Delivery Truck

El Monte police officers shot and wounded a man who allegedly stole a delivery truck early Friday morning and was chased into San Gabriel. A bloody sidewalk next to a delivery truck at San Marino Avenue and Leslie Drive marked the spot where the pursuit reached its conclusion about 4:40 a.m. after the driver hit a spike strip. As the driver backed up the truck toward officers, they opened fire, Sheriff's Lt. John Corina said. The suspect, who was not identified, was taken to a hospital and is expected to survive.

El Monte police officers shot and wounded a man who allegedly stole a delivery truck early Friday morning and was chased into San Gabriel. A bloody sidewalk next to a delivery truck at San Marino Avenue and Leslie Drive marked the spot where the pursuit reached its conclusion about 4:40 a.m. after the driver hit a spike strip. As the driver backed up the truck toward officers, they opened fire, Sheriff's Lt. John Corina said. The suspect, who was not identified, was taken to a hospital and is expected to survive.

A Newport Beach man was killed early Tuesday when a delivery truck struck him in the street. Robert Jay Shenk, 25, was declared dead about 4 a.m. at the scene of the accident on Birch Street south of Orchard Drive. The driver of the truck was interviewed by police and released. The cause of the accident is under investigation.

A man went to great lengths to escape officers during a pursuit Friday morning in Northern California, including jumping from a moving car, and changing his clothes. Sacramento police and California Highway Patrol officers chased a man into a south Sacramento neighborhood because the car he was driving was allegedly stolen. The man jumped out of the moving car, and ran into the neighborhood. Officers had to jump into the car to stop it from rolling down the street, according to Fox 40. The man then changed his clothes, and pretended to water the grass at a random home to avoid being spotted.

Police searched Tuesday for a man who hijacked a Budweiser beer delivery truck and drove through two counties before abandoning it and the unharmed driver in San Bernardino. The man forced his way into the cab of the truck shortly after 9:15 a.m. while the driver was at a stop sign in Orange, police said. At least two people saw the hijacking and called 911. Police helicopters and patrol units searched for four hours without success. The driver contacted his employer shortly after 1 p.m.

A 2-year-old Oxnard boy died Sunday after being run over by a pizza delivery truck, police said. Ramon Suarez was standing in a driveway in the 600 block of East Pleasant Valley Road at 1:05 p.m. when a truck driven by Domino's Pizza employee Juan Gomez, 28, of Oxnard struck him, said Ernie Orosco, Oxnard Police Department traffic investigator.

Two robbers posing as police officers abducted a man at gunpoint Thursday morning as he was preparing to deliver pharmaceuticals to a San Fernando Valley drugstore, Los Angeles police said. The victim, who was not immediately identified, had just gotten out of his delivery truck in front of the Rite Aid pharmacy in the 13300 block of Riverside Drive in Sherman Oaks when he was confronted by two men armed with semiautomatic handguns and wearing sweatshirts with the word "police" on them.

A delivery truck careened onto a busy downtown street Friday afternoon, crashing into 14 vehicles and critically injuring a bystander before the vehicle was stopped and the driver was arrested for drunken driving.

Isuzu Truck of America said Tuesday that it has reached an agreement with a division of Grumman Corp. to produce a new walk-in delivery truck. The agreement calls for Isuzu to provide the chassis onto which the Grumman-Olson division of Grumman Corp. will mount its truck body, Isuzu spokesman Jerry Burwell said. The trucks, of the type used to make parcel, bakery, snack food and laundry supply deliveries, will be sold by Isuzu dealers. No dollar value was put on the agreement.

A North Hollywood man was critically injured Wednesday afternoon when his car collided with a water delivery truck on Topanga Canyon Boulevard just south of California 118, the California Highway Patrol said. Douglas Nankivell, 32, was air-lifted to Holy Cross Hospital in Mission Hills where he was listed in critical condition with chest injuries, a hospital spokesman said. Nankivell was southbound on Topanga Canyon Boulevard at 2:10 p.m.

Frito-Lay plans to put 45 more electric delivery trucks on California roads in the coming months, bringing its fleet of such vehicles in the state to 105 by the end of the year. The trucks are made by Smith Electric Vehicles, a private manufacturer in Kansas City, Mo., that names its truck models after famous inventors and scientists.  Its biggest truck is the Newton while the smaller vehicle is called the Edison. The chip company uses the Newton, which employs Lithium-ion battery cell technology and is designed for urban settings with heavy “stop-and-go” driving.

NEWARK, N.J. - Having traveled across the country in hopes of leading our city's many puck-free sports fans onto the back of the Kings' bandwagon, I have skated into my first stark truth. There is no bandwagon. There are no trumpets, no bass drums, no bunting. On this Stanley Cup Final media day, there is only a bunch of guys in black hoodies, scraggly hair, thick beards and chipped smiles. They speak little about themselves. They speak with reverence about the team. In a variety of soft Canadian accents, they speak not about the pressure of the destination, but the wonders of the trip.

A farmhouse fire killed seven children Tuesday while their mother was in a barn milking cows, according to a state trooper. Their father was reportedly taking a nap in a delivery truck not far from the home. The children, six girls and a boy, were found dead inside the house, CNN reported. One child survived. Those who died ranged in age from 7 months to 11 years. The children's father had left the two-story home, on a working farm in dairy country not far from the state capital, to get his truck around 10 p.m. Tuesday, Trooper Tom Pinkerton said.

Two robbers posing as police officers abducted a man at gunpoint Thursday morning as he was preparing to deliver pharmaceuticals to a San Fernando Valley drugstore, Los Angeles police said. The victim, who was not immediately identified, had just gotten out of his delivery truck in front of the Rite Aid pharmacy in the 13300 block of Riverside Drive in Sherman Oaks when he was confronted by two men armed with semiautomatic handguns and wearing sweatshirts with the word "police" on them.

Express mail giant FedEx Corp. is preparing to roll out the first of four new all-electric delivery trucks in Los Angeles next month, but Chief Executive Frederick W. Smith said there were still significant barriers to bringing large numbers of zero-emission and low-emission commercial vehicles into service quickly in the U.S. "We would like to significantly expand the number of vehicles we have in this category," Smith said. "But the capital costs are 50% higher than regular vehicles.

A crowded Orange Line bus collided with a delivery truck in the east San Fernando Valley on Monday afternoon, leaving one person seriously hurt and 16 others apparently with minor injuries, authorities said. The accident occurred as local officials were preparing for today's ceremony to mark the one-year anniversary of the heavily used, 14-mile Orange Line service.

Accident Victim Identified: A catering truck driver killed when his vehicle collided with a delivery truck at Taft Avenue and Main Street in Orange was identified Tuesday as Antoliano Cicino Vallejos, 36, of Fountain Valley. Vallejos was traveling west on Taft about noon Monday when his truck collided with the other truck, which was attempting to turn left onto Main. Vallejos' identity had been withheld until his relatives were notified.

A Newport Beach man was killed early Tuesday when a delivery truck struck him in the street. Robert Jay Shenk, 25, was declared dead about 4 a.m. at the scene of the accident on Birch Street south of Orchard Drive. The driver of the truck was interviewed by police and released. The cause of the accident is under investigation.

Police searched Tuesday for a man who hijacked a Budweiser beer delivery truck and drove through two counties before abandoning it and the unharmed driver in San Bernardino. The man forced his way into the cab of the truck shortly after 9:15 a.m. while the driver was at a stop sign in Orange, police said. At least two people saw the hijacking and called 911. Police helicopters and patrol units searched for four hours without success. The driver contacted his employer shortly after 1 p.m.