TRUCKS SMASH INTO PIZZERIA; WORKER INJURED.Byline: ANGIE VALENCIA-MARTINEZ AND SUSAN ABRAM Staff Writers SYLMAR -- A Little Caesars Little Caesars is estimated to be the fourth-largest pizza restaurant chain in the United States.[1] The company claims to be the largest carry-out pizza chain in the world as well as a favorite late-night stop of Quizno Dan's. pizza worker was critically injured Friday when a Ford Explorer
The Ford Explorer is a mid-size sport utility vehicle sold in North America and built by the Ford Motor Company since 1990. involved in another collision crashed through the restaurant and pinned her against the ovens, officials said. The chain-reaction crash at 12:28 p.m. was triggered by the collision of a white Toyota pickup making an illegal U-turn and a delivery truck heading eastbound on Polk Street Polk Street is a street in San Francisco that travels northward from Market Street to Jefferson Street. It's attractions are the See's Candy flagship store at California Street, and is usually cleaned every Saturday by the neighborhood organization. , said Sgt. Arlene Hennessey. The delivery truck then hit a parked black Ford Explorer, which crashed into the pizzeria in the 13000 block of Glenoaks Boulevard. Both vehicles ended up inside the shop, in which there were about a half-dozen employees. One of the employees, a 30-year-old woman, was pinned between the Ford Explorer and the pizza ovens, suffering severe burns to her back, officials said. ``She was rescued extremely quickly and transported to a nearby hospital,'' Fire Department spokeswoman Melissa Kelley said. Hennessey said the restaurant employee was taken to Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Providence Holy Cross Medical Center is a hospital in Mission Hills, California, USA. The hospital has 254 beds, and is part of Providence Health & Services. History in Mission Hills. Her name was not released. Terrified ter·ri·fy tr.v. ter·ri·fied, ter·ri·fy·ing, ter·ri·fies 1. To fill with terror; make deeply afraid. See Synonyms at frighten. 2. To menace or threaten; intimidate. Little Caesars employees who stood outside the pizzeria expressed concerned for their co-worker. ``It sounded like an explosion,'' said a shaken Zenaida Mendez. ``Then we heard screams. We rushed over to help her, but we couldn't move her. The car was on top of her. She kept screaming for help.'' No one else inside the restaurant appeared to be injured, Kelley said. By the afternoon, people gathered outside the strip mall strip mall n. A shopping complex containing a row of various stores, businesses, and restaurants that usually open onto a common parking lot. Noun 1. in disbelief. ``It felt like an earthquake,'' said Claudia Rodriguez, of Sylmar, who was getting her hair done at Amada's Hair Style next door. ``I went outside to see what happened and offer help. It was chaos. The workers were panicked.'' Two women, a 94-year-old passenger and a 73-year-old driver, were in the pickup and suffered minor injuries, Kelley said. Officials said the women were taken to Olive View Hospital. The delivery truck driver, a man in his 50s, was not injured. He declined to comment, only saying he was glad to be alive. susan.abram(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3664 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: 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. firefighters respond to the scene of a traffic collision that left a worker in a pizza restaurant trapped between an SUV and the store's ovens. The crash happened at the corner of San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the and Polk Street in Sylmar on Friday. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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