CITY TRUCK HITS, KILLS PEDESTRIAN.Byline: Daily News A city animal shelter "Dog Pound" redirects here. For the rap group, see Tha Dogg Pound. An animal shelter is a facility that houses homeless, lost or abandoned animals; primarily a large variety of dogs and cats. truck struck and killed a pedestrian A pedestrian is a person travelling on foot, whether walking or running. In modern times, the term mostly refers to someone walking on a road or footpath, but this was not the case historically. History Walking is the primary means of human locomotion. who reportedly darted into the roadway early Saturday Saturday: see week; Sabbath. , 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 said. Juventino Rauda, 30, of North Hollywood died at the scene of the 12:40 a.m. collision, said Officer Bill Mulvihill of the LAPD's Valley Traffic Division. The Los Angeles Department of Animal Regulation truck, driven by Erwin Hugh Briefman, 31, was heading east on Burbank Boulevard when Rauda crossed the street at Fulcher Avenue, Mulvihill said. ``Apparently the pedestrian darted out in front of him,'' Mulvihill said. Briefman, of Granada Hills, couldn't avoid the southbound south·bound adj. Going toward the south. southbound Adjective going towards the south Adj. 1. pedestrian. Authorities said the driver tried to stop the truck, which skidded before hitting Rauda. Police didn't cite Briefman, and speed wasn't a factor in the crash, Mulvihill said. A supervisor at the East Valley Animal Care and Control Center in North Hollywood refused to comment on the fatal crash. |
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