A 61-yr.-old woman was killed and her 32-yr.-old daughter injured by a driver in a sports car at 1 am this morning on Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica, near the pier.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-santa-monica-hit-and-run-20140322,0,5171620.story#axzz2wiJlEYIU
Apparently they were not using a cross walk or an intersection with a light. They were near Tongva Park, perhaps returning to their car after an evening out.
The daughter lives in Santa Monica and the mother was visiting from Wisconsin.
The driver was believed to be a man.
It's so easy not to see pedestrians when driving after dark, especially if they are wearing black, which is the color most people wear to go out in the evening.
Was the driver speeding? Did they see him but think they had time to cross?
Was he drunk or using drugs?
His decision to keep driving incriminates him.
Protecting himself was more important than the lives of the women he hit.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-santa-monica-hit-and-run-20140322,0,5171620.story#axzz2wiJlEYIU
Apparently they were not using a cross walk or an intersection with a light. They were near Tongva Park, perhaps returning to their car after an evening out.
The daughter lives in Santa Monica and the mother was visiting from Wisconsin.
The driver was believed to be a man.
It's so easy not to see pedestrians when driving after dark, especially if they are wearing black, which is the color most people wear to go out in the evening.
Was the driver speeding? Did they see him but think they had time to cross?
Was he drunk or using drugs?
His decision to keep driving incriminates him.
Protecting himself was more important than the lives of the women he hit.
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