FATAL ACCIDENT INVOLVING PEDESTRIAN IN CHINO VALLEY

THE NEWS 1490 BROUGHT YOU A STORY ON FRIDAY EVENING REGARDING AN ACCIDENT IN CHINO VALLEY THAT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A PEDESTRIAN. DETAILS OF THE INCIDENT HAVE NOW BEEN RELEASED BY CHINO VALLEY POLICE.

AT ABOUT 5:44 FRIDAY MORNING, OFFICERS RESPONDED TO THE 1800 BLOCK OF SOUTH STATE ROUTE 89 FOR A REPORT OF A PEDESTRIAN STUCK BY A VEHICLE. UPON THEIR ARRIVAL, OFFICERS DISCOVERED 73-YEAR-OLD LINDA JEFFRIES OF CHINO VALLEY DECEASED IN THE ROADWAY.

THROUGH INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED JEFFRIES RAN INTO THE ROADWAY FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON AND WAS STRUCK IN THE NUMBER TWO LANE BY A 1991 HONDA CIVIC BEING DRIVEN BY A 24-YEAR-OLD PAULDEN RESIDENT. SPEED NOR IMPAIRMENT ARE CONSIDERED A FACTOR AND NO CHARGES ARE PENDING AT THIS TIME.

THE SOUTHBOUND LANES OF S.R. 89 WERE CLOSED FROM ROAD 2 SOUTH TO OUTER LOOP ROAD UNTIL 11:00 AM.