Man crashes truck at Panorama City hospital, killing wife

PANORAMA CITY - An 83-year-old man crashed his truck into a parking structure wall Friday at Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Hospital, killing his wife, police said.�

Gordon Curry was sitting in his 1995 Ford F-250 truck stopped inside the passenger loading area just before 2:35 p.m. when his wife, 80-year-old Hanna Curry, got in, Detective James Deaton of the Los Angeles Police Department Valley Traffic Division said.

"His wife...had just re-entered the truck on the passenger side," Deaton said. "The truck suddenly accelerated forward out of control, colliding with the open right rear passenger door of a taxi cab.''�

The truck continued accelerating out of control and jumped over a raised median, crashing into a small tree before crossing the service entry and crashing into a steel rail fence, Deaton said.

"The truck then collided with a concrete wall of the parking structure coming to rest," Deaton said. "As a result of the impact, both the driver and his passenger were taken to the hospital for treatment."�

Driver Gordon Curry suffered severe injuries, Deaton said.�

Police urged anyone who witnessed the crash to contact Valley Traffic Division officers at (818) 644-8032 or (877) LAPD-24-7.

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