Shooting Victim Flees Before Train Hits Car
A car driven by a man suffering from a gunshot wound stalled on railroad tracks in Pacoima, but the man staggered away from the vehicle before it was struck Friday by a train, Los Angeles police said.
Police said Victor Rojas, 21, of Pacoima was in stable condition at Holy Cross Hospital in Mission Hills. He was found sprawled on the ground by paramedics responding to the 3:30 a.m. train and car accident on the tracks beside San Fernando Road at Pierce Street.
Police said Rojas had dropped a friend off at a housing project on Pierce at Lehigh Avenue. He was sitting in his car when a man walked up and shot him in the upper body with a .22-caliber rifle, police said. The victim immediately fled in his car, which stalled on the nearby tracks, and the freight train hit it a few minutes later.
No one was injured on the train, which was was not damaged. The gunman is being sought by police.
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