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BreakingNewsTeam - > Breaking News -> Teen killed in hit and run identified
Teen killed in hit and run identified

SUSPICIOUS DEATH

NEWS RELEASE
KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
CORONER DIVISION

This news release is prepared under the direction of the Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator for the convenience of news reporters.  Facts concerning news events of major importance, which occur after the preparation of this release, will be made available to reporters at their request as soon as it is possible to do.

DECEDENT'S NAME:  NANCY T. MEDINA       & nbsp;  CASE #: C-1479-08
CITY OF RESIDENCE: BAKERSFIELD      &n bsp;   AGE: 17 YEARS
TYPE OF CASE: SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES
DATE OF INCIDENT: 07/02/2008      &nb sp;   TIME: FOUND AT 0117 HOURS
LOCATION: LERDO HIGHWAY, JUST EAST OF CARSON WAY   SHAFTER, CA
DATE OF DEATH: 07/02/2008      &nb sp;  TIME: 0516 HOURS
PLACE OF DEATH: KERN MEDICAL CENTER-ER
INVESTIGATING AGENCY: SHAFTER POLICE DEPARTMENT

Details:  THE DECEDENT WAS DISCOVERED ON LERDO HIGHWAY BY A MOTORIST WHO CALLED 911.  SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO SAN JOAQUIN HOSPITAL THEN TO KERN MEDICAL CENTER WHERE SHE DIED.  THE DEATH IS LISTED AS SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES AND AN EXAMINATION WILL BE CONDUCTED ON JULY 3, 2008.





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DONNY YOUNGBLOOD, Sheriff-Coroner

By: J.E. Cameron
Date:  Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Time:  11:30:22 AM

Posted in the News interest group.
Topics: Shafter, hit and run, Coroner, Lerdo Highway, nancy t. medina
posted by BreakingNewsTeam on Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at 12:36 PM
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posted by johnburnssucks on Jul 2, 2008 at 03:17 PM

Shafter? At least she didn't die there.

posted by Jayh1 on Jul 2, 2008 at 05:16 PM

I wish people would realise you make things worse by running away, the fact that you fled the scene makes it harder to explain your case, even if the accident wasn't your fault! 

posted by OldBlue56 on Jul 2, 2008 at 05:19 PM

jayh1, are you an attorney?

posted by WESLEYSMOMMY on Jul 2, 2008 at 05:25 PM

He has to be, OB. How else would he know all of that?

posted by Jayh1 on Jul 2, 2008 at 05:25 PM

no but everybody knows its an offence to leave the scene of the accident, plus if your victim dies because you didn't stop and help then things are worse. 

posted by OldBlue56 on Jul 2, 2008 at 05:36 PM

jayh1, if you hit someone and injure them, and flee, it's a felony. If they die, it's still a felony. Both are covered under CVC 20001. There is no section to charge someone for not stopping and rendering aid, unless you know a law I don't know about. Do you?

posted by wagnersbrat on Jul 2, 2008 at 05:57 PM

OB you seem to know EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!! 

posted by Roysan on Jul 2, 2008 at 06:06 PM

Its pretty ironic that the editorial right below this blog is titled "Get 17-year-olds involved".  Some parents today just do not raise their kids correctly.  The punks down my parents old neighborhood just broke into a vacant home and had a party, they smoke dope on the corner, and spend their summer nights hanging out on neighbor's yards littering and talking on their cell phones until 1-2am.  The punks have no respect for private property.  They are sure to end up like the punks who killed that poor old man collecting cans. 

posted by OldBlue56 on Jul 2, 2008 at 06:16 PM

I don't know everything jennifer. Do you? But I obviously know more than you.

posted by roadragecbrrf3 on Jul 4, 2008 at 08:18 AM

I can think of three reasons you leave the sceen of a accident

 

1.  You are under the influence - should be in jail

2.  You have no insurance or license - should be in jail

3.  You are not a citizen - should be in jail or deported and not driving because you don't have a license or insurance

The person that hit her, even if it was not their fault had no reason to run or flee unless they should not have been driving in the first place due to one of the reasons listed above - and in my humble opinion they should rot in jail for a long time if caught and found guilty.

it is so sad that all three of these situations are allowed to take place in kern county every single day!

posted by lanabuford on Jul 4, 2008 at 08:38 AM
  It isn't "allowed to take place" When they are caught they are dealt with. My late husband was crossing N chester 7 yrs ago and a car ran the red light and hit him, the car kept going. My husband was in a coma for almost a week, they never found the person that hit him.
posted by roadragecbrrf3 on Jul 4, 2008 at 08:48 AM

