BRIEFLY.Auto driver killed in head-on crash One person was killed in a two-car collision in Panorama City about 3 p.m. Saturday, 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 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 Bureau. One car crossed into oncoming on·com·ing adj. Coming nearer; approaching: an oncoming storm. n. An approach; an advance. traffic at Roscoe Boulevard and Truesdale Street and the driver of that car was killed in the collision. Police were investigating the cause of the crash. The victim's name was not released. -- Daily News Man, woman die in murder-suicide WINNETKA -- A 29-year-old man fatally shot his 26-year-old girlfriend inside her apartment before turning the gun on himself in a murder-suicide, police said Saturday. Officers were sent to the apartment at 9:56 p.m. Friday after someone reported shots fired inside the apartment complex at 20258 Roscoe Blvd., according to a police department statement. As the officers approached an upstairs unit, shots were fired inside and one bullet flew through a window near where a police officer was standing. The officers took cover and evacuated e·vac·u·ate v. e·vac·u·at·ed, e·vac·u·at·ing, e·vac·u·ates v.tr. 1. a. To empty or remove the contents of. b. To create a vacuum in. 2. residents. A SWAT team was called and when they entered the apartment, they found a man and a woman, Jessica Vasquez, lying on the floor dead. -- City News Service Ten-year-old girl impaled on rebar re·bar n. 1. A rod or bar used for reinforcement in concrete or asphalt pourings. 2. A group of such rods forming a grid. [re(inforcing) bar.] PANORAMA CITY -- A 10-year-old girl was hospitalized in serious condition Saturday night after becoming impaled on a piece of rebar, Los Angeles fire officials said. Firefighters from the West Van Nuys division found the girl after responding to a 7:05 p.m. call to the 15200 block of Marson Street, said Brian Humphrey, spokesman for 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. . Humphrey said the girl, who was not immediately identified, had been playing with other children in the backyard of her home next to some construction material when she fell backward off a stool. The rebar entered her upper leg and lower torso, Humphrey said. She was taken by air ambulance air ambulance Emergency medicine A helicopter or, less commonly, a fixed wing aircraft, used to evacuate a person who requires immediate medical attention that cannot be provided at his/her current location to Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles where she underwent surgery to remove the rebar. -- Daily News |
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