BRIEFLY.Restaurant bandit bandit: see brigandage. takes cash, flees PALMDALE - A man robbed a Denny's restaurant at gunpoint Monday, authorities said. The gunman entered the restaurant at 405 W. Palmdale Blvd. about 12:45 a.m., took money from a cash register, then fled on foot, said Lt. Don Ford 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 Sheriff's Department's Palmdale station. No shots were fired during the robbery and no one was hurt, Ford said. - City News Service Big-rig collision sparks fire on 14 LANCASTER - A big-rig driver escaped unharmed Monday when his truck-tractor burst into flames after rear-ending a car on the Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. , California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. officials said. The 6:04 a.m. collision closed both sides of the freeway south of Avenue D as authorities cleaned up the debris. The big rig was traveling about 55 mph when it ran into the rear of a Volvo driving in front of it in the southbound slow lane, 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 officers said. The collision punctured the big rig's fuel tank. The truck caught fire and veered across the freeway median and the northbound lanes, CHP officers said. Neither motorist was injured, the CHP said. - Daily News |
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