GO-CART RACER REMAINS HOSPITALIZED, UNCONSCIOUS.Byline: Mary Schubert Daily News Staff Writer A 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. captain 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. in a go-cart race at the Saugus Speedway remained hospitalized and unconscious Friday with head injuries and several broken bones This article or section has multiple issues: * It does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by citing reliable sources. * It needs to be expanded. Please help [ improve the article] or discuss these issues on the talk page. , officials said. Michael Arndt, 37, was listed in critical condition at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital. Assigned to the department's arson unit at its downtown headquarters, Arndt also is a member of the city Fire Department's swift-water rescue team, said Capt. Glenn Ames, a colleague on the arson squad. Arndt was hurt June 20 during races sponsored by the L.A. Kart Club, an association of go-cart racers that rents the Soledad Canyon Soledad Canyon is a long narrow canyon / valley located in Los Angeles County, California between the cities of Palmdale and Santa Clarita. Soledad Canyon contains the localities of Vincent, Acton, Ravenna, and Agua Dulce. Road track to stage monthly contests, said Terri Burbank, a Saugus Speedway spokeswoman. Ames said that Arndt, a San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. resident, joined the Los Angeles Fire Department nearly 18 years ago. Before being assigned to the arson unit, Arndt worked at Station 77 in Sun Valley. ``He's been into racing on and off for years,'' Ames said. On the racing circuit, drivers own their go-carts and accumulate points based on how they finish in each race. Go-carts are small, engine-powered vehicles built low to the ground. Accounts vary on how fast Arndt was traveling when his go-cart crashed into the concrete wall ringing the speedway track, but estimates range from 40 mph to 50 mph. Ames said the captain was wearing a helmet. ``He had surgery and there are a lot of injuries. He's listed in critical condition,'' Ames said. ``He's still unconscious. Whether he's in a coma is undetermined, because the medication he's on would cause you or I to be unconscious, too.'' Before Arndt became a captain, he had been an LAFD LAFD Los Angeles Fire Department LAFD Los Alamos Fire Department LAFD London Association of Funeral Directors (UK) inspector, engineer and firefighter. Arndt also competed in triathlons and worked occasional shifts as a 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 lifeguard, Ames said. At the request of Arndt's colleagues, a Catholic priest came to Los Angeles Fire Station 18 in Granada Hills on Wednesday to say a Mass for him, Ames added. ``The doctor expects a very slow recovery to these type of injuries. It's just wait-and-see (until) he wakes up (to determine) what type of injuries he has and what type of trauma there is to the brain,'' Ames said. |
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