Pedestrian hit by one car, then dragged by a second
GARDEN GROVE — A 54-year-old man was seriously injured Wednesday night when he was struck by two cars, one of which fled while the other dragged him more than 700 feet, police said.
A Dodge Magnum traveling south on West Street near Acacia Avenue is believed to have struck Gregory Martin of Garden Grove, who was then hit by an SUV traveling in the same direction, said Jason Perkins, a collision investigator with the Garden Grove Police Department.
Martin was trapped underneath the SUV and was dragged along southbound West Street and onto Garden Grove Boulevard until the driver stopped the vehicle, Perkins said.
Police and paramedics arrived about 6:40 p.m., taking Martin to a hospital, where he was reportedly in critical condition.
While the driver of the SUV remained at the scene to talk to police, the driver of the Magnum fled before officers arrived, Perkins said.
A witness gave investigators a license plate number for the Magnum, which they reported finding abandoned in Santa Ana several hours after the accident.
“There was obvious and indicative damage to it,” Perkins said.
Police were searching for the driver of the Magnum.
It wasn’t immediately clear whether the pedestrian or the vehicles had right of way.
While there are unmarked crosswalks in the area, police do not know if Martin was walking in one of them.
Cause of the Garden Grove accident
The cause of the December 28 pedestrian accident remains under investigation by the Garden Grove Police Department.
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