Police briefs
A Huntington Beach man is dead and a Huntington Beach woman is in
critical condition at UCI Medical Center after a motorcycle the two were
riding on collided with a pickup truck in Huntington Beach on Thursday
night.
David Allen, 30, was pronounced dead at UCI Medical Center at 5:15
p.m. Friday after he suffered massive chest and abdominal injuries.
Kristin Stark, 28, is in critical condition with head trauma, leg
fractures and upper torso injuries.
The collision occurred just before 8 p.m. Thursday when the motorcycle
Allen was driving south on 15th Street broadsided a 1999 Chevrolet pickup
truck traveling west on Orange Avenue.
“The investigation is continuing but it appears the motorcycle may
have run a stop sign,” said Huntington Beach Police officer Robert Barr.
Orange Avenue runs east/west with no traffic controls at 15th Street.
Fifteenth Street runs north/south with stop signs at Orange Avenue.
Allen and Stark were not wearing helmets when officials arrived at the
scene, but further investigation determined that the helmets found at the
scene belonged to them, said Barr.
The driver of the pickup truck and his passenger were not injured and
no pedestrians were involved.
Huntington earns community policing award
The work of more than 100 ethnically-diverse and formerly battered
women and the Huntington Beach Police Department that provides support
for victims of domestic violence were recognized at an awards banquet
Oct. 17 at the Disneyland Hotel.
The Orange County Human Relations Commission’s Community Oriented
Policing Awards were given to law enforcement personnel and residents in
13 Orange County cities that are committed to providing community
policing in their cities.
Huntington’s police department received the award for the work done by
the Domestic Violence Formerly Battered Women’s Volunteer Emergency
Police Response Team, established in 1996 by members of the Interval
House Crisis Shelters for Battered Women and Children.
The response team uses women volunteers that have experienced domestic
violence in the past to answer emergency calls 24 hours a day from women
referred to the house by the police department and other county
departments.
The response team also provides training to law enforcement on
domestic violence issues.
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