All articles tagged with #pedestrian death
A head-on collision on I-25 in Colorado Springs resulted in the deaths of two drivers and a pedestrian who was struck while trying to help. The wrong-way driver was taken to the hospital but died upon arrival.
A pedestrian was hit and killed by a driver in Gresham, Oregon, early Monday morning, prompting the closure of the intersection of NE Burnside Rd and N. Main Avenue for investigation by the Portland Police Bureau.
A woman was killed in a hit-and-run incident in Ellicott City, Maryland, after being struck by a silver Nissan Altima while crossing a crosswalk on Baltimore National Pike. The vehicle continued driving east after the crash, and the woman succumbed to her injuries at Shock Trauma. Howard County Police are seeking information on the incident and the vehicle involved, believed to be a model year between 2013 and 2018.
Bernie Chan Rogers has been charged for the second time in less than a year for striking and killing a pedestrian with his vehicle. The Asheville Police Department arrested Rogers for the recent incident in which he hit and killed Jason Matthew Perry on Sweeten Creek Road. Rogers is also facing charges for a previous incident in which he struck and killed Jason Dean Wyatt while driving on Patton Avenue. He is currently being held in the Haywood County Detention Facility.
A 55-year-old woman, Roma Alexander, died after being hit by a pickup truck while walking on Highway 76 near Laurens County Hospital in South Carolina. The driver of the truck was unharmed.
A Detroit bus driver, Geraldine Johnson, has been charged with a moving violation causing death after fatally striking a pedestrian, Janice Bauer, who was crossing a downtown street during a green light on June 2. This is the second death linked to Johnson's driving, as the city settled a lawsuit for $4.5 million following the 2015 death of a man who was hit while trying to get a bike off a rack on the front of the coach. Johnson was fired after Bauer's death, and the Detroit transit is conducting a review of her record and related policies and procedures.
An off-duty West Virginia deputy sheriff who struck and killed a 13-year-old girl with his marked cruiser last year will not face criminal charges in her death, according to the prosecutor investigating the case. The prosecutor determined the “tragic loss” of the girl was a “direct result” of her own erratic behavior while under the influence of alcohol and marijuana. The family of the victim still has questions that need answering, including how fast the off-duty deputy was driving in the marked sheriff’s department cruiser when it struck her.
An off-duty West Virginia deputy sheriff who struck and killed a 13-year-old girl with his marked cruiser last year will not face criminal charges in her death, according to the prosecutor investigating the case. The prosecutor determined the “tragic loss” of the girl was a “direct result” of her own erratic behavior while under the influence of alcohol and marijuana. The family of the victim is disappointed with the decision and still has questions that need answering.
A woman, Cameron Neal Riser, has been arrested by Oxford Police for hitting and killing a pedestrian, Andrew Tyler Mitchell, on April 27. Riser fled the scene but was located and arrested the next day. She is charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death, and her bond is set at $50,000.
A 27-year-old woman from Santa Clara was arrested on two felony charges, vehicular manslaughter and hit-and-run, after allegedly hitting a mother and her dog while they were crossing a marked crosswalk in San Jose. The woman and her dog were pronounced dead at the scene, and the woman's daughter was taken to a local hospital for minor injuries. This incident marks the fifth fatal collision, sixth traffic death, and fourth pedestrian death of 2023 in San Jose.
A 27-year-old woman has been identified as the driver involved in a hit-and-run crash that killed a woman and dog and injured a child in San Jose. Silvia Solorio, a Santa Clara resident, faces charges of felony vehicular manslaughter and felony hit-and-run. The incident happened just before 7 p.m. Sunday in the area of Blossom Hill Road and Leigh Avenue. The woman, a child and a dog were walking in a marked crosswalk when a 2000 green or blue Honda four-door sedan struck them, police said.
Police in San Jose have arrested a suspect in a fatal hit-and-run that killed a mother and her dog and injured her daughter. The suspect's name has not been released. The incident occurred when the victims were walking in a marked crosswalk and the driver ran a red light. San Jose has seen four pedestrian deaths this year, prompting calls for increased road safety measures.