey said. She was taken in critical condition to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a world-renowned hospital located in Los Angeles, California. History Cedars-Sinai is the result of a merger in 1961 between two major Los Angeles hospitals, Cedars of Lebanon and Mount Sinai Home for the Incurables, with Steve Broidy as , he said. - Daily News |
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