BRIEFLY : TRAIN MISHAP KILLS KNOTT'S EMPLOYEE.BUENA PARK Buena Park (bwā`nə), city (1990 pop. 68,784), Orange co., S Calif.; inc. 1953. Food processing, the manufacture of aircraft, and tourism are important to the city's economy. - A worker at Knott's Berry Farm Knott's Berry Farm is a brand name of two separate entities: a theme park in Buena Park, California, and a manufacturer of food specialty products (primarily jams and preserves) based in Placentia, California. was crushed to death Sunday while separating cars on the train that goes around the Buena Park amusement park. The park had just closed for the evening when the accident happened about 6 p.m. in an area off-limits to guests, said Tom Mehrmann, vice president of park operations and entertainment. ``The Knott's employee was performing very routine train maintenance at the time,'' Mehrmann said, adding the train's 12-foot-high cars are separated at the end of each day. It was not known how the worker, identified only as a male, was crushed between two cars. SOURCE: City News Service Reseda man dies after falling off car STUDIO CITY - A man who had too much to drink climbed through a sunroof to the top of a car early Sunday, lost his balance and fell to the ground on his head, suffering fatal injuries, authorities said. Kevin Anderson, 29, of Reseda suffered a severe skull fracture skull fracture, n a rupture or break in the cranial bones. skull fracture Orthopedics A fracture of one or more cranial bones, caused by MVAs, falls, assault, sports, occupational accidents and other forms of blunt trauma and was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after 2 a.m., authorities said. The car was stopped in the traffic lane of West Park Drive near Morrison Street when Anderson, a passenger, climbed through the roof, said Officer Bill Mulvihill of the Los Angeles Police Department's Valley Traffic Division. Authorities suspect Anderson was intoxicated in·tox·i·cate v. in·tox·i·cat·ed, in·tox·i·cat·ing, in·tox·i·cates v.tr. 1. To stupefy or excite by the action of a chemical substance such as alcohol. 2. at the time, said Lt. Fred Corral corral a small fenced-in enclosure with high, wooden fences, suitable for holding cattle or horses. corral system a management system in which range cattle are put into corrals and fed hay for a period when the environment is most , an investigator for the Los Angeles County Coroner's office. SOURCE: Daily News |
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