Recent Streetsblog LA posts about “Accidents”
KPCC Looking for Your Hit and Run Stories
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From last May on Glendale Boulevard. Late Wednesday afternoon, after all of the excitement over an anti-harassment ordinance for cyclists, KPCC sent out an email looking for your hit-and-run stories. Presumably, they are just looking for cyclists that were involved, and not drivers, and you can read the full email from KPCC’s Sharon McNary below: […]
Breaking News: “Road Rage” Dr. Christopher Thompson Gets Five Years
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The image that strated it all. For more images of the crash, visit the original Streetsblog story. Reporting live from the courthouse, Danny Jimenez, aka DJ Wheels, reports that the defense’s motion for probation was denied in the case of the Mandeville Canyon Road Rage Doctor. Dr. Christopher Thompson will receive five years in jail […]
Hit-and-Run Bike Crash on Second Street Leaves Community Activist Hospitalized
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Photo: Ross Hirsch Cyclist Ross Hirsch reports on a hit and run bike crash in the Downtown. I did not witness the incident, but biked up to it just after the paramedics arrived and were in the process of putting the victim onto a stretcher. He appeared calm and coherent, but told me he couldn’t […]
Two Cities, Two Draggings, One Night (UpdatedL 11:16 A.M.)
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You didn’t read that wrong. In Alhambra a seventy-eight year old man was run down in his wheelchair while crossing the street in a crosswalk. According to Alhambra police, there was no way that the driver could not have been aware that he had collided with Shih-Saing Ho’s wheelchair. From the story on ABC7 (video […]
Help D.A. Mary Stone Keep the Road Rage Doc Behind Bars
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He’s behind bars now, but should he stay there? Photo: Los Angeles Times Next Monday, District Attorney Mary Stone will file her motion recommending a prison sentence for Dr. Christopher Thompson, the "Road Rage Doctor" who intentionally used his car as a weapon against recreational cyclists on Mandeville Canyon on July 4, 2008. With her […]