An unidentified man has been hospitalized after he was hit by two cars while crossing a Santa Ana street Thursday, June 28, according to the O.C. Register.
The victim was crossing she street at the 1300 block of West First St., just west of S. Bristol Street, at around 9:30 p.m. on Thursday night when he was hit by one car and then by another car. Both drivers sped off and did not check on the man or call the police, according to the SAPD. Continue reading
Santa Ana Police Department
Thursday June 14th, 2018 :: 04:48 p.m. PDT
On Thursday, June 7, 2018 at approx. 2:13 pm, a female was crossing the street, in the sidewalk, south on Orange Ave. at McFadden Avenue. As the woman approached the south side of the intersection, a white van travelling east on McFadden struck the female pedestrian as the driver made a right onto Orange. Continue reading
Salvador Joaquin, 23, of Santa Ana, was arrested on suspicion of murder, hit and run and other charges after he was involved in a collision north of the Cajon Junction that sent a car with four people off the freeway and 150-250 feet down an embankment, according to the O.C. Register.
The accident happened at 11:45 p.m. on Saturday, May 26, near where the 15 Freeway and Highway 138 meet. Joaquin was the driver of a 2017 Chevrolet vehicle who reportedly drove his car right “for unknown reasons” from the fast southbound lane of the freeway and then struck the rear of a 2007 Nissan with four people inside. Continue reading
Santa Ana Police Department
Advisory: SAPD Investigating Bicyclist vs. Vehicle Fatal/Hit & Run
Decedent – Pending Family Notification
On Thursday, March 22, 2018 at approximately 0033 hrs. the California Highway Patrol received a 911 call from a motorist reporting a male down in the street in the 400 block of E. Goetz Street. The call was transferred to the Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) who was dispatched to the area. Upon their arrival, OFCA personnel located a male covered with blood and subsequently pronounced him deceased at the scene at 0047 hrs. Continue reading
The victim of a Costa Mesa hit and run accident
Costa Mesa Police Department
Advisory: Update: CMPD has arrested the suspect in the hit-and-run that occurred earlier today
The Costa Mesa Police Department (CMPD) has arrested Pratiti Renee Mehta, 33, Costa Mesa, the suspect in the hit-and-run that left a cyclist injured this morning.
Costa Mesa police officers, along with the Costa Mesa Fire & Rescue, were dispatched to Bristol Street and Red Hill Avenue on March 20, 2018, at approximately 8:20 a.m., in response to a hit-and-run that left a cyclist on the roadway. The caller, who reported the incident, was with the 56-year-old male victim on the roadway when first responders arrived. Continue reading
The victim of today’s hit and run accident
Costa Mesa Police Department
Advisory: CMPD seeking public’s help identifying driver in hit-and-run that left cyclist injured
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 20, 2018
COSTA MESA, Calif. – The Costa Mesa Police Department (CMPD) is seeking the public’s help identifying the driver involved in a hit-and-run that left a cyclist injured.
Today, March 20, 2018, at approximately 8:20 a.m., officers, along with the Costa Mesa Fire & Rescue, were dispatched to Bristol Street and Red Hill Avenue in response to a hit-and-run that left a cyclist on the roadway. The caller, who reported the incident, was with the 56-year-old male victim on the roadway when first responders arrived. Continue reading
City of Santa Ana
Community: 2018 Pitch Hit & Run Competition and Jr. Home Run Derby
SANTA ANA, CA – The City of Santa Ana’s Parks, Recreation and Community Services Agency Youth Sports Program is proud to serve as a host site for the 2018 Pitch, Hit & Run competition and Jr. Home Run Derby. Pitch, Hit & Run is the official skills competition of Major League Baseball. This grassroots program is designed to provide youngsters with an opportunity to participate; free of charge, in a competition that recognizes individual excellence in core baseball/softball skills. The Jr. Home Run Derby is a free, fun and exciting youth competition that allows talented youngsters to showcase their hitting abilities, with the opportunity of competing at a National Finals during Major League Baseball All-Star Week. Continue reading
A hit and run driver who caused a fatal car accident on the 55 Freeway last Saturday afternoon, at about 2:25 p.m., is now being sought by the CHP, according to the O.C. Register.
The suspect was behind the wheel of a white sedan, headed south on the 55 Freeway, when he cut off a 2015 Mazda 6, causing that driver to swerve and crash into the side of a 2010 Toyota Sienna. The Toyota then careened into a 2017 Honda Pilot which went on to slam into a center divider. That Toyota also hit the center divider and proceeded to roll over several times. Continue reading
Nelson Ward Jr., a 62-year-old Santa Ana resident, won’t be charged with murder after allegedly runninv over a woman in a hotel parking lot in Buena Park, back in 2015, because he died in mid-November while in custody, of natural causes, according to the O.C. Register.
Ward Jr. was charged with murder as well as assault with a deadly weapon or instrument likely to produce great bodily injury, after he allegedly killed 32-year-old Jessica Carvajal at about 1:20 a.m., on Sep. 12, 2015, in the parking lot of a Holiday Inn at 7000 Beach Blvd., in Buena Park. Continue reading
Santa Ana Police Department
Victim: Male (50’s) Pending Family Notification
On Thursday, January 11th at approximately 11:29 p.m., SAPD officers responded to the area of the 1100 block of W 17th Street regarding a hit and run vehicle collision involving a pedestrian, with the pedestrian reported to still be in the roadway. OCFA responded and treated the pedestrian at the scene before pronouncing him deceased. Continue reading
California Highway Patrol officers are searching for the driver of a white sedan who they say fled from a traffic collision that killed two people on the 405 Freeway in Santa Ana on Friday, Jan. 5, according to the O.C. Register.
The accident happened in the evening on Friday, at about 8:30 p.m., on the 405, heading north, just north of Harbor Blvd. A sliver Audi was speeding when it made a lane change and crashed into a Dodge Challenger before crashing into the freeway’s center divider, according to the CHP. Continue reading
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Case # 17CF0363
Date: December 11, 2017
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A woman pleaded guilty and was sentenced today to three years in state prison for fatally hitting a pedestrian, fleeing the scene, committing insurance fraud, and falsely reporting the vehicle damage as vandalism to her insurance company and police.
Defendant: Belen Guadalupe Sicairos, 24, Santa Ana
Pleaded guilty today to the following counts: Continue reading
The SAPD is investigating the death of Louis Justin Diaz (22), a resident of Santa Ana, who was in a fight and then run over by a car Monday night, according to the SAPD.
The incident was reported about 7:10 p.m. at Centennial Park, located at the 3000 block of West Edinger Avenue, according to KTLA. Continue reading
A man was seriously injured Saturday evening, Sept. 23, when he was struck by a car that drove onto a sidewalk following a two-vehicle collision, according to the O.C. Register.
The victim was walking on the sidewalk at the 500 block of North Main St. when two cars collided, at about 8:50 p.m. One of the vehicles injured the victim when it went onto the sidewalk, after the collision. Continue reading
The SAPD is searching for two vehicles involved in a hit-and-run that left a family injured Thursday night, according to the O.C. Register.
The incident happened at around 7:40 p.m. on Thursday night, Sept. 21, when a black Jeep and a white truck crashed at 1st and Raitt streets, according to the SAPD. Continue reading