HIT-AND-RUN SUSPECT ARRESTED AFTER DEADLY CRASH.Byline: Greg Botonis Staff Writer PALMDALE - A Palmdale man was killed Wednesday by a hit-and-run driver hit-and-run driver n → conductor que tras atropellar a algn se da a la fuga hit-and-run driver n → chauffard m hit-and-run driver hit n as he attempted to jaywalk jay·walk intr.v. jay·walked, jay·walk·ing, jay·walks To cross a street illegally or in a reckless manner. [From jay2, inexperienced person. across a busy Palmdale street, officials said. Sherman L. Slade, 49, suffered massive trauma in the collision and was pronounced dead at Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Hospital a short time later. ``The pedestrian has to yield to the vehicles if they're outside a marked crosswalk,'' said Deputy Mike Redding Redding, city (1990 pop. 66,462), seat of Shasta co., N central Calif., on the Sacramento River; inc. 1872. A principal tourist center for a mountain and lake region, it also has lumbering, food-processing, and diverse manufacturing. of the Palmdale sheriff's station's Traffic Office. The motorist who hit Slade stopped briefly and pulled to the side of the road, but then sped off, deputies said. Deputies arrested an ex-convict from Fullerton about an hour later in east Palmdale on suspicion of being the motorist. The collision occurred about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday on Avenue S about 200 feet east of the intersection of 10th Street East. Slade stepped into the eastbound east·bound adj. Going toward the east. eastbound Adjective going towards the east Adj. 1. lane and was struck by a car driving about 40 mph, deputies said. Slade was taken by ambulance to Antelope Valley Hospital, where he died from his injuries a short time later. When deputies arrived, the motorist was gone. A description of his car was broadcast to patrol deputies. Jason R. Spann, 36, of Fullerton was located about an hour later in east Palmdale. He was arrested on suspicion of felony felony (fĕl`ənē), any grave crime, in contrast to a misdemeanor, that is so declared in statute or was so considered in common law. hit and run and was being held in lieu of Instead of; in place of; in substitution of. It does not mean in addition to. $50,000 bail at the Lancaster sheriff's station's jail. Investigators said had Spann stopped, he would not have been arrested because he had the right of way. State prison records show Spann had been paroled in 1999 for an Antelope Valley burglary conviction and had a 1996 conviction for possession of cocaine for sale. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Sheriff's investigators examine the scene Wednesday night on Avenue S near 10th Street East where a 49-year-old Palmdale man was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver. Paul Weatherman/Special to the Daily News |
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