BRIEFLY.Girl, 6, hit, killed standing with dad ENCINO - A 6-year-old girl standing with her father Thursday outside Lanai Lanai (lənī`), island, 141 sq mi (365 sq km), central Hawaii, W of Maui island across the Auau Channel; Mt. Lanaihale (3,370 ft/1,027 m) is the island's highest point. For many years the island was used for sugarcane raising and cattle grazing. Road Elementary School elementary school: see school. in Encino was hit by a van equipped for a disabled driver and pronounced dead about 20 minutes later, police said. The driver of the van, a woman who controlled the brake and accelerator with her hands, was backing up in a parking lot when she apparently lost control of the vehicle, said Lt. Steven Allen 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. Police Department's Valley Traffic Division. ``She was literally torn out of her father's hand,'' said Bob Collis of the Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. . ``She was dragged about 50 feet.'' The youngster, whose name was withheld temporarily, was declared dead at Tarzana Regional Medical Center about 20 minutes after the approximately 2:55 p.m. incident at 4241 Lanai Road, he said. - Daily News Arms-laden SUV's driver gets away A red Chevrolet Blazer The Chevrolet Blazer and GMC Jimmy names were used on two different early SUV models:
A Tec-9 submachine gun submachine gun Lightweight automatic small-arms weapon chambered for relatively low-energy pistol cartridges and fired from the hip or shoulder. Submachine guns usually have box-type magazines that hold 10–50 cartridges, or occasionally drums holding more rounds. , a rifle, a BB-style gun and numerous knives were found in the 1996-model SUV, said Los Angeles police Officer Ursula Guillory of Media Relations. The SUV crashed through a fence in the 2800 block of North Broadway about 7:30 a.m. and stopped inches from the entrance to Alarcon's campaign office, aide Marty Uribes said. Aside from the guns, police seized about 20 ``knives (and) daggers'' and detectives identified one of the weapons as ``a sword.'' - City News Service Last teen pleads guilty in assault SIMI VALLEY - The last of four teens who beat an African-American teen in a Simi Valley shopping center last month pleaded guilty Thursday to felony assault and committing a hate crime, officials said. The 17-year-old Simi Valley boy faces up to eight years in a juvenile detention facility at his Jan. 31 sentencing. Two 16-year-olds from Simi Valley and a 17-year-old from Granada Hills also await sentencings on the charges, said Deputy District Attorney Stacy Ratner. The four shouted racial slurs in the Dec. 6 beating of Jim King of Reseda, who suffered a dislocated dis·lo·cate tr.v. dis·lo·cat·ed, dis·lo·cat·ing, dis·lo·cates 1. To put out of usual or proper place, position, or relationship. 2. knee and other injuries when he was attacked as he sold newspaper subscriptions. - Daily News |
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