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USD'S B-io Sunday, June 12, 1994 Sentinel State digest Report of a naked lady leads deputies to boy trapped in car names of the six youths who died when their compact sedan swerved out of control at high speed and collided sideways with an oncoming car, splitting the youths' vehicle in half and killing a passenger in the second car. The Highway Patrol said the crash occurred at 12:45 p.m. Friday on State Highway 12 about a half-mile from Suisun City. The site is about 60 miles northeast of San Francisco. Dead at the scene were Cheng Cho Saelee.

17. Sou C. Saclee, 14. Tou Nyuan Saecho, 14 and Huy Bao Nguyen, 14, all of Suisun. Also killed were Tuan T.

Huynh. 14, of Fairfield and Souta Saepharn, 21, of San Pablo. day afternoon as he tried to outrun an oncoming freight train, authorities said. The boy, whose name was not released landing notification of his family, was fishing with five friends on the picturesque bridge overlooking a flood control channel, said sheriffs Sgt. Ron Merrill.

When the train approached at about 1:30 p.m., the engineer saw the children and blew his horn, Merrill said. Five of the boys climbed over the side of the bridge and held on while the train passed. They escaped injury. "One ot the kids took off running ahead of the train, trying to get off the bridge," Merrill said. "He didn't make it." From Sentinel wire services him.

"I thought to myself that perhaps the two could be related, that's all," Strasser said. Cruising along the stretch. Strasser was Jolted by the sight of a child's shoe. He pulled to the roadside and peered down. The wreck was hidden from passers by there.

Strasser scrambled down the steep embankment, falling in the process. When he reached the wreck, it was clear that Christene was dead. "That's when I went to the passenger seat," Strasser said. "Until I was right on top of him, searching for vital signs, I believed him to be dead." Strasser called out "Nick." The child sighed. Strasser said there was no sign that Nick had access to food or drink in the days following the accident, which he figures occurred about 2:30 a.m.

Monday. A preliminary check of the accident scene by California Highway Patrol investigators suggests that Skubish apparently fell asleep while driving, Strasser said. The deputy said the impact was enough to toss a shoe Nick's shoe onto the side of Highway 50. for gas at a Placerville Shell Station. They were on their way to a short visit with friends in Carson City, then on to Southern California.

Christene's fiancee lived in La Habra and she planned to marry him there, acquaintances said. Christene, reportedly a Placerville waitress and a college student, had packed her car with as many clothes and personal effects as she could as if she were going south for good. But she hadn't packed food or water. About 3 a.m. Saturday, the El Dorado Sheriffs Department heard from the South Lake Tahoe couple, described by officers as level-headed, who reported a nude woman on the highway's shoulder.

A deputy, assisted by two California Highway patrol officers and guided by one of the sighters, searched the stretch of roadway known as Bullion Bend with no luck. About daybreak, when Strasser heard of the nebulous sighting, he decided to give the stretch one more search in daylight. He had the Skubishes' disappearance on his mind, he said. He'd been talking to the pair's relatives and shared their concerns. The naked lady who appeared and disappeared on Highway 50 intrigued McClatchy News Service SACRAMENTO Five days after their car plummeted 40 feet down a steep El Dorado County embankment.

3-year-old Nick Sku-bish was found alive Saturday in the mangled wreck that also held his mother's body. "It's probably a miracle." said Chris Palmer, El Dorado sheriffs sergeant. Nick's condition was upgraded from critical to serious Saturday night at UC Davis Medical Center, where the boy is suffering from severe dehydration. Rich Strasser. a El Dorado County deputy sheriff, found Nick naked and curled in a fetal position, shortly after daybreak, three miles east of Pollock Pines on a Highway 50 embankment.

Strasser said he couldn't believe the young boy survived the accident or the five days of heat, hunger and thirst that followed. Nick's mother, Christene Sku-bish, apparently died of internal injuries soon after her 1991 Hyundai rolled down the grade and crashed into a tree after midnight Monday. The car's roof was torn off. The mother and child had been missing since early Monday morning, when they headed east on Highway 50 from their Garden Valley home and stopped about 2 a.m. Flesh-destroying bacteria kills woman ANAHEIM A strain of bacteria that rapidly destroys human flesh has killed an Orange County woman, one of several Southern Californians infected with the deadly strain.

The 36-year-old woman died four weeks ago after the bacteria, known as Group A streptococcus, caused her lungs and kidneys to fail, said Lincoln Spurgeon, chief of medicine at Kaiser Permanente Orange County Medical Center. The bacteria caused a massive shock to the woman's system, and destroyed flesh and muscle tissue, Spurgeon said. The victim's name was withheld at her family's request. Coroner releases crash victim's names SUISUN CITY The Solano county coroner has released the CrntiHl Fire Pi out! ion Ifislnit of Santa Cruz County Learn Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation American Heart Association Provider certification Ulhr: Capltola Community Center, 4400 Jade Capltola UJhn: June 18 1991 Noon to 4:00 pm Cost is $8.00 Registration deadline is June 18, 1991 Call 8am-5pm Mon-Fri 475-6767 Wear comfortable clothing YATES Lumber Company Redwood Decking 2x6 Con 79 i.f. rkrs gtxxi thru June 30.

