Two girls – 13 and 14 years old — were critically injured in a pedestrian accident at a Wilmington intersection when a man hit the girls as they were walking home from school and then tried to get away, the Daily Breeze reports. According to the article, police arrested 19-year-old…
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Pedestrian Accident Rights of California Tourists and Visitors
The Old Town Pasadena pedestrian traffic accident of last Thursday that hospitalized 7-year old Jose Gabriel Dela Rosa, has taken his life according to a Los Angeles Times article. A CBS news report stated that his father, Jose Gabriel Dela Rosa, also hospitalized due to the pedestrian accident, remains in…
Family of Three Injured in Pasadena Pedestrian Accident, 7-year-old Critical
A young boy is fighting for his life after a horrible crash in Pasadena triggered by a red light runner, which also left the 7-year-old boy’s parents injured. According to a news article in the Pasadena Star-News, the accident occurred at the intersection of Fair Oaks Avenue and Colorado Boulevard…
Fatal Huntington Beach Pedestrian Accident Raises The Issue of Senior Drivers
A 70-year-old Huntington Beach man died after he was hit by a car as he crossed at Bolsa Chica Street and Edinger Avenue. According to an article in The Orange County Register, John B. Carpenter was struck by a 2002 Chevy Impala driven by 83-year-old Shirley Constans. Officials said Carpenter…
Man Seriously Injured In Corona Pedestrian Hit-and-Run Accident
A 46-year-old man from Massachusetts is in critical condition with severe head injuries after he was struck on a Corona street by a hit-and-run driver. According to an article in the Riverside Press-Enterprise, David Derosier was in town for a motocross event and was going across the street after having…
Ontario Couple Whose Son Died in Pedestrian Accident Pushes For Stop Signs At Dangerous Intersection
An Ontario family has started a petition drive to get a four-way stop sign and pedestrian crosswalk at what they say is an unsafe intersection where their 15-year-old son, Paul Roberts, was struck and killed by a car. According to an article in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, the family…
Pedestrian Struck and Killed By Ontario Airport Sweeper Truck
A 20-year-old pedestrian died after she was hit by a maintenance sweeper truck at the Ontario International Airport while she was walking across a marked crosswalk. According to an article in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, the Ford Dually being driven by an airport employee was traveling at 15 miles…
Costa Mesa Pedestrian Accident, Woman Suffers Severe Injuries
A 34-year-old woman suffered severe injuries after she was hit by a driver on a Costa Mesa street, the Daily Pilot reports. Laura Monteleone was said to be in critical, but stable condition. She had reportedly suffered significant skull fractures to the base and right side of her skull, brain…
Does Drinking At A Wedding Reception Warrant A Death Sentence?
Hermino Gonzalez, 27, of Costa Mesa was killed Saturday night when crossing a street in Chino. The driver of the car, Danielle Cheney, 21, was neither arrested nor cited. This is all according to an article in the Orange County Register. The newspaper quoted Michelle Vanderlinden, a public information officer…
Hit And Run Drive Who Struck and Injured 13-year-old Skateboarder Arrested
By: A Staff Writer Police last week arrested a man on suspicion of striking and critically injuring a 13-year-old boy who was riding his skateboard Monday night. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the boy, a student at Santiago Middle School, was trying to cross an…