BRIEFLY TEEN STRIKES POLE IN SKIING ACCIDENT.WRIGHTWOOD - An 18-year-old man truck a pole while skiing at the Mountain High Ski resort in Wrightwood on Monday afternoon and went into cardiac arrest cardiac arrest n. Abbr. CA A sudden cessation of cardiac function, resulting in loss of effective circulation. Cardiac arrest A condition in which the heart stops functioning. , officials said. The incident was reported to 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 fire officials at 2:22 p.m. Monday, and the man was airlifted to Huntington Memorial Hospital. His condition at the hospital was not released. - Daily News Claims board offers settlement The Los Angeles County Claims Board voted Monday to recommend a $4 million settlement involving a 3-year-old county foster child who was given a mixture of prescription drugs that left her retarded and partially paralyzed par·a·lyze tr.v. par·a·lyzed, par·a·lyz·ing, par·a·lyz·es 1. To affect with paralysis; cause to be paralytic. 2. To make unable to move or act: paralyzed by fear. . "The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services and the Dependency Court Legal Services legal services n. the work performed by a lawyer for a client. dropped the ball," said Richard Voorhies, attorney for the child. "They failed in their representation of this child." The child, who was prenatally exposed to methamphetamine and marijuana, was given a variety of drugs while in an out-of-county foster care placement in Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. County, including medicines for behavorial management, sleep, anxiety and tremors, 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. Claims Board documents. The Board of Supervisors will vote next month whether to approve the settlement that will help provide lifetime skilled nursing care for the child. - Daily News Child recovering from crash injuries OXNARD - An 8-year-old Oxnard boy was in critical condition from head and leg injuries after he ran into a street in front of the Sunkist School and was struck by a car Monday morning. Sergio Martinez had just gotten out of a vehicle driven by his mother at Teakwood and Napa streets when at 7:40 a.m. he was struck by a white 1999 Toyota 4-door, police said. - Daily News |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion