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Police are looking for two hit-and-run drivers that left a pedestrian dead in Atwater Village Thursday night.
The collisions occurred on Riverside Drive just south of Fletcher Drive at approximately 10 p.m. The man was crossing the street when he was struck by a car traveling southbound on Riverside Drive, according to LAPD.
He was then struck by a second vehicle and dragged a short distance, police said.
Both drivers left the scene without stopping to identify themselves or render aid. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
Two men and a woman were arrested in Antioch early Wednesday morning after leading police on a chase that ended in a multi-car crash that sent one person to the hospital, according to police.
Police said that around 4:50 a.m., an Antioch officer attempted to pull over a stolen car but the driver sped away, leading the officer on a chase for several miles.
As the chase continued, the driver ran a red light at Lone Tree Way and Davison Drive and collided with three other vehicles in the intersection, police said.
Truck leaves roadway and crashes into house in Sacramento for unknown reasons. No injuries reported.
A truck slammed into a house in Sacramento this morning.
The crash happened on 13th Street and Gagle way, a few blocks northwest of Florin Road and South Land Park Drive.
The truck first struck the garage and then ended up near the front door of the home.
No injuries are reported from this accident and police have yet to say why the truck driver careened off the road.
The driver involved in a fatal crash that killed a pedestrian early Wednesday morning in San Francisco’s Pacific Heights neighborhood has been arrested.
San Francisco police said the collision occurred in the area of Pacific and Van Ness avenues about 12:55 a.m. Upon arriving at the scene, officers found a person on the roadway.
A San Francisco police spokesman said the pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene.
A child is recovering after he was ejected from a vehicle during a crash on the 5 Freeway in Anaheim Wednesday. The driver swerved in an attempt to avoid a tire tread, lost control of his 2002 Lincoln Navigator and crashed into a retaining wall near Magnolia Avenue around 8:15 p.m. The force of the crash sent his 4-year-old out of the car, despite being strapped into a car safety seat. The youngster landed on a soft bed of ice plants planted along the freeway. He was transported to UC Irvine Medical Center with minor injuries.
San Francisco police chased an SUV wanted in connection with a Bayview district shooting down Highway 101 on Tuesday night, arresting the driver after a crash near the San Francisco International Airport, authorities said.
A search was still in progress late Tuesday for several occupants who fled from the SUV after the crash, including the shooting suspect, police said.
A mother, later identified as Marleni Edith Barrera, 42, who was struck by a driver as she walked her daughter to school in Hollywood has died, according to police.
The family members were in a crosswalk Tuesday morning when they were struck by the driver at the intersection of Fountain Avenue and Bronson Avenue near Joseph Le Conte Middle School. The mother was pronounced dead late Tuesday morning.