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Sunday, February 27, 2011
Drunk driver rams SUV into sober house
A drunk driver is being blamed for crashing an SUV into a sober living facility in South Los Angeles.
The crash happened on Saturday night at 80th and Figueroa streets. Firefighters arrived to find the SUV had ploughed into the building and ended up in a room.
The residents were sleeping at the time of the crash. Five people suffered minor injuries as did the driver.
Police didn't release the driver's name but said the person will be charged with felony DUI.
The crash happened on Saturday night at 80th and Figueroa streets. Firefighters arrived to find the SUV had ploughed into the building and ended up in a room.
The residents were sleeping at the time of the crash. Five people suffered minor injuries as did the driver.
Police didn't release the driver's name but said the person will be charged with felony DUI.
Escalator malfunction video released
Surveillance video has been released by Metro of an escalator malfunction at the L'Enfant Plaza Metro Station in Washington. The crowds attending the John Stewart and Stephen Colbert event on the National Mall on Oct. 30th, were huge. In fact, it was the biggest Saturday rider ship in Metro-rail history.
There are three escalators at the L'Enfant Promenade entrance to Metro. The middle one and the right one were taking people downward that day. A security camera at the bottom captured these images.
YouTube link.
At first both downward escalators are running at normal speed with people strolling off at the bottom. Then the middle escalator suddenly speeds up with people at first running away from the bottom to clear a path for those behind them.
Then someone falls at the bottom and a human pileup begins. After a few seconds of confusion bystanders realize people are trapped and hurt and some rush forward to help those off the pile at the bottom of the out-of-control escalator.
There are three escalators at the L'Enfant Promenade entrance to Metro. The middle one and the right one were taking people downward that day. A security camera at the bottom captured these images.
YouTube link.
At first both downward escalators are running at normal speed with people strolling off at the bottom. Then the middle escalator suddenly speeds up with people at first running away from the bottom to clear a path for those behind them.
Then someone falls at the bottom and a human pileup begins. After a few seconds of confusion bystanders realize people are trapped and hurt and some rush forward to help those off the pile at the bottom of the out-of-control escalator.
Woman who thought she'd won lottery sues TV station for airing wrong numbers
A Fort Lee, New Jersey, woman who says she thought fortune had smiled on her with a $250,000 winner in a 2009 Mega Millions drawing is suing WABC-TV for allegedly broadcasting the wrong winning numbers and leaving her devastated when she discovered she had won nothing. Rakel Daniele is seeking $75,000 in damages from WABC-TV, American Broadcasting Co., the Walt Disney Co. and an unidentified "Jane Doe" in a lawsuit that was transferred to federal District Court in Newark last week from state Superior Court in Hackensack.
According to Daniele's lawsuit, WABC-TV, the ABC network station in New York, broadcast the winning numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, with the mega ball 12, for the multistate Mega Millions lottery on June 19, 2009. Daniele held a lottery ticket with the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, with the mega ball 6, the lawsuit says.
Despite the fact that the numbers WABC-TV broadcast were wrong, the suit asserts, it compounded Daniele's alleged pain by "negligently, carelessly, recklessly and/or intentionally" rebroadcasting the erroneous numbers the next day. The correct Mega Millions numbers for June 19, 2009, were 4, 9, 12, 16 and 46, with a mega ball of 44, according to the Mega Millions website.
Daniele was under the impression that she had won $250,000 as a result of the broadcast, the suit states, adding that she was "severely damaged" by relying on the "false and incorrect" lottery results. The company should have known the numbers were incorrect, the suit states. The broadcast and rebroadcast of the wrong Mega Millions numbers went "beyond all possible bounds of decency, and were atrocious, and utterly intolerable in a civilized community," it asserts.
According to Daniele's lawsuit, WABC-TV, the ABC network station in New York, broadcast the winning numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, with the mega ball 12, for the multistate Mega Millions lottery on June 19, 2009. Daniele held a lottery ticket with the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, with the mega ball 6, the lawsuit says.
Despite the fact that the numbers WABC-TV broadcast were wrong, the suit asserts, it compounded Daniele's alleged pain by "negligently, carelessly, recklessly and/or intentionally" rebroadcasting the erroneous numbers the next day. The correct Mega Millions numbers for June 19, 2009, were 4, 9, 12, 16 and 46, with a mega ball of 44, according to the Mega Millions website.
Daniele was under the impression that she had won $250,000 as a result of the broadcast, the suit states, adding that she was "severely damaged" by relying on the "false and incorrect" lottery results. The company should have known the numbers were incorrect, the suit states. The broadcast and rebroadcast of the wrong Mega Millions numbers went "beyond all possible bounds of decency, and were atrocious, and utterly intolerable in a civilized community," it asserts.
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