LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – A 3-year-old girl whose skull was fractured by a line drive during batting practice at Dodger Stadium was scheduled for surgery on Tuesday. The accident that caused the surgery occurred Monday when Dodgers catcher Russell Martin hit a line drive in the stands near third base. It hit the girl and [...]
ENCINITAS, CALIFORNIA – A bus rider called the Sheriff’s Department Tuesday when he thought the driver was under the influence of alcohol. Deputies stopped the bus, route 309 from Oceanside to Encinitas, at around 4:30 p.m. The bus was heading east on Encinitas Boulevard near Calle Magdalena at the time. According to the Sheriff’s Department, [...]
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – A Delta flight on its way to Los Angeles had to make an emergency landing in Atlanta on Thursday. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said Delta Flight 125 departed Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Thursday around 4:45 p.m.
According to Delta spokeswoman Heather Faulkner, the captain saw an indicator light alerting him [...]
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – At least three people were injured on a United Airlines flight on Tuesday. The plane encountered turbulence over the Atlantic Ocean during a trip from London to Los Angeles. There were 196 passengers and 15 crew members on Flight 935 when it took off from Heathrow Airport. The plane was diverted [...]
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – The Medical Examiner’s Office has identified a man who was killed last Saturday in an off-road crash in Borrego Springs. The man was 45-year-old Patrick Dean Perkins of Bonsall. Perkins had gone to the off-roading area with friends and was driving a sandrail-type dune buggy.
The accident occurred around 4:20 p.m. Perkins [...]