Driver suspected of hitting and killing man in wheelchair arrested in Long Beach

The alleged person responsible for the accident, Joseph Maez, of 26 years, he would be driving under the influence of alcohol, according to the city’s police department

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A driver who was allegedly was driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI was arrested after a man in a wheelchair was killed by a car on Saturday on a street in Long Beach . Police said the deceased was pushing a shopping cart full of belongings.

The fatal accident took place at 06: 19 from at night at the intersection of Stearns Street and Radnor Avenue. The officers who went to the scene found that a Honda Civic of 2016 had run over to a pedestrian in a wheelchair, as published by the Long Beach Police Department in a press release .

The agents tried to save the life of the pedestrian while he arrived Long Beach Fire Department personnel to continue the measures, but the man died at the scene of the facts .

“The preliminary investigation revealed that the Honda Civic 2016 was traveling west on Stearns Street when the pedestrian was crossing south on Stearns Street at an unmarked crosswalk, ”read the police press release. “The pedestrian was in a wheelchair and was pushing a shopping cart full of his belongings when the Honda Civic hit him in the unmarked crosswalk.”

Authorities identified the driver of the Honda Civic as Joseph Maez, a man from 26 years of Long Beach . Maez was arrested and reprimanded for driving under the effects of alcohol and for vehicular manslaughter seriously intoxicated, according to police sources. A bond of $ , 000 dollars.

The Long Beach Police Department has not released the identity or further information about the pedestrian died because this Sunday he was still trying to contact his family.

Anyone with information about the accident can contact Detectives Shawn Loughlin or Kelsey Myers at the phone number 562 – 800 – 7355. Anyone wishing to remain anonymous can contact “LA Crime Stoppers” by calling – 222 – TIPS (8477), downloading the “P3 Tips” application on your smartphone or visiting the LACrimeStoppers.org website.