A pedestrian accident in Irvine has killed a 65-year-old woman and her dog, and injured her adult son and another dog.
The Irvine Police Department said that Angelina Guentcheva and her son were walking their two dogs in the Woodbridge neighborhood of Irvine when they were all hit by a car. The incident occurred in the Blue Lake South and Springacre area.
Guentcheva and her son were taken to a local hospital, where she later died. Her son remains hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. One of the family’s dogs was killed and another one was injured in the pedestrian accident. The driver was not injured or cited, according to police.
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