Recent Streetsblog LA posts about hit and run

Response to Venice Boardwalk Crash Should Be Model, Not Outlier

By Damien Newton | Aug 5, 2013 | 3 Comments

Saturday in the late afternoona, Nathan Lewis Campbell got in his car and created carnage on the Venice Boardwalk. The 38-year-old native of Colorado drove on to the boardwalk and swerved through the area injuring dozens and killing Italian Alice Gruppioni, a 32 year old newly waling barefoot on the beach next to her husband. They […]

Public Safety Committee Acknowledges the Hit and Run Crisis, LAPD Not So Much.

By Don Ward | Aug 2, 2013 | 9 Comments

In Los Angeles, according to LAPD crime statistics for 2011, 1273 cyclists and pedestrians were victims of hit and run crimes. In other words every single day, 3 or 4 cyclists and pedestrians become hit and run victims within Los Angeles city limits. Of these, 26 people walking or biking died as a result of […]

Gardena Police Promise Better Enforcement of Traffic Safety Laws

By Damien Newton | Jul 17, 2013 | 2 Comments

All of a sudden, the Gardena Police Department are front and center in the battle for equal and fair treatment of bicyclists as legitimate road users. Last month there was the shocking news of the GPD shooting a Latino in the back while trying to recover his brother’s stolen bicycle, then there was their involvement […]

Did LAPD Sgt. Arturo Yanez Help Cover Up a Hit and Run?

By Damien Newton | Jul 8, 2013 | 15 Comments

The sad story of Jesse Dotson, the army veteran and postal worker killed by a hit and run driver after a July 26 crash, would not have be a major news story without the potential involvement of an LAPD Sargent in a cover-up. Gardena police believe that 22 year old Vanessa Yanez was the driver […]

Finally…. Hit & Run Cycling Victim, Paul Livingston is on the Road to Justice

By Sara Bond | Apr 11, 2013 | 15 Comments

On June 12, 2011 Paul Livingston, an avid cyclist in the Los Angeles area, rode from Hollywood to the beach as he often did four or five times a week. On his way home, at approximately 6 pm he rode his bicycle through Beverly Hills. Just before City Hall on Santa Monica Boulevard., he was […]

Victim of Hit and Run, Where Louis Deliz is 3 Years Later

By Sara Bond | Mar 29, 2013 | 2 Comments

In late 2009, Louis Deliz became the victim of the ever growing hit and run epidemic in Los Angeles. Louis spent eleven days in the I.C.U. and was kept alive by machines as he was out in a chemically induced coma for approximately 8 days, living at the hospital for a total of 49 days. […]

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