Carlsbad Police Investigate Hit-And-Run Death of Teen
by jgomez March 8, 2010
March 8, 2010 – Carlsbad Police said Sunday they are investigating the claims of a motorist, who says she may have unwittingly struck a teenaged boy on El Camino Real, but left the scene after failing to spot any victim. Steven Anthony Kelley, 18, was killed around 9:45 p.m. Friday when he was struck by two vehicles on El Camino Real near Cassia Avenue. He was crossing the street at the time. He died in an ambulance enroute to McClellan-Palomar Airport, where he was to be flown to a hospital, according to police. Officers had stopped one car’s driver near …. »
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Update: 74-Year-Old Woman Hit Near Crosswalk in Bakersfield Has Died
by jgomez February 26, 2010
February 26, 2010 – Shirley Whitley, 74, who was rushed to the hospital after a suspected drunken driver hit her while she was outside a crosswalk has died. Around 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, officers with the Bakersfield Police Department responded to the 4300 block of Gosford Road regarding an injury collision, involving a 74-year-old woman. Police said Shirley Whitley was crossing Gosford Road outside a crosswalk when she was struck by a blue Honda Civic being driven northbound by 38-year-old Ramon Lobregat III. Whitley sustained moderate to major injuries and was transported to Kern Medical Center for treatment, police said. On …. »
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Woman Struck by Vehicle in Grantville Area
by jgomez
February 26, 2010 – A woman was pinned under a vehicle after being struck in the Grantville area Thursday afternoon. The incident happened shortly after 4 p.m. in front of the Kaiser Medical Center on the 4600 block of Zion Avenue. The woman was freed from underneath the vehicle and medics tended to her injuries. No word yet on the extent of those injuries.
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Boy Struck By Car in North Park
by jgomez February 16, 2010
February 16, 2010 – A 9-year-old boy is hospitalized Tuesday for two open leg fractures after he ran out into an alley and was struck by a car in North Park, police said. The boy was struck by a 2005 Acura going about 10-15 miles per hour in the west alley of the 4100 block of Arizona around 5 p.m. Monday, according to San Diego Police Sgt. David Jennings.
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Woman Struck at Crosswalk by Suspected Drunk Driver
by jgomez February 8, 2010
February 8, 2010 – A suspected drunken driver is in custody after a woman was struck in a crosswalk in the East Village by a sport utility vehicle, leaving her with a fractured wrist. The man was turning southbound on 13th Street from westbound F Street shortly before 5:30 p.m. Sunday when he struck the woman, said San Diego Police Officer Dino Delimitros. He was arrested on suspicion of felony driving under the influence, Delimitros said.
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Bizarre San Francisco Bus Accident Causes Injuries, Flooding
by jgomez
3 Pedestrians Struck as Drunk Driving Suspect Ties to Flee Crash
by jgomez January 29, 2010
Woman Struck, Killed By Car on SR 125
by jgomez January 25, 2010
January 25, 2010 – An investigation was under way Monday into the death of a woman who was struck by a car on an East County highway. Rebecca Ann Phillips, 23, of San Diego, was struck on southbound SR 125 just north of Grossmont College Drive about 9:30 p.m., California Highway Patrol Officer Brian Pennings said. She was a passenger in a green Ford Taurus that had pulled over to the right and she had just gotten out and was walking north on the shoulder, Pennings said. For unknown reasons she turned and walked east into traffic lanes where she …. »
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Teen Runs Into Traffic, Hit By Truck
by jgomez December 24, 2009
December 24, 2009 – A 13-year-old girl was hospitalized Thursday after being struck by a pickup truck in Lakeside, authorities said. The girl was struck when she ran in front of a truck being driven by a 55-year-old Lakeside woman on Winter Gardens Boulevard at the intersection of Lemon Crest Drive around 5:20 p.m. Wednesday, California Highway Patrol Officer Brian Pennings told The San Diego Union-Tribune. The woman was going about 40 miles per hour, had a green light and tried unsuccessfully to swerve to avoid the girl, he said. The girl was apparently trying to catch up to a …. »
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