Crime & Safety
Pedestrian in Fatal Accident Identified
The man had been walking north in the crosswalk when he was struck by a van traveling east on Pasadena Avenue
A 72-year-old man who died Sunday after being struck by a car on Pasadena Avenue was identified as James Wills, of Los Angeles, Pasadena-Star News reports.
Wills will be remembered as a "very sweet and simple man,"
"We will miss him terribly and he should not died this way," she continued.
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Locals have set up a small memorial at the corner of Pasadena Avenue and Arroyo Drive, where the fatal accident occurred.
The vehicle that hit Wills was driven by a 77-year-old Highland Park man, and police anticipate filing vehicular manslaughter charges against the driver.
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