BRIEFLY.Red Line train hits, kills man HOLLYWOOD -- A man in his 30s died when he was hit by a Red Line train while walking on the tracks, authorities said Sunday. The incident occurred about 11 p.m. Saturday near the station at Hollywood Boulevard For uses other than the original street, see Hollywood Boulevard (disambiguation). Hollywood Boulevard is a boulevard in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, beginning at Sunset Boulevard in the east and running northwest to Vermont Avenue, where it straightens out and Highland Avenue when the train hit the man from behind, police said. The man's name was not released, and police said he was a transient. Officials hadn't determined Sunday whether the death was an accident or a suicide. -- Daily News Couple killed by fleeing car driver BOYLE HEIGHTS -- A husband and wife were killed Sunday and their children were injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. when a possibly drunk driver smashed into their van while fleeing a shooting at a park in Boyle Heights, police said. West Covina West Covina, city (1990 pop. 96,086), Los Angeles co., S Calif., in the San Gabriel valley; settled 1905, inc. 1923. Before World War II, West Covina was a small rural community where walnuts, wheat, and livestock were raised. resident Alejandro Alberto Posado, 41, and his wife, 43-year-old Ester Elizabeth Posado, died at the scene after a car crashed into their van, pushing it into the front yard of a house. The couple's 9- and 18-year-old sons and their 16-year-old friend were injured after the van was hit by a car, the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . said.
-- City News Service Gas climbs nearly 4 cents a gallon CAMARILLO -- The average retail price of a gallon of gas rose nearly four cents across the nation during the past two weeks, 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. a survey released Sunday. Self-serve regular averaged about $2.94 a gallon, up from $2.91 two weeks ago, said Trilby Lundberg, who publishes the nationwide Lundberg Survey of roughly 7,000 gas stations. The average price of mid-grade was $3.04 a gallon, up from $3. Premium hit $3.14 a gallon, compared with $3.10 two weeks ago. The survey covered the period from April 21 through last Friday. -- 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. |
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