1994 40 .454 9307 12r River S.intj Cruz full uliniil jmt in (ii nr'rr on a ilrlrirry More blacks accuse Denny's in San Diego of racial bias Boy decapitated by freight train PICO RIVKRA An 11 year old boy who was fishing oil of a railroad bridge was decapitated Satur THANKS FOR YOUR BUSINESS BRUCE H. RISELY flntnclng Ltywyt Trdlnt Santa Cruz 3961 Portola 476-9555 rouii ft A Th Associated Press SAN DIEGO Black patrons of local Denny's restaurants on Saturday accused the popular chain of racial bias, despite a multi-million dollar settlement the company recently reached to squelch similar claims. About 30 patrons who met with an attorney said they had experienced discrimination at several Denny's restaurants, mostly in the San Diego area. Attorney Jerry Steering said some of his clients already have filed lawsuits, and the others planned to in the next few weeks. "I just want an apology, basically," said Leon Youngblood, 30, who has filed a $10 million lawsuit claiming he was refused service at a restaurant in Costa Mesa.

Managers at two Denny's restaurants in San Diego declined comment. Karen Randall, spokeswoman for Denny's parent company, said officials at Spartanburg, S.C.-based Flagstar Cos. had no knowledge of the suits. She said the chain does not tolerate discrimination. After being hit with 4,300 complaints of racial bias at restaurants across the country, Denny's agreed last month to pay a record $46 mil IV! look like a homeless person." Knowing it was late and few other restaurants were open.

West's group agreed to pay the bill, then waited almost an hour to be served. "I thought at the time it was a little funny," West said. "The fact we were black made me think it was racial discrimination." Kevin Goldston, 34, of San Diego, said he, his wife and two sons went to a Denny's on his birthday in January 1992 because the chain offered free meals to customers on their birthdays. After waiting while white customers were seated before them and being treated rudely by a waitress, they were then informed that the free birthday meal had expired at 7 p.m., Goldston said. He asked to see a manager but was told he was in a meeting, so Goldston and his family left.

Later, he faxed and mailed letters of complaint to Denny's, but never received any response. "My parents and my wife grew up in the South and they've seen this kind of thing before," Goldston said. "But this isn't supposed to happen anymore." cooperating or whether investigators had any new leads. "Investigation by homicide investigators is ongoing at this time into the identification of the remaining two suspects," Ortiz said A wallet from one of the fishermen was found in Paxton's car. A motorist passing the wreck gave a ride to three men before roadblocks could be set up, authorities said.

Killed was Armen Shakkhara-mian, 47, of Montebello. He was a recent immigrant from Moscow, where he worked as a plumber and mechanic. Sarkis Aylozlan, 28, of North Hollywood was recovering from surgery for a gunshot wound. lion to black patrons. It also agreed to pay more than $8.7 million in lawyer's fees for the black customers, retrain employees, feature minorities in its advertisements and hire an outside lawyer to monitor civil rights compliance.

But Barbara West, 42, a registered nurse in San Diego, said she didn't want to be part of a large class-action lawsuit and will pursue her case in court. She has filed a $10 million suit against the chain. West and three black friends visited a Denny's in October 1992 after a sorority reunion. After they were seated, the waitress told them they would have to pay for their meal before being served, West said. "I said 'Why is that? said West, who also is a lieutenant commander with the U.S.

Naval Reserve. "She said, 'That's the way it is A manager told West that the number of transients in the downtown area, where the restaurant is located, made the policy necessary, West said. She said the manager claimed many slipped out before paying their bill. "I was dressed in a three-piece silk suit," West said. "I did not shooting occurred at dawn Wednesday.

Paxton, who has no mailing address, was booked for investigation of one count of murder, two counts of attempted murder and armed robbery and was being held in lieu of $1 million bail, said Sgt. Pete Ortiz of the San Bernardino County Sheriffs Department. But Ortiz said Paxton wasn't believed to be the gunman who opened fire on four fisherman who had been sleeping in a station wagon at lake's edge when the robber woke them. "We are still looking. We have a lot of detectives working out there countywide," said Ortiz, who declined to say whether Paxton was MOHAWK Police arrest car owner, hunt for gunman who shot anglers asp The Associated Press SAN BERNARDINO A transient arrested in connection with the slaying of an angler and wounding of another at Big Bear Lake was interrogated Saturday while the hunt for the gunman intensified, authorities said.

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