A 37-year-old Costa Mesa woman was hospitalized with head injuries after she and her young daughter were struck by a pickup truck on the Westside Monday morning.
Sara Estrada underwent surgery at Western Medical Center in Tustin for cerebral hemorrhaging after the crash, which occurred shortly before 8 a.m.
Her daughter, whom she had been pushing in a stroller on a crosswalk near Wilson Street and College Avenue, was also treated for minor injuries.
Police identified the driver as Johannah Falke, 32, of Costa Mesa and said she had not been cited. Costa Mesa Sgt. Victor Bakkila said it was unclear whether the truck or the pedestrians, who had been crossing on a green light, had been out of place.
"It's an accident, but someone will be found at fault for it," he said. "Either the pedestrian was in the road illegally or the vehicle made the turn illegally."
COSTA MESA
Council postpones vote on high-rise condominiums
The Costa Mesa City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to table its decision on a series of high-rise condominium complexes around the South Coast Plaza area. The week before, John Wayne Airport's airport land use commission had given the proposal a negative review, and the council voted to override the commission's report and give it 45 days to respond.
At the council's Jan. 16 meeting, it expects to vote on approving the buildings. In December 2005, five developers approached the city with a single package, offering to add more than 1,200 residences to Costa Mesa. Four of the five buildings would require the demolition of existing property.
The discussion on Tuesday turned out to be a short one, but several people present, including Councilwoman Linda Dixon, urged the city to keep its less-affluent residents in mind even as it sought expensive condominiums.
"I think it's extremely important that a project like this make an effort to provide affordable housing elsewhere in the city," she said.