Lana,  my heart goes out to you and anyone that is involved in a situation such as this, but your late husbands story adds proof to my claim of "allowed to take place" the police department should set up stings looking for offenders, harsher action by the courts should take place, people should be doing real time in jail for these infractions.... I know Nancy's case is still under investigation but I would venture to say that the person that hit her should not have been driving that night due to one of the reasons listed......that is why they fled instead of trying to get her medical assistance.....and the sad fact of the matter is the reason that these people do what they do, driving under the influance, driving without insurance, or with out a license is they weigh the pro's and con's of breaking the law and more often then not, break the law because they have no reason to fear getting caught.......our public servents need to step up and take control of these matters!

posted by roadragecbrrf3 on Jul 4, 2008 at 08:54 AM

if you go to "Bakersfield.com" and run a search for "hit and run" guess how many hits you will get in this small town of ours?

Results 1 - 10 of about 2800 for hit and run. Search took 0.61 seconds

2800 hits - read the stories - we have a problem here and it is being allowd to happen -

posted by roadragecbrrf3 on Jul 4, 2008 at 09:02 AM

 

Teen to serve time for hitting 5-year-old, fleeing scene

 

| Thursday, Mar 13 2008 5:41 PM

 

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A teen will spend several months in a juvenile detention facility for hitting a 5-year-old girl, killing her and fleeing the scene.

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Salvador Garcia Jr., 17, admitted to the hit-and-run, which resulted in the death of Erica Guerra, and to driving without a license.

Garcia struck the girl May 3 in Wasco. The crash was captured on a nearby store's videotape.

Garcia will remain on probation until his 21st birthday.

Beth Gong, juvenile probation division director with Kern County Probation, said Garcia has never been referred to probation before and will probably be released in four to six months.

Garcia's attorney, Benjamin Greene, said he asked for his client to receive no time in custody, but his request was denied.

Greene said his client did nothing to cause the girl's death -- that the crash was just an accident. His crime, the attorney said, was running from the scene.

Greene said Garcia was devastated by the death and is sorry for the family's loss.

Only Four months in jail? - killed a person? - Took a life?? no license and had no right to be driving at all.....punishment fit the crime??  I think not!!  Hence my quote of "being allowed to happen"

you may even want to re-think your "When they are caught they are dealt with" statement?

posted by wagnersbrat on Jul 6, 2008 at 05:09 AM

OB what makes you think you know more than me you haven't posted anything that was NEW to me?Any bored computer blogger can keep up with all the law's!!!!!Can you add?What's 2+2? 

posted by NancyII on Jul 6, 2008 at 07:50 AM

It's being ALLOWED to happen????       Any ideas on how to control it?

posted by Lingtaowoo on Jul 6, 2008 at 09:15 AM

17 years old...out past midnight...and the parents don't know with whom....I feel for the parents...


posted by roadragecbrrf3 on Jul 6, 2008 at 09:30 AM
Just off the top of my head.....   1. More frequent unannounced check points   2. Harsher Penalties for 1st time offenders   3. Jail time for repeat offenders

 

posted by lanabuford on Jul 6, 2008 at 09:48 AM
 I agree with you roadrage, but would it work, probably not. lingtaowoo, Why do you feel sorry for the parents? They should know what their children are doing or who they are with and why does a 17 yr need to be out past midnight? alot of parents now just don't want to be bothered with making rules and then doing anything about it when the rules are broken. Some kids have no fear of authority because theres none at home.
posted by nancismom on Mar 21, 2009 at 09:48 PM

Now that driver that struck my daughter and took her  life has been found and dealt with why don't I feel 'closure'? I'll tell you why, there is no closure. When this man has done his time and leaves the prison my Nancy will still be dead. A lot of people on this blog have brought up that it is the parent's fault. Do you know that I had been trying for two years to get her into counselling. I knew that she had problems, but the laws are such that you can not force a teenager to go to counselling.That would be invading her personal rights. I didn't keep alcohol in the home because I knew she had a problem with it.

She did not leave the home at 1:00 in the morning the way it was reported in the news. She left at 9:30 on a July evening, it was still light out. She also left with another friend, a girl named Jennifer. It is not like I was letting her 'date' a 28 year-old man. She was supposed to be going to a friends house that lived right around the corner. i don't know how she got talked into going out to Shafter because she had told me she didn't really like that guy but he was a friend of a  friend. when they all left the room Nancy was walking and talking normal. I didn't know that it would be the last time I would ever see her. Right now I would give anything to have one more arguement with her about "Mom, what's for dinner? That again!"

posted by Lingtaowoo on Mar 22, 2009 at 05:52 AM

Because I remember what it was like when I was 17 years old....and the trouble I was on my parents mind---I got my fanny into the Marines---redirected all that energy and got focused on life...you remember--at 17--you knew it all and no one could tell you anything.....


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