Los Angeles Injury Attorney Blog

Temecula police reported Tuesday that a 20-year-old man is in critical condition after being struck by a Honda Accord at the intersection of Ynez Road and Rancho California Road Monday night. The man's identity was not released Tuesday because his family had not been notified. He was taken to a local hospital where he is in critical condition.

According to reports in the Californian, a 17-year-old girl turning left from northbound Ynez Road onto westbound Rancho California Road struck the man. He was crossing Rancho California Road going north when he came into contact with the left front of the Accord. The crash occurred just before 5 p.m. Monday night. It was not known whether the man was wearing a helmet. The driver of the Honda was not injured.

Skateboard accidents involving collisions with other vehicles are essentially another type of pedestrian accident. Accidents involving serious injury and death are relatively common in Southern California. Below are several of the documented skateboard accidents in the last six months in Southern California:

• A 24-year-old Vista man, Christopher Toraason Pompa, was killed on November 15, 2009, after he was struck by a car on Hacienda Drive in Vista (San Diego County).


• A 17-year-old Hesperia boy, Bryan Gomez, was killed August 25, 2009 when he was struck by a car while skateboarding in Hesperia.


• A 14-year-old boy suffered broken bones on July 27, 2009 when he was struck by a car in Nipomo (San Luis Obispo County).


• A 14-year-old Lake Forest boy, Nestor Barrientos-Macias, died of his injuries several days after he fell in the parking lot of La Tierra Elemetary School (Orange County) on June 13, 2009.


• A 17-year-old skateboarder, Dustin Rogers Martin, died in San Bernardino County after he was struck by a hit-and-run driver while skateboarding on Cottonwood Avenue on June 15, 2009.