Alberto LuperonMay 12th, 2021, 5:59 pm
Investigators are seen working at the crash site on January 28, 2020.
Two Los Angeles firefighters faced possible termination after the department determined they took pictures of victims at the
Kobe Bryant crash site, according to attorneys for widow
Vanessa Bryant. A third employee, who was helping with press relations, faced suspension.
“According to the reports and letters, two Fire Department employees took photos of victims’ remains at the crash site that ‘served no business necessity’ and instead ‘only served to appeal to baser instincts and desires for what amounted to visual gossip, ” wrote attorney
Craig Lavoie in a filing on Monday obtained by USA Today. “One of the employees, a safety officer who was at the site solely to monitor safety procedures, was observed taking graphic photos focused on the victims’ remains. Both of the employees who took photos of remains sent them to a third Fire Department employee
UpdatedMon, May 10, 2021 at 5:24 pm PT
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One person was trapped in a multiple-vehicle crash in Palos Verdes Monday. (Shutterstock)
PALOS VERDES ESTATES, CA One person was killed and a child critically injured in a two-vehicle crash in Palos Verdes Estates Monday, officials said.
Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel responded to a crash involving multiple vehicles near the area of Palos Verdes Drive West and Via Zumaya about 1:52 p.m. to rescue a person trapped inside a vehicle, county fire officials said.
A child was taken to a hospital in critical condition. Another adult was evaluated at the scene of the crash but declined to be taken to a hospital, fire officials said.
The officers followed the pickup, but the driver refused to stop and a pursuit began on the 405 Freeway before exiting at Manchester Boulevard. The chase continued on streets in Inglewood.
The driver was northbound on Glasgow Avenue when he crashed into a white sedan at Olive Street intersection, Pepi said. The driver of the blue pickup then took off on foot and was ultimately taken into custody following a brief foot pursuit.
Los Angeles County Fire Department crews had to extricate the couple in the white sedan, but a woman passenger died at the scene and the male driver was taken to the hospital where he died from his injuries, according to CHP.
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