Lakeside Child Pedestrian Hit by Car, Dies
The San Diego County Medical Examiner's office reported last week that a 9-year-old boy was struck by a car near Riverview Elementary School in Lakeside. The boy was walking along Winter Gardens Boulevard south of Knoll Crest Place around 4 p.m. on April 6, 2009, when the fatal Lakeside pedestrian accident happened. The boy was taken to Rady Children's Hospital where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival. His name has not been released. You can read more about this Lakeside car accident in this 10news.com story.
As San Diego parents, we trust that our children are safe when they are walking home from school. The route is a route they take every day and is familiar and safe. Yet, incidents like this often happen. The status of the car driver is not yet known, but San Diego County officials will know soon enough how the life of this Lakeside child was taken away.
If you or anyone you know has been injured or killed in a San Diego auto accident or a San Diego pedestrian accident, please contact San Diego auto accident attorney Ross Jurewitz and the other San Diego personal injury lawyers at the Jurewitz Law Group at (619) 233-5020. You may also contact these San Diego pedestrian accident attorneys online here.
