Katey Sagal, star of the TV show “Sons of Anarchy” was hospitalized with injuries suffered in a Los Angeles pedestrian accident on Oct. 15.
According to news reports, the accident occurred when a Tesla made a left turn while Sagal was in a marked crosswalk and struck her. The driver reportedly stopped to help Sagal. She was transported to a local hospital and treated for injuries. Continue reading →
Police are asking the public to help identify a driver involved in a hit-and-run collision that killed 32-year-old Si Park.
According to a news report, Park was standing next to parked cars on Melrose Avenue near Edgemont Street early on the morning of Oct. 9 when he was struck by a car. Park was thrown into a parked vehicle and suffered major injuries. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The vehicle that hit him did not stop at the scene. Continue reading →
A man was killed in a pedestrian accident in San Bernardino which involved a driver who was under the influence and left the scene of the collision.
According to a news report, 25-year-old Diego Eduardo Cachua was booked by police on suspicion of driving under the influence causing injury and death, hit-and-run causing injury or death, and DUI after the fatal crash. Continue reading →
A pedestrian was critically injured after a two-car crash at a street intersection in Riverside.
According to a news report in The Press Enterprise, the major injury crash occurred on the afternoon of Sept. 28. Riverside police said the crash occurred at around noon when a collision at an intersection caused one vehicle to veer into a man walking on the sidewalk. Continue reading →
Long Kim Ta of Santa Ana was killed in a pedestrian accident in Fountain Valley near Mile Square Park after a vehicle ran a red light and struck Ta as he crossed the street.
According to an ABC7 news report, the fatal pedestrian accident occurred at the intersection of Edinger Avenue and Ward Street. Police said the driver struck Ta and took off. Continue reading →
Los Angeles Police Department officials have released video footage as they seek the public’s help to identify a hit-and-run driver who killed a woman on a skateboard in Tarzana.
According to a KTLA news report, the fatal pedestrian accident occurred early morning on Sept. 14 when a silver, four-door sedan traveling southbound on Tampa Avenue south of Oxnard Street.
The vehicle collided with a pedestrian riding a skateboard that was traveling outside a marked crosswalk on Tampa. The driver of the sedan fled the vehicle going south on Tampa without stopping or rendering aid. Continue reading →
Wendy Galdamez Palma, 33, was killed and her 3-year-old son was injured in a hit and run crash in Playa Del Rey on the night of Sept. 11.
According to a CBS Los Angeles news report, Palma was struck by a dark-colored sedan while crossing Vista Del Mar to get to her vehicle. At the time, she was cradling her 3-year-old son who was taken to the hospital with injuries. He is expected to survive, but Palma died from her injuries. Continue reading →
An 84-year-old man who was dusting off his truck was hit and severely injured by a hit-and-run driver in Santa Ana.
According to an NBC news report, Rafael Garcia had a daily routine of cleaning his cars after making a trip to the market. Garcia was doing just that when a car drove toward him and struck him in a serious collision on Third Street. Continue reading →
Aiden Gossage, 16, was killed in a Long Beach pedestrian accident, which officials say may have been caused by a suspected DUI driver.
According to a report in the Long Beach Post, the fatal crash occurred the night of Sept. 4 when Gossage was crossing Los Coyotes Diagonal and Deborah Street in a marked crosswalk just north of Willow Street. Continue reading →
A woman was killed and five others were critically injured in a car accident in Wilmington.
According to a KTLA news report, the crash occurred the morning of Aug. 23 in the 1000 block of North Wilmington Boulevard. A preliminary investigation revealed that the first vehicle hit the second vehicle causing the vehicle that was struck to lose control and strike a female pedestrian who was crossing the street. Continue reading →
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