BRIEFLY.Dead pedestrian A pedestrian is a person travelling on foot, whether walking or running. In modern times, the term mostly refers to someone walking on a road or footpath, but this was not the case historically. History Walking is the primary means of human locomotion. ID'd by police NORTH HOLLYWOOD -- Police on Saturday identified a woman struck and killed by a pickup truck as Inez Munoz, 66, of North Hollywood. Munoz was killed after she stepped from behind a stopped bus in the 7400 block of Lankershim Boulevard and was hit around 3:20 p.m. Friday. The truck driver, Abel Colon Martinez, 19, of North Hollywood, stopped after striking her, police said. There was no indication he was intoxicated in·tox·i·cate v. in·tox·i·cat·ed, in·tox·i·cat·ing, in·tox·i·cates v.tr. 1. To stupefy or excite by the action of a chemical substance such as alcohol. 2. , and police made no arrest. Munoz died at the scene. -- Daily News Elderly Burbank man is missing BURBANK -- An 89-year-old Burbank man who said he was going to visit his hospitalized wife but never showed up was missing Saturday, and police asked the public to help find him. Donald Vivian Butterfield was last heard from about 5 p.m. Friday when his wife, who is in the hospital, called their home at the 800 block of North Frederic Street, near West Magnolia Magnolia, city, United States Magnolia (măgnō`lyə), city (1990 pop. 11,151), seat of Columbia co., SW Ark.; inc. 1855. Its oil industry has been important since 1938. Boulevard, said Lt. Armen Dermenjian of the Burbank Police Department The Burbank Police Department is the police department serving Burbank, California. Tim Stehr became the Police Chief of the department on August 1, 2007. The previous chiefs were Thomas Hoefel, David Newsham and Glen Bell. . Butterfield told his wife he was coming to see her at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center is a hospital in Burbank, California, USA. The hospital has 455 beds, and is part of Providence Health & Services. It's adress is: 501 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91505. but never showed up, Dermenjian said. Butterfield is 5-foot-5 and 160 pounds, balding, with white hair and hazel eyes. He may be wearing a blue or tan baseball hat, a tan jacket and blue pants. Butterfield's vehicle, also missing, is a 2002 tan Mercury Sable The Mercury Sable was originally a mid-size car, and is now a full-size car created by the Ford Motor Company and sold under the semi-luxury Mercury brand. It is the mechanical counterpart of the Ford Taurus. with license number 4WOS29. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Burbank police at (818) 238-3000. -- City News Service |
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