MAN DRIVES HIS CAR INTO HOSPITAL LOBBY.Byline: Daily News PANORAMA CITY - An 83-year-old 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. man and Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care organization, based in Oakland, California, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney R. Garfield. member accidentally drove a vehicle through the front doors of the main entrance of Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Panorama City early Wednesday, causing minor injuries to another man. Both the driver and a 51-year-old pedestrian, were sent to the hospital's emergency room, where the driver was discharged with no injuries and the 51-year-old male suffered a bruise bruise or contusion Visible bluish or purplish mark beneath the surface of unbroken skin, indicating burst blood vessels in deeper tissue layers. Bruises are usually caused by a blow or pressure, but they may occur spontaneously in elderly persons. to his left leg, said Lisa Kort, a spokeswoman for the medical center. 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 . was still investigating what had gone wrong, said Sgt. William McAllister of the Valley Traffic Division. The people working near the lobby at the time the car plowed through the front doors were taken by complete surprise, Kort said. ``Nothing like this has happened before,'' she said, adding that fortunately no people were in line at the time for urgent care in the lobby area. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: A trail of wreckage wreck·age n. 1. The act of wrecking or the state of being wrecked. 2. Something wrecked. 3. The debris of something wrecked. leads to a car that plowed into the entrance of the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Panorama City. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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