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American Canyon man dies when struck by van
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
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12:30 p.m.An American Canyon man was killed Tuesday morning while crossing Sonoma Boulevard in Vallejo, cbs5.com is reporting on its Web site.

Charles Lee Hodges, 68, was reportedly crossing against the red light in the crosswalk at Sonoma and Mini Drive, according to the cbs5.com report.
A van struck Hodges about 6 a.m..

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11 comment(s)

FarmGirl wrote on Sep 23, 2009 12:51 PM:

" So another driver with no driver's license - get these people off the road. Hopefully the police followed him after they released him to make sure he did not get back in his van! "

leavintown wrote on Sep 23, 2009 4:36 PM:

" I agree Farm Girl. What is the deal. Do I have to get my license renewed? Or can I just drive without one? A man was killed by someone that shouldn't have been on the road in the first place. This should have never happened. I am very disappointed in the way they handled this. "

dclerici wrote on Sep 23, 2009 9:01 PM:

" Licensed or unlicensed, if you cross that intersection agains the light your going to get HIT. At 6 am now it is still dark. I AM NOT defending the unlicensed driver but, when the pedestrian light says' DO NOT CROSS at a 4 lane state highway, I would take it to heart. I travel through that intersection and yes it is new pavement with now definate lines painted yet, but everybody with a little common sense can tell where the boundries are at a light controlled intersection. But, then again, common sense is what a lot of the human population is lacking. "

asahigo wrote on Sep 23, 2009 10:59 PM:

" No, the man died for crossing against the light. I don't think the driver should be held, but he needs to answer for driving without a license. This was handled very well, in case you don't understand driving without a license usually won't land you in jail. Yes he killed someone, someone crossing against the light, and there was a witness. Therefore the prudent and morally right thing to do was release the driver. "

LMW wrote on Sep 24, 2009 5:31 AM:

" City and residents need to remember, crosswalks are a need and especially where speed limits push 60 and 70.

Unfortunately, the crosswalks were not put back in by Cal Tran. "

grape wrote on Sep 24, 2009 10:22 AM:

" How can the police know if the driver was doing 55mph? The witness made a guess he was doing 55? "

napkan wrote on Sep 24, 2009 1:43 PM:

" "How did the police know the driver was doing 55mph?"

If a vehicle has a port for a diagnostic computer to hook up to, then it has a "black box" that can tell stuff like mph. Most people don't know that...

Also they can do a pretty good estimate from the physical evidence of an accident site as well... "

leavintown wrote on Sep 24, 2009 3:45 PM:

" How will we ever know???? If this unlicensed driver was not driving, maybe he would of made it across the street.

What is the purpose of a drivers license then? Since obviously this guy didn't need one. "

grape wrote on Sep 24, 2009 4:37 PM:

" Thank you napkan I did not know that. "

ctworker wrote on Sep 24, 2009 4:54 PM:

" LMW- Actually, it is unfortunate that the crosswalks weren't put back in by A CONTRACTOR, not Caltrans... "

JJtoob wrote on Sep 24, 2009 6:56 PM:

" I always thought that if we were able to go back in time and stop something from happening, it would be a good thing, but if you only change the story, but not the characters, the same thing will happen at a different time. My point is, whatever made this man cross through a red light, was going to make him do it again elsewhere had the unlicensed driver been off the road. That is a serious, but separate issue. "

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