SAN DIEGO (KGTV) -- A teenage girl was hospitalized with serious injuries after San Diego police say she was struck by a car in a Mission Beach crosswalk.
The collision occurred just before 7 p.m. Sunday in the 800 block of West Mission Bay Drive, according to police.
Police said the 17-year-old pedestrian was walking in a marked crosswalk when a 1998 Lexus ES300 traveling westbound on West Mission Bay Drive ran a red light and hit her.
The girl suffered a brain bleed, fractured right humerus, fractured right tibia/fibula, and multiple facial fractures, according to police. The victim’s injuries were described as “life-threatening.”
The Lexus’ 63-year-old male driver remained at the scene following the collision, and police determined he was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
