Personal Injury Q and A

Ilina Ruiz, 46, was injured in a San Bernardino car accident the morning of January 26, 2011, which police report, involved a hit-and-run driver.

Sharniece Jeter, 18, was killed in a Los Angeles car accident, which officials say, was caused by a hit-and-run driver.

Two children were critically injured in a Bakersfield car accident after they were struck by a hit-and-run driver.

Mary Davis, 66, was seriously injured in a San Francisco area car accident, which police report, involved a hit-and-run driver.

A bicyclist was critically injured in a San Francisco car accident, which police report, was caused by a hit-and-run driver.

Arturo Miranda, 34, was killed in a Riverside car accident, which police report, involved a hit-and-run driver, the morning of December 23, 2010.

A 54-year-old woman was killed in a San Diego car accident, which police report, was caused by a hit-and-run driver. According to a 10News report, the fatal hit-and-run pedestrian accident occurred on Third Avenue in Chula Vista the night of December 25, 2010. The woman was crossing the street when she was struck and killed by a white Pontiac sedan. Witnesses reported a partial license plate to police. The abandoned sedan was found a short distance away from the scene of the accident. Police, however, tracked down the owner of the vehicle, identified as 23-year-old Angel Gutierrez, and arrested him on suspicion of felony hit-and-run and vehicular manslaughter. It is not clear if alcohol or drugs were involved.

Ralph Linwood Leighton, 64, was killed in a Riverside hit-and-run car accident when he was hit by a vehicle as he crossed the street.

A female pedestrian was injured in an Orange County car accident, which police report, was caused by a hit-and-run driver.

At least one person was injured in a hit-and-run car accident on Highway 101 after, officials say, a man rear-ended a vehicle because he failed to stop for slowing traffic.