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Wednesday, December 25, 2013Area:
Las Vegas, NVA 15-year-old boy driving a moped was killed in a hit-and-run crash in the northeast valley Thursday night.
Alex Martinez and a 20-year-old male passenger were traveling west on Meikle Lane about 8:20 p.m. when the accident occurred. They were crossing Ringe Lane, near Nellis and Lake Mead boulevards where they were struck by an unknown vehicle, according to Las Vegas police.
Both Martinez and the passenger on the moped were thrown onto the road. The operator of the vehicle that hit them did not stop or call the police.
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Sunday, December 15, 2013A man was killed in a scooter accident in a shopping center parking lot in Santa Clara early Monday morning, a police lieutenant said.
At about 4:30 a.m., police in San Jose received a call about an accident in a parking lot at 3109 Stevens Creek Blvd. in Santa Clara, near Winchester Boulevard, Santa Clara police said.
San Jose police realized the accident actually occurred across the border in Santa Clara and notified police in that city.
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Friday, December 13, 2013Area:
New York, NYA hit-and-run driver fatally struck a 22-year-old man riding a motorized scooter in Brooklyn early Saturday, police said. The driver was heading south on Highland St. in Cypress Hills when the he slammed into Elvis Batista-Francisco near Fulton St. at about 2:35 a.m., officials said.
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Sunday, December 1, 2013Area:
San Antonio, TXA man died after the motorcycle he was riding collided with a van just before 9 a.m. Monday on Perrin Beitel Road on the Northeast Side.
The man was riding a scooter-type motorcycle southbound on Perrin Beitel Road when a marked Global Restoration Services van headed northbound turned left in front of the motorcyclist, causing the two to collide, according to police.
The motorcyclist was pinned under the van and dragged a short distance, according to police. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said they did not expect charges or citations to be filed as a result of the crash.