TRAFFIC DEATH –In San Jose, there has been yet another fatal accident. Just before 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, according to police, they received a report to a residential neighborhood at Sajak and Lundy Avenue. They claim that the pedestrian who was struck by the car passed away at the spot.
The driver remained there to assist. This is the 53rd traffic fatality to occur in San Jose this year and the 28th pedestrian death. This is the third automobile crash involving a pedestrian in one day, according to officials.
Related story: LA carjacking victim was dragged during a police chase and died.
LA Carjacking – According to the Los Angeles Police Department, a carjacking victim died after being pulled along with the car that a homicide suspect was allegedly driving as he fled on Thursday. Around 5 p.m. on Thursday, detectives from the department’s Gang and Narcotic Division were keeping an eye on 7th Avenue when they saw a murder suspect getting into a car with another individual, according to an LAPD tweet. A chase started when the detectives attempted to make a traffic stop. Police added that when the automobile wrecked during the pursuit, the murder suspect exited the passenger side and stole a passing car.
The carjacking victim was being pulled behind the murder suspect’s car as it left Florence Avenue and Haas Avenue, the LAPD reported on Twitter. The driver of the stolen car became entangled with the vehicle and was dragged for nearly a mile as the suspect tried to escape, KABC-TV reported. The carjacking victim was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
The vehicle rolled over at Florence and Prairie avenues in Inglewood, but the suspect would not get out of the car, leading to a standoff with police. “SWAT and K9 were on the scene and negotiated with the murder suspect to exit the vehicle for two hours. The murder suspect was ultimately taken into custody without incident,” police said.
The names of the victim and the suspect were not immediately available.
