BRIEFLY.Aircraft hits car in street landing OXNARD -- Three people were hurt Friday when a single-engine aircraft with engine trouble landed on a busy street and collided with a sport-utility vehicle sport-u·til·i·ty vehicle n. Abbr. SUV A four-wheel-drive vehicle with a roomy body, designed for off-road travel. , officials said. The unidentified pilot of the Piper PA28 tried to make an emergency landing in a field, but crashed through a fence and head-on into an SUV that was southbound on Victoria Avenue, said Tad Dougherty, Oxnard airport Oxnard Airport (IATA: OXR, ICAO: KOXR, FAA LID: OXR) is a public airport located one mile (1.6 km) west of the central business district (CBD) of Oxnard, a city in Ventura County, California, USA. manager. Authorities said the pilot and the driver of the SUV were being treated at local hospitals for broken bones This article or section has multiple issues: * It does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by citing reliable sources. * It needs to be expanded. Please help [ improve the article] or discuss these issues on the talk page. . A 2-year-old riding in the back seat was not hurt. -- Daily News SUV of stabbing victim is sought OXNARD -- Police asked the public's help Friday in finding the sports utility vehicle sports utility vehicle sport n → véhicule m de loisirs (de type SUV) sports utility vehicle n (esp US) → fuoristrada m inv owned by an Apple Valley man who was stabbed to death at a freeway construction site. Steven Knapp For the author of writings on Vedic culture see Stephen Knapp For the former driver in the Indy Racing League see Steve Knapp Steven Knapp is the current President of The George Washington University having assumed the position at midnight on August 1, 2007. , 54, was a welding inspector described by friends as a gentle father of two who sometimes slept in his vehicle where he was working. He was found dead Wednesday near the 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. construction site at Wagon Wheel and Ventura roads. Authorities asked anyone who sees his red 1996 Toyota 4-Runner with California license plate 4VHN VHN Vickers Hardness Number VHN Virtual Health Network (UK) VHN Virtual Home Network 382 to call Oxnard police at (805) 385-7605. -- Daily News Pollution to be reduced at ports SAN PEDRO -- Nearly 400 tons a year of vessel-related pollution at the ports of Los Angeles and Oakland will be eliminated under a program announced Friday by Maersk Line. The shipping company -- one of the world's largest -- agreed to switch to low-sulfur fuel on the engines of its vessels within 24 miles of California ports and while docked. As a result, Maersk expects particulate emissions to be reduced by 73 percent, sulfur dioxide by 92 percent and nitrogen oxide by at least 10 percent. The company began making the fuel switch in Los Angeles on March 31, and the program will soon be implemented on all of Maersk's vessels that come to California. -- City News Service |
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