Accident

Gerard Deegan was on one of his routine training sessions in 2001, bicycling around the Rose Bowl. He was working out in preparation for a world championship duathlon competition, a form of racing that combines running and cycling. Deegan’s training run came to a literal screeching halt when he was struck violently by a car. The incident not only took away his ability to train, it almost took his life. “I was in terrible shape after the accident,” said Deegan, a native of Ireland who lives in Burbank and who has served as an assistant cross-country coach at Burroughs since 2005.

BURBANK — A hit-and-run accident Friday night resulted in the death of a Lynwood woman after a 16-year-old girl drove through a red light near City Hall, police said. The accident occurred shortly after 10 p.m. at Angeleno Avenue and First Street, when the 16-year- old La Cañada Flintridge girl, traveling south on First Street, ran the red light, Sgt. Travis Irving said. “We had a few witnesses. Some were in the patio area at BJ’s [Restaurant], another one was a pedestrian who saw [her run]

A 19-year-old Sylmar man was pronounced dead Tuesday after a traffic collision at the intersection of Hollywood Way and Tulare Avenue on Saturday, which left two other men injured, officials said. Enrique Esquivel Jr. was driving north on Hollywood Way at around 5:40 p.m. Saturday when his 1999 blue Ford Explorer crashed into a signal pole at the northeast corner of the intersection, Burbank Police Sgt. Travis Irving said. No other vehicles were involved in the collision, but the impact left two passengers in the SUV ?

BURBANK — A 22-year-old Burbank man could face second-degree murder charges after one man was killed and three others were injured Saturday in an alcohol-related car crash, police said. Michael Christenson was still hospitalized Tuesday with internal injuries, keeping officers from arresting him, Lt. Ron Caruso said. Officers plan to arrest him after he is released from medical care, Caruso said. Christenson was driving east at high speeds on Olive Avenue near Maple Street at about 2:30 a.m. with four passengers in his 2007 Honda Accord when he lost control, Caruso said.

BURBANK ? The Burbank Police Department's traffic division is investigating the cause of a fatal accident that occurred early Saturday morning in the Northwest District. Kenneth Rome, 49, of Burbank, was killed when his 1983 Allegro motor home collided with a parkway tree and a utility pole, Burbank Police Lt. Ron Caruso said. "As a result of the collision, the motor home overturned and crushed the partially ejected driver," he said. "The driver was pronounced dead at the scene."

MAGNOLIA PARK DISTRICT — Andrew Briscoe is just like any other 12-year-old boy — he likes playing soccer, basketball and has grand aspirations of being a sports star. He may not be a star yet, but he is a hero. Last Sunday Andrew found himself in a crucial life-anddeath situation and his swift reaction and levelheaded thinking averted what could have been a calamitous accident. His mother, Louise Briscoe — who stands about 4 feet tall — was driving her son home from his Bar Mitzvah preparations when the metal extension that enables her to reach the brake pedal of her 2007 Toyota Sienna van suddenly slipped off the pedal.

"Premonition" is a tale about supernatural precognition that becomes an interesting story with a spiritual message of faith, love, forgiveness and redemption. Despite some of the public comments about this film, and after puzzling through the loose ends and red herrings, I found it to be, all in all, rather satisfying. This is an oddly paced film about a young housewife, Linda Hanson (Sandra Bullock), whose marriage has gone stale and who seems to have a particularly vivid dream that her husband has been killed in a violent road accident.

GLENDALE ? Two big-rig trucks snarled traffic along freeways into Glendale in separate incidents Tuesday morning after they jackknifed on rain-slicked roads. In the first incident, a big rig flipped onto its side at the northbound Golden State (5) Freeway interchange to the Ventura (134) Freeway at 5:33 a.m., spilling 80 gallons of diesel fuel onto the roadway and closing all northbound lanes for several hours, California Highway Patrol Officer Francisco Villalobos said. Caltrans crews forced northbound traffic onto the northbound Glendale (2)

BURBANK — Narine Bagdasaryan, the 21-year-old Burbank woman who was ejected from her car and into a river 50 feet below after crashing atop an onramp bridge on Friday, was in critical, but stable condition as of Tuesday, a hospital spokeswoman said. Bagdasaryan suffered multiple fractures and serious head trauma as a result of the accident, said Connie Matthews, a spokeswoman for Huntington Hospital in Pasadena. The accident occurred at about 7:50 a.m. Friday on the Colorado Street on- and offramp to the Golden State (5)