BRIEFLY TWO DIE IN RAINY WEEKEND CRASHES.Separate crashes on southbound south·bound adj. Going toward the south. southbound Adjective going towards the south Adj. 1. lanes of the rain-slick Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. on Sunday left two people dead, the California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. reported. A 22-year-old Granada Hills man was fatally injured in a crash near the Western Avenue off-ramp in Glendale, reported about 1:30 a.m., 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 John Seumanutafa. The victim was driving a 2000 Honda at an ``unsafe speed for the wet roadway conditions'' and crashed into a parked trailer. The driver was pronounced dead at Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center at 2:45 a.m. A 20-year-old man who was a passenger in the vehicle suffered serious head injuries. Shortly after 4 a.m., authorities were notified of a multivehicle crash on the freeway, just north of Osborne Street in Arleta, said Seumanutafa. A man in his late 20s or early 30s died at the scene, he said. All southbound lanes in the area were open again by 7:30 a.m., he said. - City News Service 61-year-old man killed inside home NEWBURY PARK - Ventura County sheriff's deputies Sunday said they found the body of a 61-year-old man who appeared to have been killed in his home. Deputies searched the home of Larry Phifer in the 100 block of Wendy Drive on Saturday night after a friend phoned authorities to report that Phifer had not been heard from since Thursday. The Ventura County Coroner's Office hasn't yet determined the cause of Phifer's death and deputies said they have no information on suspects. Authorities encourage anyone with information to call Crimestoppers at (805) 494-TALK. - Daily News Fatally shot gang member is named A gang member who ran from police in the Pico-Union district and was fatally shot when he fell and reached into his waistband was identified Sunday as a 24-year-old Panorama City man. Marvin Lopez died shortly after the 12:10 a.m. confrontation near Union Avenue and Olympic Boulevard Olympic Boulevard may mean:
prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Lt. Larry Dietz of the 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 Coroner's Office. Police said someone complained about gang activity outside a bar near James M. Wood Boulevard and Union Avenue, and officers sent to investigate spotted Lopez and chased him on foot. After about a block, Lopez tripped and reached into his waistband for a gun, and one of the officers opened fire on him, officials said. Police seized a pistol at the scene, said Sgt. Jeff Wenniger of the Rampart station. - City News Service Woman rescued from I-5 overpass A woman ready to jump from a freeway overpass 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. on Sunday was pulled to safety on a firetruck ladder, a sheriff's official said. The California Highway Patrol responded to the apparent suicide attempt suicide attempt, suicide bid n → intento de suicidio suicide attempt, suicide bid n → tentative f de suicide at 4:25 a.m. on the Eastern Avenue overpass of the Golden State Freeway, said Los Angeles County sheriff's Lt. Art Lucas. Officers found the woman dangling over the side of the overpass, ready to end her life, Lucas said. ``She was about ready to jump,'' he said. The officers, assisted by civilians, handcuffed the woman to a railing, Lucas said. Los Angeles County firefighters took the woman off the bridge on a ladder, he said. - City News Service |
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