Police try to resolve fault for OC crosswalk crash
SANTA ANA, Calif.—Police were reviewing grainy surveillance video Friday to help them determine who was at fault when a car plowed into two women and the two small children they were pushing in strollers across a Santa Ana street.Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna said a camera at a nearby preschool captured the collision, but it was not immediately clear who was at fault when the family was hit Thursday afternoon while crossing Civic Center Drive in an unmarked crosswalk.
The driver of the Volvo sedan that hit them apparently didn't see a mother and her niece, who were pushing the mother's 3-year-old and 1-year-old children in strollers, police said.
The women and 3-year-old were seriously injured but in stable condition late Thursday. The 1-year-old suffered minor injuries and the mother's 5-year-old son, who was also with the family, was not hit, Bertagna said.
The driver was taken to the hospital because of a pre-existing medical condition.
Stroller-pushing moms protest big banks in Oakland
OAKLAND, Calif.—Dozens of moms, dads and their kids protested the nation's biggest banks Friday with a stroller march that called on bank customers to switch to credit unions.About 60 parents and their young children took part in Friday's "Teach Banks to Share" demonstration, which was organized by a group called the Colorful Mamas of the 99 Percent.
The stroller-pushing parents marched through downtown Oakland in support of the national "Move Your Money" campaign, which is urging customers of big banks to close their accounts and join credit unions by Saturday, which is being dubbed "Bank Transfer Day."
The campaign has gained momentum with the expansion of the Occupy Wall Street protests nationwide.
The protesters beat drums and chanted "Time out! You better share!" as they marched to a Wells Fargo branch. The group rallied outside while two mothers went inside and closed their accounts.