The family of a hit and run victim has called for justice after a fatal collision in Hollywood. Roberto “Beto” Vigil, 55, was killed in a North Hollywood hit and run crash after he was fatally struck by a van, which left the scene.
According to a KTLA news report, the incident occurred on the night of Sept. 25 when Vigil was crossing Oxford Street to get to Rose Market. LAPD officials said it was then that he was hit by a dark-colored van. Continue reading →
An investigation is underway into a fatal crash in Irvine that killed a woman in her 60s. Kyu Chen, 61, was killed in an Irvine car accident, which officials believe might have involved a suspected DUI driver.
According to a City News Service report, the fatal collision occurred early on the morning of Sept. 27. Police say the driver of a Toyota Prius collided with a Mercedes-Benz at the intersection of Sand Canyon Avenue and Irvine Center Drive. Continue reading →
A 49-year-old Irvine resident was killed in a hit-and-run collision on the 15 Freeway in Corona and California Highway Patrol officials are asking for help to find the driver of the tractor-trailer that struck and fatally injured him.
According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the fatal crash occurred on the southbound 15 at El Cerrito Road and was reported to the CHP early on the morning of Sept. 21. Continue reading →
A 71-year-old man was killed in a bicycle accident in Ladera Heights, which is an unincorporated area of Los Angeles County.
According to a report on My News LA, the fatal crash occurred early on the morning of Sept. 18 at the intersection of Centinela Avenue and Alvern Street. Continue reading →
A man was fatally injured in a Huntington Beach motorcycle accident after an SUV that was turning into a shopping center struck him.
According to a report in The Orange County Register, the fatal crash occurred on the afternoon of September 22 on Beach Boulevard near Adams Avenue. Police said first responders located the motorcyclist and pronounced him dead at the scene. 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 →
Meghan Wautlet, 22, was killed in a motorcycle accident in Huntington Beach after officials say the motorcycle on which she was a passenger collided with another vehicle.
According to a City News Service report, the crash occurred the night of Sept. 11 on Pacific Coast Highway between Warner Avenue and the entrance to the Bolsa Chica State Beach. Wautlet was pronounced dead at the scene. 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 →
A 62-year-old woman was killed in a two-car crash on Pacific Coast Highway in Ventura County.
According to a KTLA news report, the fatal crash occurred on Pacific Coast Highway north of Deer Creek Road on the afternoon of Sept. 11. California Highway Patrol officials said a Los Angeles resident was driving a 2017 Honda HRV northbound on PCH when a 2001 Jeep Wrangler traveling south crossed into oncoming traffic. Continue reading →
