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A nanny taking a 13-month-old child for a walk in a stroller was killed after she was struck by an SUV on February 1, according to CBS News. The accident occurred just before noon in San Diego’s Black Mountain Ranch neighborhood. The victim, 41-year-old Monserrat Mendez, was crossing inside a crosswalk at an intersection when a Toyota 4Runner hit her and the child in the stroller, according to San Diego police Officer Frank Cali. Mendez was thrown across the road following the collision, and the stroller became pinned under the SUV. The child was rushed to the hospital and remains in critical condition. Mendez was also rushed to the hospital where she was pronounced dead. The driver of the SUV has not yet been cited or charged, pending the results of the investigation. There are some unanswered questions here that can hopefully be cleared up by investigators. One would think…
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A woman has been charged in the wrongful death of Jayme Midlam, 25, who was killed in a car accident on December 29. April Thompson, 23, pleaded not guilty to gross vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence in connection to the fatal accident, according to NBC News in San Diego. Midlam was driving on SR-52 shortly before 1 a.m. when he collided with Thompson, who was driving the wrong way in her Chevy 2500 pickup truck. Midlam, driving a 1972 Volkswagen Beetle, was pronounced dead on the scene. Thompson was treated for moderate injuries and then was booked for driving under the influence. “We’re just feeling devastated for the young man’s family, and especially his mother,” said Janet Cowan, Thompson’s mother. “April has conveyed to me her feelings of being so grief-stricken because of what’s happened and what she’s done. She feels horrible about it.” If convicted, Thompson faces…
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