Crime & Safety

Woman Fatally Struck By Truck At Camp Pendleton Home ID'd

She was pronounced dead while en route to Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton.

SAN DIEGO, CA — Authorities have publicly identified a 62-year-old San Bernardino County woman who was fatally struck by a vehicle nine days ago in front of her daughter's Camp Pendleton home.

Cindy Borges of Fontana was bending down to pick something up off the ground in the driveway of the Dogwood Drive residence shortly before 12:30 p.m. on July 8 when the driver of a pickup truck pulled it forward, unaware that Borges was there, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office.

The vehicle ran over Borges, leaving her with severe blunt-force injuries to the chest. She was pronounced dead while en route to Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton.

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— City News Service