BRIEFLY.Sunbather dies in freak accident OXNARD Two police officers patrolling the beach in a sport utility vehicle ran over and killed a sunbather Monday, authorities said. The officers in the patrol vehicle did not immediately realize they ran over the woman and continued driving, police Cmdr. Tom Chronister said in a statement. A witness called the Oxnard Fire Department to report the woman was bleeding on the beach just south of the Embassy Suites Mandalay Beach Resort. The woman appeared to be in her 30s and carried no identification, said Ventura County senior deputy medical examiner A public official charged with investigating all sudden, suspicious, unexplained, or unnatural deaths within the area of his or her appointed jurisdiction. A medical examiner differs from a Coroner in that a medical examiner is a physician. Mike Feiler. The officers, who were not immediately identified, had stopped on a small berm berm: see beach. of sand to observe a swimmer whom they thought was in distress. When they saw the swimmer was fine, they drove over the berm and apparently struck the woman, who was lying about a foot from the berm's downward slope, authorities said. The tires ran over her head, Feiler said. ``Given the soft nature of the sand and the size of the vehicle, it would have been easy for them to not sense that they had ran over something,'' Feiler said, adding the officers likely couldn't see the woman at the bottom of the berm. -- Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Motorcyclist dies after hitting tree MOORPARK -- A 43-year-old man was killed when his motorcycle veered off a Moorpark roadway over the weekend and collided with a tree, police said Monday. Roy Henry Roy Henry ("King" Henry) (fl. around 1410) was an English composer, almost certainly a king of England, probably Henry V, but also possibly Henry IV. His music, two compositions in all, appears in a position of prominence in the Old Hall Manuscript. Gilbert was traveling west on Mountain Trail Street about 10:30 p.m. Sunday when he appeared to lose control of his motorcycle, police said. Gilbert was thrown off his bike and hit a tree. He was not wearing a state-approved helmet, police said. The collision's cause is still under investigation. Alcohol was not a factor, police said. -- Daily News Police seek to kill two vicious dogs SAN FERNANDO San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. -- San Fernando police are seeking a court order to kill two pit bulls involved in separate attacks, including one on an 11-year-old girl last week, authorities said Monday. Heidi Gomez remains at Childrens Hospital 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. . Her condition was reported to be improving after an attack at San Fernando Middle School, said San Fernando Police Chief Anthony Alba. Both dogs chased the girl into a restroom, but only one -- a male named Cowboy -- followed her into a stall and bit her, Alba said. A custodian got the dog off the girl. Authorities said the dogs got out of an enclosure and ran about five blocks to the school. Orlando Vasquez, 18, was booked on suspicion of felony ``negligent ownership of vicious animals,'' police said. The District Attorney's Office has filed two counts. One count was for the attack on Heidi. The second count stems from an attack by the dogs on a man in January, which did not get reported until Friday's attack. Vasquez is being held on $40,000 bail. -- City News Service Plane makes safe emergency stop SANTA PAULA Santa Paula (săn`tə pôl`ə), city (1990 pop. 25,062), Ventura co., S Calif., on the Santa Clara River in a fertile valley that yields citrus fruits, avocados, vegetables, flowers, nursery products, and walnuts; laid out 1875, inc. -- A Cessna 152 aircraft made an emergency landing in Santa Paula over the weekend, but both passengers walked away with no serious injuries, officials said Monday. Student pilot Peter Ryan People named Peter Ryan include:
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The plane ended up upside down, but both men were able to free themselves. Ryan complained of pain and was transported to Community Memorial Hospital. Ordonez was not hurt. -- Daily News Police set forum on Web predators PACOIMA -- Police will hold a community forum Wednesday to discuss how parents can protect their children from online predators. Detectives with the LAPD's Foothill Division will answer questions about social Web sites such as MySpace.com. The public meeting also will include some discussion regarding the department's consent decree A settlement of a lawsuit or criminal case in which a person or company agrees to take specific actions without admitting fault or guilt for the situation that led to the lawsuit. A consent decree is a settlement that is contained in a court order. . The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. at Haddon Avenue Elementary School, 10115 Haddon Ave., Pacoima. For more information, call 756-8866. -- Daily News |
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