Car strikes pedestrian in Talmadge: Woman sustains head injuries, broken leg
Incident reported in the 5000 block of El Cajon
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Posted: 01/18/2013
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SAN DIEGO - A woman in her 40s was hospitalized Friday with head injuries and a broken leg after being struck by a motorist in San Diego's Talmadge neighborhood, police said.
The pedestrian was struck as she walked into the street in the 5000 block of El Cajon Boulevard just before 6 p.m. Thursday, according to San Diego police Officer David Stafford.
She was struck by a 1999 Mercedes being driven by a 42-year-old woman, who waited at the scene and was not injured in the accident, Stafford said in a statement.
Paramedics took the pedestrian to a local trauma center suffering from head injuries and a broken leg, he said.
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