National news briefs

S.F. may have to drop 1,400 cases

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco prosecutors say an additional 1,400 cases may be dropped this week because of a scandal at the crime lab.

Brian Buckelew, a spokesman for the San Francisco District Attorney's Office, says the additional cases would be come on top of the 500 cases that have already been dropped. Of those cases, Buckelew says prosecutors hope to refile charges in 300 cases, though a final decision hasn't been made.

The crime lab was closed March 9 following allegations that a longtime technician stole cocaine evidence.

Meanwhile, police officials are acknowledging that other drugs may have been stolen, including the painkiller OxyContin.

Plane crashes on N.Y. road, injuring 2

PALERMO, N.Y. (AP) — A small plane that had issued a distress call and was trying to land on a roadway crashed Sunday afternoon, seriously injuring two women aboard, authorities said.

Firefighters pulled the women from the downed aircraft after the roadway crash was reported to police in Oswego County, on the southeastern shore of Lake Ontario, around 3:30 p.m. The women were taken to a hospital in nearby Syracuse, one by ambulance, the other by helicopter. Their conditions remained unknown late Sunday.

2 arrested in death of California woman

WESTMINSTER, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say two suspects have been arrested after a 38-year-old woman was dragged alongside a vehicle for several blocks and then shot during an apparent robbery attempt at a Southern California park.

Westminster police spokesman Van Woodson says Tuyet Thi Huynh of Garden Grove was at an Orange County park Sunday when she was seen talking to a man and a woman who were sitting in a vehicle.

Woodson says the passenger of the car grabbed Huynh's purse as the driver sped away, dragging Huynh for several blocks. He says one of the suspects then shot Huynh, who fell to the ground. She died later at a hospital.

Woodson says 18-year-old Christopher Yu of Fountain Valley and 19-year-old Lynn Quach of Garden Grove were arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder.

Montana crash kills 5 teenagers in truck

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana coroner says five teenagers died immediately in an early morning crash when their pickup truck failed to negotiate a turn and slammed into an embankment.