Towards the end of January, a 69-year-old man suffering a broken arm when he was struck by the mirror of a truck. The man was crossing Linda Vista Road when a Ford F-150 traveling southbound clipped him. "The pedestrian sustained a fractured left arm and head...
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UBER AND LYFT JUMPING INTO THE SCOOTER BUSINESS
We know that electric scooters have come into the city with a bang over the last year and it has left the officials wondering exactly how to regulate them. Now, the two largest ridesharing companies, Uber and Lyft, are throwing their hat into the ring. As those...
MAN HIT CROSSING THE STREET TO GET TO HIS UBER
Looking at the photos of this incident, we can see the damage done to the vehicle. That damage was from a man's body. It happened the other day around 2AM as a man was crossing a Pacific Beach street to get to his Uber on the other side of the road. On his way...
A PEACEFUL PROTEST TURNS DEADLY
We are going to take you a bit out of our coverage area to bring you a story about an incident that took place earlier this month. A truck plowed into a group of protestors in Flint, Michigan, sending nine people to the hospital. Among those hurt was the...
RIDESHARING ELECTRIC SCOOTERS CAN POSE DANGERS
Consider this - one major ridesharing company saw two deaths occur because of incidents with their scooters. Neither of the deaths was in California, but it may only be a matter of time considering Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill into law that eliminates the...
THE ELECTRIC SCOOTER STRIKES AGAIN
We have seen the debates over electric scooters rage in major cities across the US, particularly here in California. San Diego is no exception. The city has struggled to come up with a balance of regulations that will keep pedestrians safe while also welcoming new...
YOU WENT TO THE STORE, A VEHICLE WAS UPSIDE DOWN
We want you to imagine for a minute that you are on your lunch break and you need to head to the restaurant down the street or the coffee shop for a quick picker upper. The only thing on your mind is getting there and back so you can get back to work. What you do not...
IMPROPER CROSSING: HOW TO DEFEAT THE STRONGEST PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT DEFENSE IN CALIFORNIA
If you have recently been injured in a pedestrian accident and are considering filing a personal injury lawsuit against the at-fault driver, get ready to be up against the most common defense in pedestrian accident cases: improper crossing. As its name implies,...
SAN DIEGO POLICE TARGET DRIVERS AND PEDESTRIANS
Were you out and about the other day when the San Diego Police Department made an effort to crack down on bad drivers and careless pedestrians? That does not sound out of the ordinary, right?Well, this operation was a bit different than normal, as it targeted...
ARE YOU AT RISK FOR PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT WHEN COMMUTING? FIND OUT BY USING THIS ANALYSIS
In the United States, a pedestrian is injured every 7 minutes according to the estimations by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. And while we constantly hear stories of our friends, family members, or strangers getting hit by a car, we rarely think...