The driver of the Muni bus that ran over and killed Emily Dunn in a horrific pedestrian accident at a Castro intersection will face criminal charges. According to a news report in The Bay Citizen, the fatal accident occurred August 11, 2011 at the intersection of Hartford and 18th streets. Police said the 23-year-old Dunn had almost finished crossing Hartford Street when a Muni bus turning from 18th Street hit and crushed her under its wheels. The driver, Wallace Loggins, has been charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter. He could face up to one year in county jail if convicted.

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A 40-year-old pedestrian was killed in a Victorville car accident when a 1998 Chevy sedan struck him, during the early morning hours of January 23, 2012. According to a news report in The Press Enterprise, the pedestrian accident occurred along Palmdale Road near Monte Vista Road in Victorville. There is no mention in the report if the 31-year-old Phelan man who was driving the Chevy will be cited for the crash. Officials are still investigating the cause of this fatal collision.

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Thomas Foakes, 30, of Petaluma, suffered major injuries in a San Francisco area car accident after a car hit him while he was crossing the street. According to an ABC news report, the injury collision occurred the evening of January 20, 2012 at the intersection of South McDowell Boulevard and McNeil Avenue near the Washington Square Shopping Center in Petaluma. Police say a Buick sedan driven by 17-year-old Todd Schwenn, struck Foakes who was walking west in a crosswalk.

Schwenn's car struck the pedestrian who then hit the hood and the windshield before going over the top of the car and landing on the roadway about 75 feet north of the crosswalk. Foakes has been hospitalized in serious but stable condition. Officials say Schwenn received his driver's license just two weeks prior to this crash. They do not believe alcohol was a factor in this incident.

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Adelina Gonzalez, 45, was killed in a Riverside car accident after a vehicle struck her. According to a news report in The Press-Enterprise, the fatal pedestrian accident occurred the night of January 16, 2012 near the intersection of Mission Boulevard and Pedley Road in the Glen Avon section of Jurupa Valley. Officials say Gonzalez was crossing the roadway when she was struck by a vehicle. The details of the incident have not yet been released.

I offer my deepest condolences to the family members and friends of Adelina Gonzalez for their tragic and heartbreaking loss. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.

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Five people were injured in a Sacramento car accident after a suspected drunk driver crashed into the patio of a bowling alley. According to a news report in The Sacramento Bee, the DUI crash occurred at the Folsom Lake Bowl on East Bidwell in Folsom, during the early morning hours of January 10, 2012. Officials say Tera Lee Nicholson, 41, was under the influence of alcohol when she crashed her car through an iron fence and into the patio containing patrons. Of the five people injured, none appear to have suffered critical injuries. Nicholson has been booked on charges of drunk driving causing major injury.

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A 19-year-old woman was injured in a San Diego car accident after she was hit by a vehicle while crossing the street, the night of December 30, 2011. According to a news report in The San Diego Union-Tribune, the injury pedestrian accident occurred on East H Street near Hidden Vista Drive in Chula Vista. Officials say the woman may have been crossing the street in an attempt to catch a bus when the car struck her. She was hospitalized with critical injuries. Alcohol does not appear to have been a factor, but an investigation is underway to determine the cause of the collision.

My heart goes out to the teenager who was severely injured in this San Diego pedestrian accident. I wish her the very best for a complete and speedy recovery.

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David Gomez, 40, of Hayward was killed in an San Francisco area car accident after a white Ford Econoline van hit his wheelchair as he was crossing in a crosswalk. According to a news report in The San Francisco Chronicle, the fatal pedestrian accident occurred on Gomer Street at Patrick Avenue near Weekes Park in Hayward. Officials say Gomez was crossing the street the night of December 10, 2011 when the Ford van turned right onto Patrick and struck him. Officials are investigating the cause of this fatal car accident.

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Roy Rasmussen, 70, was killed in a San Bernardino car accident after he was struck by a vehicle while crossing the street, the night of December 10, 2011. According to a news article in The Press-Enterprise, the fatal pedestrian accident occurred in the 16300 block of Foothill Boulevard in Fontana. Officials say a Nissan Sentra, which was traveling westbound on Foothill, hit Rasmussen. The victim was not in a crosswalk at the time, police report. Rasmussen was taken to an area hospital where he died from his injuries shortly afterward. An investigation is ongoing.

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Debra E. Jones, 57, was seriously injured in a Bakersfield car accident after a vehicle struck her as she was crossing the road, the evening of December 6, 2011. According to a news report in The Californian, the pedestrian accident occurred on North Chester Avenue at Hughes Lane in Bakersfield. Officials say Jones was in the number two lane when the right front of a 2002 Honda Civic, driven by 27-year-old Oscar R. Esquivel, hit her. She sustained major injuries in the crash. The cause of the collision remains under investigation.

My thoughts and prayers are with Debra E. Jones following this terrible car accident. I wish her the best for a complete and prompt recovery.

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Crystal Morales, 17, a Newport Harbor High School student who was critically injured in a Newport Beach car accident involving a suspected drunk driver is still in a hospital in a medically induced coma. According to a news report in the Los Angeles Times, the accident occurred at the intersection of Irvine Avenue and Margaret Drive, the afternoon of December 6, 2011, when a Chevy Tahoe, driven by 38-year-old Marie J. Lippincott of Costa Mesa, struck Crystal as she crossed the street in a crosswalk.

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