Fabian Alexander, 46, was killed in a car accident in Nipomo in rural Santa Maria, which officials say involved a hit-and-run driver.

A 19-year-old man was injured in a San Diego car accident that remains under investigation.

William Montgomery, 54, was killed in a Corona car accident after a pickup truck hit him.

Laurie Susan Whitlow, 49, was killed in a San Diego car accident after a vehicle struck her while she was crossing a street in her wheelchair.

Pedestrian accidents are a perpetual scourge in urban areas, where pedestrians are more than three times more likely to suffer serious or fatal injuries as the result of collisions with vehicles.

Yendi Galeana, 33, was fatally injured in a Covina car accident after a vehicle struck her as she was waiting to cross the street with her family.

A 54-year-old man was seriously injured in a San Diego car accident after a vehicle struck him while he was walking in an unmarked crosswalk, the night of May 3, 2012.

A pedestrian was fatally injured in a Riverside County car accident after he was struck and killed by a vehicle.

A 27-year-old woman was injured in a San Diego car accident when a speeding vehicle whose driver was fleeing police pinned her to a fence.

Police in Sylmar are seeking the public’s help in finding a hit-and-run driver who caused serious injuries to a pedestrian on a skateboard after a Los Angeles car accident on April 15, 2012.