WOMAN, GIRL KILLED IN CROSSWALK TOT IN STROLLER SUFFERS ONLY CUTS, BRUISES.Byline: Rachel Uranga Staff Writer NORTH HILLS - A driver whom police say ran a red light struck and killed a woman and young girl Saturday afternoon as they crossed Nordhoff Street, while a toddler in a stroller with them survived with cuts and bruises Bruises Definition Bruises, or ecchymoses, are a discoloration and tenderness of the skin or mucous membranes due to the leakage of blood from an injured blood vessel into the tissues. Pupura refers to bruising as the result of a disease condition. . Onlookers said the woman's body was dragged nearly 100 feet under the pickup Pickup A gain in yield made by selling one bond and buying another. Also referred to as "yield pickup." Notes: When the present yield is relatively low compared to the longer-term yields, pickups will be done by investors trying to increase the yield and duration of their truck that hit her before its driver stopped and then drove away again down Nordhoff. ``It was so horrible,'' said Elena Henriquez, who heard the sound of the impact from her bedroom window and ran outside to help. ``I heard the woman screaming 'Help me, help me,' then I heard the girl's last scream,'' she said. The driver, who may have suffered a stroke, was hospitalized following the crash, said Sgt. Mike Zaboski of 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 Division. He was detained de·tain tr.v. de·tained, de·tain·ing, de·tains 1. To keep from proceeding; delay or retard. 2. To keep in custody or temporary confinement: after a motorist pursued him from the crash scene in the 9100 block of Cedros Avenue near Nordhoff, he said. There is no evidence the driver tried to slow down before hitting the woman, he said. The driver, a local resident about 50 years old, may face manslaughter manslaughter, homicide committed without justification or excuse but distinguished from murder by the absence of the element of malice aforethought. Modern criminal statutes usually divide it into degrees, the most common distinction being between voluntary and and hit-and-run charges, said Officer Mike Edmonson of Valley Traffic. Witnesses said the pedestrians - a woman in her mid-20s, a girl about 6 years old and a 20-month-old boy in a stroller - were crossing Nordhoff south on Cedros in the crosswalk. The driver was westbound on Nordhoff. The boy was airlifted to Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Zaboski said. A mangled stroller, small sneakers sneakers Noun, pl US, Canad, Austral & NZ canvas shoes with rubber soles sneakers npl (US) → zapatos mpl de lona; zapatillas fpl and a pink gift bag the woman had been carrying remained strewn strew tr.v. strewed, strewn or strewed, strew·ing, strews 1. To spread here and there; scatter: strewing flowers down the aisle. 2. in the street after the crash. Police did not release the victims' names or their relationships, but neighbors said the woman lived less than a block from the crash scene and had been on her way to a niece's birthday party. The two children, neighbors said, were her daughter and son. Erica Loza, who said she lived next door to the victims and baby-sat the children regularly, said the woman worked in a sewing sewing: see needlework. factory. ``She was a very quiet woman but friendly woman. She really cared for her family,'' Loza said. Rachel Uranga, (818) 713-3741 rachel.uranga(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Officials investigate the scene Saturday where a woman and a young girl were killed crossing Nordhoff Street in North Hills. Joel P. Lugavere/Special to the Daily News |
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