WOMAN CHASES DOWN DRIVER AFTER BOY HIT.Byline: Troy Anderson Daily News Staff WriterA woman chased down and persuaded a drunken driver to return to the scene of a hit-and-run accident Friday night that left a North Hollywood boy critically 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. , police said. The driver of a pickup truck drove away after hitting the boy at Laurel Canyon Boulevard Laurel Canyon Boulevard is a major street in the city of Los Angeles, California. It starts off at Polk Street in Sylmar in the northern San Fernando Valley near the junction of the San Diego (Interstate 405) and the Golden State Freeways (Interstate 5). and Archwood Street, said 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 Officer Frank Bancalari of the Valley Traffic Division. The woman used her cellular telephone to call the police, chased the man down with her vehicle, yelled at the driver to come back and he returned to the scene, Bancalari said. He could not say how far she chased the driver. The unidentified boy was walking east in the crosswalk about 7:51 p.m. when he was hit and thrown 45 feet down the street, Bancalari said. ``When firefighters arrived, they found the boy in grave condition, suffering from massive head injuries,'' said 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. spokesman Brian Humphrey. ``He was barely breathing,'' Humphrey said. ``A veteran Los Angeles City Fire Department paramedic par·a·med·ic n. A person who is trained to give emergency medical treatment or assist medical professionals. paramedic administered advanced life support measures life support measures Intensive care The care provided to a profoundly obtunded or moribund Pt, usually in an ICU to maintain a stable and/or 'compensated' clinical state, which requires 24-hr monitoring. See Advance directive, DNR orders. while rushing the boy to Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, where we are told life-saving efforts are continuing.'' After the accident, a crowd of about 25 people gathered at the scene of the accident, some of them hostile and angry at the driver, Humphrey said. But they took no action, he said. The driver, identified only as a 43-year-old North Hollywood man, was arrested on suspicion of felony hit and run, and driving under the influence. Police believe the boy is a middle school student but did not provide his name nor that of the woman who chased down the driver. ``It's a very tragic occurrence and we're hoping and praying the boy will pull through,'' Humphrey said. |
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