Bluff Park, CA: Hit-and-Run Accident at 2nd Street and Temple Avenue
2 Children, Woman Hurt after Bluff Park Crash at 2nd Street and Temple Avenue
Bluff Park, California (August 28, 2019) – Two children and a woman were injured after an alleged hit-and-run crash on Sunday night in Bluff Park, according to a California Highway Patrol report.
The crash happened at around 7:45 p.m. Sunday, August 27, at 2nd Street and Temple Avenue.
As per the dispatch, one car was traveling east on 2nd Street when it went around a vehicle that was stopped at a stop sign. The first car finally slammed into a second vehicle traveling southbound on Temple Avenue.
A while after the crash, the Long Beach police responded to the crash site. An adult female party and two children from the first car suffered injuries due to the crash.
2-Car Crash at 2nd Street and Temple Avenue
All the patients, including an 8-year-old boy and an 11-year-old girl, were taken to an area hospital for treatment of injuries of unknown degree.
Officials said the female driver of the second car was also injured in the crash.
Authorities said the driver the first vehicle fled on foot following the crash.
An investigation is underway.
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