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...Taxi Driver Marcus Barnard, on his way to visit his newborn son in the hospital, was shot through his windshield. He died instantly. A father and son emerged from a side road with two small girls. Ryan opened fire at the men, leaving the father dead in a puddle of blood. He emptied his gun into the car of a woman and her daughter, killing both. Abdul Khan, 84, was cut down in his garden, dying as his wife cradled his head. Francis Butler was killed while walking his dog. The savagery was as swift as it was deadly...
...terror spread among California commuters, officials were desperately casting about for a way to restore peace. California Assemblyman Paul Zeltner announced he would introduce legislation requiring a minimum three-year prison sentence and permanent revocation of the driver's license of any person caught shooting from a car. The Los Angeles County board of supervisors offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of roadway gunmen. Los Angeles City Attorney James Hahn vowed to jail all gun-toting motorists. Said Hahn: "People are going to start learning that this isn't the wild West anymore...
...government of Philippine President Corazon Aquino. After calmly downing hamburgers at a snack stand in a Manila suburb, three young men, armed with .45-cal. pistols and an UZI submachine gun, opened fire on a passing silver-green Toyota Cressida. The hail of gunfire instantly killed the car's driver and fatally wounded his passenger, Local Governments Secretary Jaime Ferrer, 70, a prominent member of Aquino's Cabinet and nemesis of the country's Communist insurgents. The gunmen and two accomplices then roared away into the night...
...Significantly, the overcrowding of children into the PBH van in the Keylatch accident was a clear violation of existing PBHA policy; it is not something condoned by PBHA. In any event, one child in the front seat of the van with a seat belt on could have struck the driver's arm in the very same manner as the child in the Keylatch accident did, and the bus probably would have still flipped over, overloaded or not. Overcrowding of vehicles is wrong, yet the accident could happen at any time to anyone, transporting others in automobiles...
...culprit in the second accident also resides in the Yard--in the houses of the Administration. PBH can hardly be blamed for this one. Indeed, there is no doubt that, if a less well-trained driver had been at the wheel, all the passengers could hardly have safely escaped...