BRIEFLY 2ND BICYCLIST DEAD FROM HIT-AND-RUNS.NORTH HOLLYWOOD - A bicyclist died when he was struck by a hit-and-run driver hit-and-run driver n → conductor que tras atropellar a algn se da a la fuga hit-and-run driver n → chauffard m hit-and-run driver hit n early Sunday, the second bicycle traffic death over the weekend in 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. . Svein-Erik Ellefsen, 36, of Sun Valley was pedaling north on Vineland Avenue, north of Kittridge Street around 1 a.m. when he was hit by a 1986 Chevrolet Cavalier, officials said. Police said the car dragged Ellefsen for a distance before the driver fled. The Chevrolet was found around 3 a.m. near the intersection of Klump Avenue and Hatteras Street in North Hollywood. On Saturday, 13-year-old bike rider Uzziel Bahena died in South Los Angeles South Los Angeles is the official name for a large geographic and cultural area lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The area was formerly called South Central Los Angeles, and is still sometimes called South Central. after he was hit by a car on Colden Avenue near Hoover Street. - Daily News Pedestrian steps into traffic, dies MOORPARK - A woman died after she stepped in front of a car and was struck Sunday morning Sunday Morning may refer to:
A 33-year-old man from Moorpark was driving his 1995 Pontiac Transport north on Hitch Road south of Los Angeles Avenue around 4:50 a.m. when Roxanne Juanita Lopez, 28, of Moorpark walked into the road from the right shoulder, the California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. reported. The collision was under investigation. - Daily News Two boys set fire, damage school SIMI VALLEY Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. - A fire broke out in a portable classroom at Katherine Elementary School late Saturday, causing between $50,000 and $60,000 in damage, police said Sunday. It took 27 firefighters roughly 25 minutes to extinguish the flames around 5 p.m., according to the Ventura County Fire Department Not to be confused with Ventura Fire Department. The Ventura County Fire Department (VCFD) provides fire protection and emergency response services for the unincorporated areas of Ventura County, California, and for six other cities within the county. . Two firefighters suffered first-degree burns in the fire that destroyed the classroom in the 5400 block of Katherine Road. - Daily News Two injured in fire in the Malibu area MALIBU - A fire injured two men and caused $2.1 million in damage to a 10,000-square-foot home late Saturday, 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 reported. It took about 60 firefighters just less than an hour to knock down the blaze. Fire department officials said the cause of the fire to the two-story residence on the 5800 block of Trancas Canyon Road might be arson. - Daily News Dad: Son's death was unjustified PASADENA - A grieving father Sunday said the fatal shooting of his son during a foot pursuit by Pasadena police was unjustified, but police said the man fired first. Maurice Clark, 30, died shortly after the shooting, which occurred in a back yard on West Howard Street about 11 Saturday night, according to police and broadcast reports. ``At one point in the rear yard of a residence, the man stopped and fired at least one shot at the pursuing officers, with his back turned, missing both of the officers,'' Pasadena police Lt. Eric Mills said. ``One officer returned fire, striking the man in the torso at least once, mortally wounding him.'' Clark, who lived in the area, had a criminal record, according to family members, but they said he wasn't violent. ``I feel like it is unjustified,'' the dead man's father, Dexter Clark, told KABC KABC Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (Channel 7). - City News Service |
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