Dublin man run over by his own truck dies of injuries

Sophia Kazmi
Valley Times
Posted: 06/29/2009 12:29:58 PM PDT
Updated: 06/29/2009 01:38:41 PM PDT


LIVERMORE — A 58-year-old Dublin man struck by his runaway pickup truck at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory has died of his injuries.

James Leadstrom died Sunday at Eden Medical Center in Castro Valley, according to the California Highway Patrol. He was flown there Friday morning after he received head trauma and internal injuries trying to stop his 2008 Chevrolet Silverado.

According to accident investigators, Leadstrom had parked his pickup truck in a lab parking lot near Vasco Road and East Avenue around 10:30 a.m. Friday. but the truck had been left in reverse gear and it began to roll backward.

Leadstrom partially entered the truck to apply the brakes, but instead hit the accelerator, according to the CHP. The truck accelerated backward, struck a parked Chevrolet Impala, then a Toyota Celica.

Leadstrom was thrown behind the truck after the second car was hit and was run over by the pickup after it hit a Honda motorcycle. The truck hit one more car, a Nissan Altima, before coming to rest.

— Sophia Kazmi

ENOUGH of the political bantering

Major posts need to be related to LLNL, NNSA, DOE, LLNS in some way. Comments must be on the topic.

I will no longer post ANYONE'S political trashing and thrashings - no more name calling. There are other blogs and venues for such antics.

Lab Security

Anonymous said...

The Lab's security force seems to get bad press all the time in the media, but it did well again in this year's US National SWAT Championship. They came in 2nd last year. Results are at -

http://www.nationalswatchampionships.com/results.php

I ran across this story in World Nuclear News...

Bruce Power SWAT team hits the mark
25 June 2009

Security combat teams from nuclear-related sites and organizations performed well in the 2009 US National SWAT Championships (USNSC).

The championship was held on 18-20 June at the US Shooting Academy in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Eighteen tactical teams including three international entrants participated in a range of trials such as 'Bus Assault', 'Multi-Gun Shootout' and 'Taser Team Takedown'.

The nuclear response team from Canada's Bruce Power won the contest for the second year in a row. They were followed by a team from the German counter-terrorist unit (GSG-9), with nuclear-related teams from Lawrence Livermore in California and Hanford in Washington coming in third and fourth.

SWAT competitions have been held in the Shooting Academy for over 25 years. In general, they are based on real tactical policing skills (individual and team) and involve demanding physical challenges as well as precise shooting skills. Most are coupled with training sessions and last from 2-5 days.

The inaugural USNSC were held in 2007 at the Highlands Ranch Law Enforcement Training Center (HRLETC) outside Denver, Colorado. The objective of the USNSC competition is to use live-fire SWAT scenarios and relays to test individual and team skills. The competition events are designed to provide a fair and equal opportunity for teams to demonstrate their abilities in three areas: team organization, weapons skills and fitness while negotiating courses of fire in a safe manner.

The USNSC normally consists of eight live-fire events run with teams running each course of fire head to head. Officers compete in full tactical gear and are only given one round for each assigned target. Scoring is based on time and target hits.

http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS-Bruce_Power_SWAT_team_hits_the_mark-2606094.html

June 26, 2009 6:12 AM

Neko is really scared . . . NOT!

Anonymous said...

Neko's Not Scared


What may happen to the guy running this blog if he isn't careful

June 24, 2009 5:07 PM

NUCLEAR BUDGET WATCHDOGS CALL ON U.S. ENERGY DEPARTMENT TO SLASH SPENDING

Title:

NUCLEAR BUDGET WATCHDOGS CALL ON U.S. ENERGY DEPARTMENT TO SLASH SPENDING ON WEAPONS PROGRAMS AND REACTOR SUBSIDIES, INCREASE CLEANUP FUNDING TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY

Ran across this pdf about wanting to cut budgets and increase cleanup funds.

Watchdogs


Interesting reading.

June 22, 2009 10:24 AM

Buried in the Budget

Blogger Peter said...

The House Armed Services Committee published the FY 2010 Defense Authorization Bill last week. Buried inside was a last-minute change that took $369 million from DOE. The $369M was supposed to be used for cleanups at nuclear weapons sites but will be used instead to "bring home the bacon" and buy jets that the military admits it doesn't even need.

See the articles below for the details.

http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=4144686

http://pubfiles.computersforpeace.net/HR2647.pdf

http://armedservices.house.gov/apps/list/press/armedsvc_dem/skeltonpr061709.shtml





June 23, 2009 11:38 AM

Apparently, everyone in UC is going to take a 8% salary reduction!

Anonymous said...

I went to check on what is left of my retirement portfolio on uc bencom and saw this:
"Questions & Answers about Furlough/Salary Reductions Options"

Apparently, everyone in UC is going to take a 8% salary reduction! LBNL staff will be affected as well.

June 23, 2009 2:11 AM