Just before 3 a.m. on Friday, August 29, 2008, a fatal car crash occurred in Chula Vista at the intersection of Third Avenue and L Street.  Police reported that the driver who crashed a 2006 Mercedes was drunk.  Chula Vista resident Adrian Sanchez, 22, a back seat passenger, died at the scene.  Witnesses reported the car rolled several times before hitting a power pole. Another passenger was permanently paralyzed and flown to the hospital in a helicopter, according to authorities.  The driver was taken to the hospital in an ambulance and has been arrested.

A man is dead after being hit by a car on August 23^rd in Chula Vista. A police office witnessed the 22-year-old Navy sailor being struck at the intersection of Broadway and
McIntosh Street. The driver, 22-year-old Claudia Lopez, initially fled the scene; however the officer followed and arrested her shortly after the accident on suspicion of felony hit and run, driving while intoxicated and on a suspended license. The victim was transported to UCSD Medical Center where he died two days later.

Three people were critically injured when a walkway collapsed in downtown San Diego on August 28^th. The incident occurred at a construction site at 15^th Street and Imperial Avenue. A covered wooden walkway, which was meant to protect pedestrians from falling debris, collapsed. Two women and one man suffered critical injuries, and at least a dozen others were transported to area hospitals. The contractor for the site is Allgire General Contractors, who have had at least two accidents in the past four years, one of which occurred at the same site. Both Allgire and OSHA do not yet know what caused the accident.