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Pedestrian Killed in Del Cerro Car Accident

Posted on October 21, 2013 by bonnicilawgroup

A pedestrian died after being struck by a car at a Del Cerro intersection, according to ABC 10 News in San Diego. The accident happened on October 11 at around 3:40 p.m. NBC 7 in San Diego is reporting that the victim was a 65-year-old woman, and the driver was a 25-year-old female. The fatal collision occurred at the intersection of Navajo Road and Margerum Avenue. The victim was crossing the street when the 25-year-old, who is being investigated for distracted driving, hit her with her car. “The pedestrian, according to numerous witnesses, stopped in the middle of the intersection when the driver was approaching her and put her arm up,” SDPD Sgt. Art Doherty told NBC 7. While the initial collision may have been enough to kill the victim, the aftermath was particularly brutal. After the 65-year-old was struck, her body was reportedly dragged several feet before the vehicle…
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Speeding Led to Sweetwater Trustee’s Chula Vista Car Wreck

Posted on October 14, 2013 by bonnicilawgroup

The investigation into a July car accident that nearly killed Sweetwater trustee John McCann has uncovered that the other driver’s speeding caused the wreck. According to NBC 7 in San Diego, during the course of the investigation by Chula Vista Police, it was discovered that the vehicle that caused the accident was traveling 87 mph in a 45 mph zone. “It potentially could have winded up in a fatality if he had been driving any faster,” said McCann. As it was, McCann, 45, was transported to UCSD Medical Center after the accident with a head injury. The other driver, 50, was taken to Scripps Hospital with a small cut to his right forearm and back and knee pain. The accident happened on July 24 at the intersection of Telegraph Canyon Road and Old Telegraph Canyon Road. As McCann was turning left in his 2006 Saturn SL, he crossed the path…
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Chula Vista Bus Accident Leaves 21 Injured

Posted on October 7, 2013 by bonnicilawgroup

ABC 10 in San Diego is reporting that an early morning bus accident involving a SUV in Chula Vista left 21 people injured, including the driver of the SUV. The accident took place on September 30 at 7:21 a.m. near the intersection of East H Street and Paseo Del Rey. The Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) bus was parked at a bus stop when a woman driving a Ford Explorer rear-ended it, according to U-T San Diego. “She was accelerating, she had just made a turn onto East H, it’s a 55 mph road, so I’m assuming she was accelerating, she was probably accelerating when she hit the bus,” said Chula Vista Police Sgt. Jim Horst. The Ford Explorer’s air bags were deployed and it sustained major front-end damage. The driver had to be taken to the hospital. MTS officials report that 35 to 40 people were aboard the bus at…
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