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jgomez February 2, 2010
February 2, 2010 – An elderly man has emerged as the possible driver in a hit-and-run crash that killed a 15-year-old skateboarder Friday, sheriff’s officials said Monday. The unidentified man told investigators he was driving along Thibodo Road Saturday evening when he came across a candlelight vigil. When he asked the participants about the vigil, he learned it was for Lucas Giaconelli, a Vista teenager who was struck and killed at that same spot the night before. The man later called the Sheriff’s Department and admitted to striking an object there Friday but not stopping to see what he’d hit, …. »
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February 2, 2010 – Two motorists were hospitalized with major injuries Tuesday, including a Marine suspected of having been drunk when his pickup truck crossed the double yellow lines of a rural highway in Pala and collided with a minivan driven by an Oceanside woman, authorities said. The collision between the Toyota minivan and the Toyota pickup occurred at 9:10 p.m. Monday on SR-76 in Pala, about a mile east of I-15, the California Highway Patrol reported. Both drivers were taken to Palomar Medical Center in Escondido with major injuries, said CHP Officer Jake Sanchez said. The pickup driver, a …. »
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jgomez February 1, 2010
February 1, 2010 – A Vista skateboarder is run over and killed. The driver never stopped. Sheriff’s deputies are on the search for a hit-and-run driver who took the life of a 15-year old Rancho Buena Vista High student. Lucas Giaconelli, a freshman, was riding with three friends near Thibodo Road and Edna Way in Vista about 7 p.m. when he was hit from behind by a white Toyota Camry, sheriff’s officials said. Lucas’ father, Louis Giaconelli, said two friends had already crossed the street and a third was behind Lucas when the crash occurred. Lucas, who had …. »
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February 1, 2010 – Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday its dealers should get parts to fix a sticky gas pedal problem this week as the automaker tries to bring an end to a recall that has affected 4.2 million vehicles worldwide. The company said in a statement that it has begun shipping parts and is training service technicians on the repairs. Some dealers will stay open 24 hours to fix the 2.3 million cars and trucks affected by the recall in the U.S. Toyota recalled the vehicles on Jan. 21, determining that excess friction in the gas pedal assembly could …. »
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February 1, 2010 – San Diego Police are investigating the death of a child at a daycare center on Friday but so far they say nothing appears suspicious. It happened at Lulu’s Montessori Family Childcare on the 3500 block of Van Dyke Avenue in City Heights. Police say a caretaker told them when she checked on a 6-month-old little girl who had been set down for a nap, the baby was unresponsive. The child was rushed to Children’s Hospital where it was confirmed she had passed away. “It’s not unusual, unfortunately,” said Lt. Dan Christman of the San Diego Police Department. ”I …. »
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February 1, 2010 – Carl K. Davis, Jr., 28, of San Diego was reportedly speeding eastbound on the wrong side of a curving mountain section of California 78 at 12:30 p.m. Saturday. His Honda CVR 600 sport motorcycle collided head-on with a westbound pickup truck at Payson Drive, the California Highway Patrol said. Another motorist told officers the motorcyclist crossed double yellow lines and passed him at high speed shortly before the collision, CHP Officer Brian Pennings said. The other motorist, Dean Young, Jr., 47, of San Diego, had no time to swerve out of the way to avoid the …. »
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February 1, 2010 – A nude swimmer at Ocean Beach wrestled with San Diego Police Saturday, who shot him with a Taser as several people tried to interfere with his arrest and 100 more watched. Lifeguards asked police for help shortly after 2 p.m. near the Ocean Beach pier at Newport Avenue, because a man in his 20s who had been swimming nude in the ocean was being uncooperative and lunged at one of the lifeguards, said San Diego Police Sgt. Ray Battrick. When police arrived, he fought with them, Battrick said. Officers called for emergency backup and several officers held …. »
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February 1, 2010 – According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Office of Defect Investigations (ODI), CFMOTO Powersports is recalling certain Model Year 2005 through 2009 CHG CF250TV3 and CHG CF250TV5 Scooters manufactured between January 1, 2005, and December 31, 2009. These vehicles fail to conform to Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 123, “Motorcycle Controls And Displays.” The subject vehicles were intended to be manufactured as scooters and therefore lack a rear wheel foot brake as required for motorcycles by the standard. The manufacturer has not yet provided the NHTSA with a description of the consequence as …. »
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