Local News in Brief : Capistrano Beach : 1 Marine Killed, 1 Hurt Crossing Coast Highway
A 26-year-old Marine was fatally injured Wednesday night when he was hit by a car while walking across Coast Highway with a friend, authorities said.
George Goulden, who was stationed at Camp Pendleton, was pronounced dead on arrival at Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center in Mission Viejo, California Highway Patrol Officer Ken Daily said.
His friend, Maurice John Fargen, 24, also a Camp Pendleton Marine, suffered a broken leg, Daily said.
The two men were on the southbound side of the highway near Palisades Drive, heading for a bar in the Capistrano Beach area, when they were hit by a sedan driven by a 22-year-old San Clemente woman, Daily said.
“They were just walking across and didn’t see the car coming,” Daily said. “She didn’t see them and didn’t have time to react.”
The driver was not cited, Daily said, and the incident was being classified an accident.
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