BRIEFLY : WOMAN KILLED CROSSING FREEWAY.RESEDA - A pedestrian was hit and killed by a truck early Sunday as she crossed the eastbound Ventura Freeway The Ventura Freeway is a freeway in southern California running from Ventura to Pasadena. It is the principal east-west route through Ventura County and in the southern San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County. near Reseda Boulevard, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. . The woman was hit shortly before 6 a.m. and died at the scene, 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 said. Her identity was withheld pending notification of next of kin The blood relatives entitled by law to inherit the property of a person who dies without leaving a valid will, although the term is sometimes interpreted to include a relationship existing by reason of marriage. Cross-references Descent and Distribution. . SOURCE: - Daily News Tenant, 85, critical after blaze NORTH HOLLYWOOD - An 85-year-old woman was hospitalized in critical condition after suffering burns over 35 percent of her body Sunday morning in a fire at the converted garage in which she lived. The fire occurred at about 12:45 a.m. in a garage attached to a single-story home on the 11300 block of Emelita Street, said Los Angeles city Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey. The blaze was extinguished in about 15 minutes, after the flames leapt to the curtains of a unit in an apartment building next door. Several units in that building were evacuated. The woman received second- and third-degree burns. She was being treated at Sherman Oaks Hospital Sherman Oaks Hopital (SOH) is an 153 bed acute care facility in Sherman Oaks, California, USA and is home of world renowned the Grossman Burn Center. SOH is owned and operated by Prime Healthcare Services, Inc. and Health Center. The woman's dog died in the blaze, and five of her seven cats were unaccounted for, Humphrey said. The cause of the fire is under investigation, Humphrey said. SOURCE: - Daily News Man OK after falling down shaft Firefighters rescued a 30-year-old man Sunday after he fell from the fourth floor of a Los Feliz apartment building and was trapped at the bottom of a light shaft, officials said. The man appeared to be in good condition, and was taken to Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center (also known as County USC) is an 800-bed teaching hospital located in East Los Angeles in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. , Los Angeles city Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey said. The man's fall down the 4-by-4-foot shaft was cushioned by trash and debris at the bottom, Humphrey said. The shaft lets air and light into the building's center courtyard. The accident happened shortly after 4:30 p.m. at 4816 Fountain Ave., Humphrey said. It was unknown why the man fell. Firefighters were preparing to rappel into the shaft from the roof when an access panel to the glass-enclosed structure was found on the first floor. ``The man was actually able to crawl out of the shaft through the panel,'' Humphrey said. SOURCE: - City News Service |
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