A police pursuit in Crenshaw ended up in a fatal crash after the driver who was being pursued by the police crashed into a house killing 86-year-old Aida Villavicencio and critically injuring her 90-year-old husband.
According to a KTLA news report, LAPD officers were on their way to the South Traffic Division early morning on June 26 when a driver rear-ended their patrol car near Hobart and Martin Luther King boulevards. A fatal pursuit then ended in tragedy. Continue reading →
Eight people were injured in a Van Nuys car accident involving multiple vehicles and a pedestrian. According to a KTLA news report, surveillance video shows two vehicles entering an intersection at a high rate of speed, with one of them swerving and hitting a pedestrian who had been crossing the street. The serious crash resulted in a series of injuries. Continue reading →
A 44-year-old man was fatally injured in a motorcycle accident in Chino Hills at a shopping center. According to a KTLA news report, the fatal accident occurred on the morning of June 19 near Chino Hills Parkway and Pipeline Avenue. Responding sheriff’s deputies found good Samaritans performing CPR on the motorcyclist and took over in efforts to save his life, but the motorcyclist died at the scene. Continue reading →
One person was fatally injured in a car accident after a sedan collided with another vehicle that overturned on the 73 Toll Road. According to a news report in the Orange County Register, the fatal crash occurred the afternoon of June 15 near the border of Newport Beach and Irvine. The 19-year-old driver suspected of causing the crash has been arrested. Continue reading →
A pedestrian who was crossing the street in a wheelchair was struck and fatally injured by a suspected drunk driver in Long Beach. According to a KTLA news report, the fatal pedestrian accident occurred late on June 12 at the intersection of Stearns Street and Radnor Avenue. Continue reading →
Authorities are looking for a hit-and-run driver who they say fatally struck a security guard at a Long Beach housing complex. According to a KTLA news report, the crash occurred the afternoon of June 12 near the entrance to the Century Villages at Cabrillo housing community on the 2000 block of San Gabriel Avenue. The victim was identified as 54-year-old Derrick Smith. Continue reading →
A hit and run driver left three girls dead and one other child hospitalized and then fled the scene with the car’s passenger. Sandra Mizer, 13, Willow Sanchez, 11, and Daytona Bronas, 12, were all killed in the fatal crash.
According to a report on NBC Los Angeles, the girls were involved in an accident when a vehicle struck them as they were walking along the northbound lane of Camp Rock Road. They were pronounced dead at the scene. Natalie Coe, 14, survived but has been hospitalized in an area hospital with life-threatening injuries, according to her mother. Continue reading →
Spechelle Pope, 28, a mother of four young children, and 37-year-old Lesther Deleon, a rideshare driver taking her to the grocery store, were killed in a Palmdale car crash, which officials say involved a hit-and-run driver who was also racing on a public roadway at the time. According to reports on CBS and KTLA, the two-vehicle crash occurred early morning on June 9 on Rancho Vista Boulevard near 11th Street West next to the Antelope Valley Mall. Continue reading →
Chanel Garcia, 26, has died from injuries she suffered in a Huntington Beach motorcycle accident. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, police said Garcia was riding her motorcycle southbound on Beach Boulevard just north of Liberty Drive the evening of May 31 when she slowed down for a traffic signal. As she did so, Garcia was hit from behind by an SUV after the driver failed to yield. Continue reading →
A woman was critically injured in an El Monte pedestrian accident, which officials say was caused by a hit-and-run driver who may have been intoxicated at the time. According to a KTLA news report, the major injury collision occurred the afternoon of June 2 in the 4300 block of Cypress Avenue.
Responding police officers found a woman who had suffered serious injuries after being struck. She was hospitalized and later listed in critical but stable condition. Continue reading →
