Crime & Safety
Boy, 7, Fatally Struck By Pickup Truck While Walking With Father In Long Beach Crosswalk
The driver "failed to yield to them in the marked south crosswalk," police said in a statement.
July 27, 2022
A Desert Hot Springs man has been arrested in connection with a crash that killed a 7-year-old boy who had been walking in a Long Beach crosswalk with his father.
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The crash happened at about 5:20 p.m. at the intersection of Lakewood Boulevard and 23rd Street in Long Beach. Officers arrived to find the boy in the roadway suffering from critical injuries and called in Long Beach Fire, which pronounced him dead at the scene.
A preliminary investigation into the crash determined a 2005 Dodge Ram pickup truck was driving westbound on 23rd Street and making a left turn to southbound Lakewood Boulevard. The father and son were crossing Lakewood Boulevard eastbound on 23rd Street, in a marked crosswalk with the right-of-way pedestrian signal, when the pickup truck hit them, according to Long Beach police.
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