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August 15, 2026 • 11:48 PM EDT Veronica Jimenez killed in pedestrian crash on Battles Road

What happened in the crash? Date and time: Aug. 9 at approximately 8:40 p.m. Location: Battles Road just west of South Broadway, Santa Maria, CA Victim: Veronica Medina Jimenez, 39, of Guadalupe Incident: Struck by a vehicle driven by a 36-yea ...

August 15, 2026 • 11:26 PM EDT Maribel Matias killed in hit-and-run on Garfield Avenue

What happened in the crash? Date: Aug. 8 Location: Corner of 73rd and Garfield Avenues, Oakland, CA Victim: Maribel Matias, 24 Incident: Struck by a vehicle in a hit-and-run Details: Incident occurred directly in front of Mt. Tabor Baptist Ch ...

August 15, 2026 • 11:00 PM EDT Jose Hernandez arrested after head-on crash on Sycamore Street

What happened in the crash? Date: Aug. 13 Location: Near Sycamore Street, north of Bloss Avenue, Merced County Vehicles: Southbound Audi SUV and northbound Chevrolet SUV Agency: California Highway Patrol A southbound Audi SUV traveling at h ...

August 15, 2026 • 10:53 PM EDT Rigoberto Villalpando arrested after hit-and-run on Edinger Avenue

What happened in the crash? Rigoberto Martinez Villalpando, 43, of Moreno Valley, was arrested Aug. 13 after allegedly striking a pedestrian with his vehicle July 27 in Santa Ana and leaving the scene. Date and time: July 27, shortly before 7: ...

August 15, 2026 • 10:16 PM EDT Rigoberto Lemus killed in pedestrian crash on 14 Freeway

What happened in the crash? Date: Aug. 10 Location: Southbound SR-14 near Ward Road, Acton, CA Vehicles: White Ford pickup truck, red Tesla sedan Outcome: 38-year-old pedestrian fatally injured Rigoberto Antonio Lemus was driving a white ...

August 14, 2026 • 11:32 PM EDT Jerry Richards killed in e-bike accident on Carlsbad Village Drive

What happened in the crash? Date and time: July 31 at approximately 7:49 a.m. Location: Carlsbad Village Drive and Glasgow Drive, Carlsbad, California Victim: Jerry Richards, 86, of Oceanside Vehicle: E-bike Outcome: Transported to Scripps Me ...

August 14, 2026 • 10:50 PM EDT John Miranda killed in pedestrian accident on Avocado Boulevard

What Happened in the Crash? Date and time: Aug. 6 just after 10 p.m. Location: Avocado Boulevard and Explorer Road, La Mesa Victim: John Joachim Miranda, 51 Outcome: Pronounced dead at the scene at 10:20 p.m. Manner of death: Suicide resultin ...

August 14, 2026 • 10:44 PM EDT Eric Esquivel killed in pedestrian crash on Carmel Valley Road

What happened in the crash? SAN DIEGO, CA (Aug. 10) — A 24-year-old man died after being struck by an unidentified vehicle on Carmel Valley Road. Date and time: Monday around 3 a.m. Location: 13700 block of Carmel Valley Road Victim: Eric Fr ...

August 14, 2026 • 9:51 AM EDT Vincent Mancillas dies in pedestrian crash on Arroyo Seco Parkway

A 27-year-old man died after being struck by multiple vehicles while in the northbound lanes of the Arroyo Seco Parkway on Monday night. What happened in the crash? Date and time: Aug. 10 around 10:30 p.m. Location: Northbound 110 Freeway south ...