Articles Posted in hit-and-run accident

An elderly woman was critically injured in a Santa Ana pedestrian accident, which officials said, involved a hit-and-run driver. According to a KTLA news report, the crash occurred in the 2500 block of North Fairview Avenue. Police from Santa Ana and Garden Grove responded to several calls and found the pedestrian down on the roadway. She was transported to a hospital with major internal injuries. The driver left the scene. Continue reading →

South Los Angeles neighborhoods were the sites of two fatal hit-and-run crashes over the weekend. According to KTLA, the most recent accident occurred early morning on Oct. 6 when a vehicle traveling southbound along Figueroa Street in the Vermont Knolls neighborhood slammed into Wardell Nelson, Jr. a 61-year-old Los Angeles man, as he was walking across the street. Continue reading →

A pedestrian was critically injured in a crosswalk in the Vermont Square area of South Los Angeles in a car accident involving a suspected hit and run driver. According to a KTLA news report, the crash was reported the morning of Oct. 2 at the intersection of West Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and South Budlong Avenue. The driver attempted to flee the scene after hitting the pedestrian and critically injuring the pedestrian. Continue reading →

Investigators are seeking the driver of a work truck, which they say struck and killed 34-year-old Miguel Gutierrez Fabian who was helping a stranded teen driver on the 91 Freeway in Cerritos early morning on Sept. 29. According to a KTLA news report, Fabian died at the scene of the hit and run on the eastbound 91 Freeway near Bloomfield Avenue in Cerritos. Continue reading →

Lilia Garcia, 41, was killed in a hit-and-run crash after a driver struck her near a street intersection in the Apple Valley area in San Bernardino County. According to a KTLA news report, the crash occurred early morning on Sept. 15 along Crown Valley Road just south of Soledad Canyon Road. Preliminary information indicates Garcia was walking southbound on the west dirt shoulder of Crown Valley Road when she was struck by a vehicle. Continue reading →

A 65-year-old man was in grave condition after he was struck by a hit-and-run driver in South Los Angeles. According to a KABC news report, the crash occurred the night of Sept. 9 at Century Boulevard near Main Street. Los Angeles police said a vehicle was traveling westbound on Century Boulevard and hit the man. The driver left the scene and remains at large. It appears that the victim was using a walker when he was struck crossing the street. Continue reading →

A man was critically injured in a hit-and-run car accident in Santa Ana while crossing a street in a wheelchair late night on June 28. According to a KTLA news report, officers responded to the intersection of First and Townsend streets to find the victim lying in the roadway with weak vital signs. After performing CPR, paramedics transported the pedestrian to a nearby hospital in extremely critical condition. Continue reading →

Officials are looking for a hit-and-run driver who fled on foot after a fatal car accident in Compton the night of May 6 that killed 20-year-old Jennifer Lopez. According to a KTLA news report, the collision occurred as the victim was driving eastbound on Alondra Boulevard in a black Nissan Altima. A man in a blue Mitsubishi who was heading south on South Bullis Road at the same time slammed into the Nissan in the intersection. Surveillance video captured the moment of impact. Continue reading →

Ghulam Ali Khimani, 81, was killed in a Torrance pedestrian accident, which officials say, involved a hit-and-run driver. According to a KTLA news report, Khimani was walking in a crosswalk at Del Amo Boulevard and Mariner Avenue when he was fatally struck. Khimani was just down the street from a home, walking back from a prayer service at a community center when he was struck and killed, family members said. Police said the driver of the car that fatally struck Khimani did not stop at the scene. Instead the driver sped off, leaving the seriously injured man to die at the scene, officials said. Continue reading →

A man is critically injured and fighting for his life after a hit-and-run crash in Westlake when he was struck by a car, which then sped away from the scene. According to a KTLA news report, LAPD has released a graphic surveillance video of the incident, which occurred the night of April 13 at the intersection of 3rd and Witmer streets. Police say the victim was crossing the street against a red light when he paused to allow one car to pass nearby before being struck by another car. Continue reading →