In
SCHOOL CROSSWALK
Photo courtesy by
California Highway Patrol
By E T Russell
The California Highway
Patrol, San Bernardino, California is asking for the public’s
help to locating anyone who may have
witnessed a one-vehicle collision Friday (September 28, 2018) morning at approximately 7:10 A.M.
Authorities released
information to the press of a traffic collision that resulted in the death of a
female, age 14 years old.
In San Bernardino,
California, Friday, September 28, 2018, at approximately 7:10 A.M., an unknown
driver of a silver or tan, older model GMC SUV, was traveling eastbound on
Pacific Street, approaching Glasgow Avenue in the #2 lane, at an estimated
speed of 40 to 50 miles per hour.
A female pedestrian, later
determined to be a 14 year-old student, was walking north in the marked
crosswalk on Pacific Street at Glasgow Avenue.
The driver of the SUV failed to reduce the speed and yield to the right-of-way,
for the pedestrian and struck her, resulting in the female pedestrian
sustaining major, life-threatening injuries.
After the collision, the SUV
fled the scene. The driver of the SUV is
described as an adult, Hispanic or African American female, wearing eyeglasses,
brown hair, and heavy set.
The
14 year-old female was transported to a local hospital.
CHP
- San Bernardino released this update, “We are saddened to report,
unfortunately, the teen passed away this afternoon at 1:26 P.M.”
California Highway Patrol asks that who may have
information regarding this collision or identity of the SUV driver to contact
Officer Brewer at the San Bernardino CHP Office at (909) 383-4247.
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