Authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding the deaths of two pedestrians struck and killed while walking outside crosswalks in what are believed to be separate, unrelated crashes in Huntington Beach.
A woman, possibly between 50 and 60 years old, was struck and killed Saturday night by a motorist driving a silver Nissan Versa while crossing Beach Boulevard outside the crosswalk, just south of an intersection near Slater Avenue, Huntington Beach Police Sgt. Eric Warken said.
"The vehicle was driving north, approaching the intersection, which had a steady green light, when this collision occurred,'' Warken said.
The woman was pronounced dead at the scene and the motorist, whose car sustained major damage to the front end, hood and front windshield, remained at the scene, he said.
Officers dispatched to the location a little before 10:50 p.m. Saturday reported locating the woman in the roadway with "significant trauma to her head and entire body,'' he said.
Hours later, a 19-year-old man from Greeley, Colorado was struck and killed by a motorist while walking outside a crosswalk, just north of an intersection in Huntington Beach, Warken said.
That victim was crossing Beach Boulevard, outside the crosswalk, near Warner Avenue, when he was struck by a 2013 silver Kia Optima going north through the intersection on a green light, Warken said.
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The motorist, a 26-year-old man from Riverside, stayed at the scene. His car sustained some front-end damage.
Officers dispatched to the location at 3:17 a.m. reported that they located the victim in the roadway with "significant trauma to his head and entire body.'' He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Huntington Beach police accident investigators asked anyone who witnessed either of the crashes to call them at (714) 536-5670.
