BRIEFLY.Hit-and-run driver hit-and-run driver n → conductor que tras atropellar a algn se da a la fuga hit-and-run driver n → chauffard m hit-and-run driver hit n strikes, kills man PALMDALE - A man died Sunday after a hit-and-run driver struck him as he was walking down 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. near where Sierra and Angeles Forest highways come together, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the California Highway Patrol. Three other cars struck his body before authorities were able to remove it from the freeway. Officials do not know why the man, described as 25 years old and African-American, was walking through the lanes of the freeway at 1:30 a.m. - Daily News Motorist arrested after fatal crash VALLEY GLEN - A Panorama City motorist was arrested early Sunday on suspicion of murder after his speeding car ran a red light and hit another vehicle, killing one of its passengers, officials said. A Ford Mustang driven by Victor Alfonso Avila, 21, ran a red light at Coldwater Canyon Boulevard and Vanowen Street, colliding with a Honda Accord, according to officials. An unidentified occupant of the Honda was ejected and died at the scene, and four other people were injured, officials said. - Daily News Woman, 18, killed when car hits pole SIMI VALLEY - An 18-year-old woman was killed early Sunday when the car in which she was riding spun out of control on West Los Angeles
Cynthia Christine Scott of Simi Valley was a passenger in a 2000 Honda Civic driven by Walter Santana Cervantes, 18, of Simi Valley, officials said. He suffered minor injuries in the single-car crash. - Daily News Drive-by shooting drive-by shooting Public health A phenomenon in which one or more persons–commonly members of street gangs, open fire à la Al Capone from moving vehicles, often in retaliation for an alleged wrong-doing by a rival gang leaves 2 wounded NORTH HOLLYWOOD - Two men were wounded, one critically, in a drive-by shooting early Sunday, police said. The unidentified victims were walking in the 7200 block of Lankershim Boulevard about 12:45 a.m. when they were shot by someone in a white Honda or Acura, officials said. One of the men was listed in critical but stable condition at County/USC Medical Center. The other victim was treated at a local hospital for an ankle wound. - Daily News Crews make quick work of brush fire Some 100 firefighters supported by three helicopter crews doused a brush fire that broke out Sunday in Griffith Park, and there were no injuries or structure damage, a fire department spokesman said. Fire crews sent at 11:08 a.m. to Mount Hollywood Drive and Western Canyon Road reported the blaze out at 12:13 p.m., said Jim Wells 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. . The fire scorched scorch v. scorched, scorch·ing, scorch·es v.tr. 1. To burn superficially so as to discolor or damage the texture of. See Synonyms at burn1. 2. 2-3 acres, Wells said. - City News Service Offshore region shaken by quake PASADENA - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.9 struck Sunday in the ocean 29 miles southeast of San Clemente Island San Clemente Island An island of southern California in the Santa Barbara Islands south of Santa Catalina Island. , according to a Caltech seismologist seis·mol·o·gy n. The geophysical science of earthquakes and the mechanical properties of the earth. seis . San Clemente Island - which is 21 miles long - is about 75 miles northwest of San Diego. - City News Service |
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