Articles Posted in hit-and-run accident

Los Angeles city officials are offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of the person responsible for hit-and-run that killed 27-year-old Korina Campos and severely injured her 5-year-old daughter. According to a KTLA news report, the fatal hit-and-run occurred the afternoon of January 30, 2016 near Boyle Avenue and Whittle Boulevard.

Driver Flees on Foot

Campos took her daughter out of the backseat when they were struck. Campos was thrown about 40 feet from the point of impact and died from her injuries. The 5-year-old girl suffered a fractured pelvis, but is expected to survive. Surveillance video of the incident shows a vehicle driving along the curving roadway when it struck Campos’s car and spun out.

The driver lost control of the vehicle, a 2001 Toyota Corolla, before striking the mother and the girl. Officials believe the suspect may have suffered an abdominal injury and may have been bleeding at the scene. When witnesses tried to stop him, he pretended to have a gun in his waistband and fled on foot. He was described as being Hispanic, 30 to 35 years old with tattoos on both forearms, wearing a T-shirt and blue jeans.

We offer our deepest condolences to the family members and friends of Korina Campos for their tragic loss, especially her young daughter. Let us keep this family in our thoughts and prayers. Continue reading →

A man and two women were arrested in connection with a deadly Santa Ana hit-and-run crash. According to an NBC news report, the incident occurred the evening of January 24 at the intersection Fairview Street and Dahl Lane. Police say a man was walking west across Fairview when a vehicle driving south struck him. The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver, Ramiro Garcia, fled the scene and drove nearly two miles before crashing in the 1900 block of Chestnut Avenue. Garcia then took off on foot. He was apprehended and booked on felony hit-and-run charges. Garcia’s sister, Rosa Garcia and sister-in-law, Janette Cuevas, were also arrested on charges of being accessories to a felony and conspiracy to obstruct justice.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family members of the man who was killed in this hit-and-run crash. We offer our heartfelt condolences to them. Continue reading →

Linda Lopez, 60, was killed in a La Habra pedestrian accident after a vehicle struck her the night of November 13, 2015.

According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the fatal car accident occurred near the intersection of Whittier Boulevard and Citrus Street when a white SUV struck her.

La Habra police found Lopez injured and Continue reading →

Officials are looking for the driver of a red Honda Civic who they say was involved in a hit-and-run collision that left a pedestrian with major injuries.

According to a news report in The Press Enterprise, the incident occurred the night of September 27, 2015 when the pedestrian, a 60-year-old man, was walking east on the south side of 4th Street, west of Palm Lane when he tried to cross the street.

The westbound Honda struck the pedestrian and continued west from the scene.

Witnesses could not provide a description of the driver, but said the Honda was Continue reading →

An elderly woman was struck and killed in a hit-and-run accident in Valencia.

According to a news report in The Signal, the fatal accident occurred on Orchard Village Road near Mill Valley Road the night of September 14, 2015.

When they arrived at the scene, deputies discovered the body of an unidentified female lying in the northbound lanes of Orchard Village Road.

The woman, who was in her 60s, was Continue reading →

Makeda More, 30, was killed in a Bellflower hit-and-run crash. More, a mother of two young children, was struck and killed while crossing near the Lakewood Boulevard and Los Angeles Street the night of July 25, 2015.

Officials performed CPR on More at the scene before she was transported to a hospital and pronounced dead.

Her family is pleading for witnesses to come forward with information and help find the driver.

The driver was last seen fleeing south on Lakewood. The vehicle has been described Continue reading →

Nicole Brown, a 25-year-old Rio del Mar woman who was struck in a hit-and-run crash on June 13, 2015, may never walk again, her family members have said.

According to a news report in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, the incident occurred when Brown was standing on a sidewalk with a friend outside her home near Treasure Island Avenue and Winfield Way.

California Highway Patrol officials said the driver of a Volvo XC90 drove on to the sidewalk, struck Brown and fled.

Driver Still at Large

The force of the collision sent Brown flying through Continue reading →

Theodore Antolin, 30, was killed in a Fountain Valley car accident, which officials say, involved two hit-and-run drivers.

According to a news report in The Orange County Register, police found Antolin lying in the southbound lanes of Brookhurst Street with traumatic injuries early morning on April 8, 2015. Video surveillance showed that Antolin was crossing Brookhurst between La Hacienda and La Alameda avenues when a driver in a silver SUV, who was southbound on Brookhurst,
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Hit-and-run accidents involving bicyclists have seen a troubling increase on Los Angeles roadways.

According to an in-depth analysis of the issue in the Los Angeles Times, hit-and-runs involving bicyclists increased by 42 percent from 2002 to 2012 in Los Angeles County.

Also, during that same period, more than 5,600 cyclists were Continue reading →

Carlos Cuellar, 54, was critically injured in a pedestrian accident near downtown Los Angeles, which officials say, involved a hit-and-run driver.

According to a KTLA news report, the major injury collision occurred the night of November 17, 2014 on Central Avenue just south of 23rd Street.

LAPD officials say the driver failed to Continue reading →