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Man In Wheelchair Killed While Crossing Street
POSTED: 3:53 am PST November 25, 2009
UPDATED: 6:16 am PST November 25, 2009
SANTEE, Calif. -- Authorities Wednesday released the name of a wheelchair-bound man who died after being struck by a pickup truck in Santee.Hector Villasenor, 62, of Santee rode his motorized wheelchair eastbound onto the 8900 block of Carlton Hills Boulevard directly in front of a southbound pickup truck around 6 p.m. Tuesday, according to San Diego County sheriff's Sgt. Scott Hill.The driver of the truck, a 49-year-old Lakeside resident, was going the speed limit but was unable to stop in time to avoid Villasenor, Hill said.Paramedics pronounced Villasenor dead at the scene.Hill said no criminal charges were pending against the driver of the pickup.
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