Personal Injury Q and A

Alberto Sandoval, 49, was killed in a Los Angeles car accident after he was struck by a pickup truck August 21, 2010, City News Service reports.

Theodore McElligatt, 79, was killed in a Los Angeles car accident the morning of August 3, 2010.

Two elderly women were involved in a vehicle versus pedestrian accident, which occurred inside a privately owned mobile home park.

A bicyclist was injured in a San Diego car accident the morning of July 28, 2010, 10 news reports. San Diego County Sheriff's officials said the injury collision occurred at the intersection of Imperial Beach Boulevard and Florence Street. The injured bicyclist was transported to an area hospital. The extent of the bicyclist's injuries is not known. An investigation is ongoing.

Christopher Neal, 21, sustained major injuries in a San Bernardino car accident after he was struck by a motorist on State Route 62 in Twentynine Palms the night of July 22, 2010.

A pedestrian sustained injuries in a Los Angeles car accident the morning of July 14, 2010 after being hit by a vehicle at a Glendale intersection.

A hit-and-run collision in Clearlake caused injuries to a female driver the afternoon of June 24, 2010. The Record-Bee reports that the injury crash happened at the intersection of 10th Street and Country Club Drive when the driver of a Chevy Astro van ran a stop sign at the intersection and slammed into a Mitsubishi Eclipse. The driver of the Eclipse sustained injuries, which were not life-threatening. The driver of the van, later identified as 46-year-old Richard Alan, abandoned his vehicle and fled, but was later located and arrested on suspicion of hit-and-run.

A 16-year-old sustained serious injuries in a Simi Valley car accident after she was struck by a car while jogging across a street, the Ventura County Star reports.

A 47-year-old woman who was killed in a pedestrian accident the morning of May 27, 2010, has been identified as Florinda Garcia Flores. KEY News reports that Flores was walking across Coast Village Road in Santa Barbara County when a teen driver in a minivan lost control of his vehicle, went over a curb and struck Flores.

One woman died and another was injured in a Westminster car accident after they were struck by a vehicle the evening of May 20, 2010.