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A seven-year-old girl was hit by a car in the crosswalk at Martin Luther King Jr. Way S. and S. Genesee Street. Witnesses report that the driver ran a red light, did not brake when the girl was struck, and fled the scene. The girl is listed in serious condition at Harborview Medical Center with broken ribs and legs as well as a broken neck and shoulder.5 ways to help the survivor of a pedestrian accident
The two women were hospitalized following the hit- and-run accident in the Vermont Vista neighborhood of South Los Angeles.
The driver and three passengers in the Volvo were transported to Mercy San Juan Medical Center, where Deadra Griffin, 60, the passenger in the front seat, died of her injuries. The driver suffered a fractured hip, while one passenger in the back seat suffered a fractured vertebrae and the other passenger complained of pain to his entire body, according to the CHP.
A 29-year-old man was killed after a hit-and-run driver blew a stop sign and crashed into his car early Wednesday in Staten Island, cops said. Felipe Avila was driving a 1996 Toyota Celica north along Lafayette Ave. in New Brighton when a white 2003 Volvo S80 going east on Cassidy Place didn’t stop and slammed into him just after 5 a.m. Wednesday, cops said. The Volvo’s driver then slammed into a parked Dodge SUV. The driver stopped only to ditch his ride and run away. Avila died en route to Richmond University Medical Center, cops said.