EL CAJON POLICE DEPT. – PRESS RELEASE INFORMATION SHEET 

TYPE OF INCIDENT:   Hit and Run Vehicle v. Pedestrian Collision

OCCURRED:    03/15/2016 at 8:20am

LOCATION OF OCCURRENCE: 500 East Chase, El Cajon

 
RESUME OF INCIDENT:

At approximately 8:20am El Cajon Police Officers and Fire Department Paramedics responded to reports of a juvenile pedestrian that had been struck by a vehicle in the 500 block of East Chase Avenue in El Cajon. 

Based on preliminary evidence and witness statements, the juvenile was crossing the street mid-block and outside of a crosswalk in the 500 block of Chase Avenue with two other juveniles. The girl entered the path of a silver 2-door compact passenger car traveling East on East Chase Avenue in the #2 lane when she was struck. The girl was transported to Children's Hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries. The other two juveniles were unharmed.

The driver of the silver 2-door compact passenger vehicle failed to stop or render aid at the scene of the collision and was last seen by witnesses continuing East on Chase Avenue. The following image of the hit-and-run vehicle was captured from a surveillance camera near the collision scene.

Anyone with information regarding this collision or the involved driver or vehicle is encouraged to contact the El Cajon Police Department Traffic Division at 619-441-1632, or the Communications Center at 619-579-3311.

For information on the El Cajon Police Department's pedestrian safety campaign with pedestrian safety tips, please visit www.elcajonpolice.org and click on "Check Before You Step". The El Cajon Police Department would like to remind pedestrians to always cross the street at controlled intersections equipped with traffic control devices and crosswalks.


Prepared by: Lt. Randy Soulard

Div: Special Enforcement Division/Traffic Unit

Date/Time: 03/15/2016 @ 11:00am

Reviewed by: Josh Pittsley, Traffic Unit, Hit and Run Investigator

Jeff Davis, CHIEF OF POLICE