Evans Phillips, 8, Dies in Menifee Scooter Crash on Shadow Hills Street
Menifee, California (July 4, 2022) – 8-year-old Evans Phillips was killed in a scooter accident that happened Sunday evening in a Menifee neighborhood, as per a local news source.
The incident occurred just after 7 p.m. in the 29000 block of Shadow Hills Street.
According to the Menifee Police Department, Phillips, of Wildomar, was riding his scooter near the front yard of a home in a residential community when he entered the road and was struck by a car traveling west on Shadow Hills Street.
Police officers and firefighters responded to the scene and attempted to resuscitate the boy but were unsuccessful.
Phillips was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:16 p.m.
The driver of the vehicle stopped and remained at the scene after the collision.
Authorities continue investigating the accident.
Crash Fatalities in California Went Up in 2021, Early Federal Estimates Show
Newly released estimates by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) show that fatalities caused by traffic crashes on U.S. freeways reached a 16-year high in 2021. The crash deaths also increased in almost every state, including California, according to NHTSA.
According to the Early Estimate of Motor Vehicle Traffic Fatalities in 2021 report released by NHTSA, about 42,915 people were killed in traffic collisions in 2021 in the US. This shows a 10.5% increase from the 38,828 fatalities reported in 2020.
NHTSA says the projection is the highest number of traffic deaths since 2005 as well as the largest percentage rise in the history of the Fatality Analysis Reporting System.
In California, 4,258 people died in traffic collisions in 2021 – a 10.7% increase from 2020's 3,847, as per the NHTSA report titled – “Crash Stats: Early Estimate of Motor Vehicle Traffic Fatalities in 2021.”
According to the traffic deaths estimates, in the two-state region that includes Arizona and California, crash fatalities in 2021 are projected to go up by 10% over the previous year.
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