On wednesday,May 31st,2006 a disabled man was cowardly murdered when a hit-and-run driver's car struck him. The accident happened when he was crossing the street in his electric wheelchair in the 1300 block of Industrial Boulevard in Chula Vista at about 11:30 am.

James Quinones,disabled, wheelchair user,living in South Bay,died from injuries at the University of California, San Diego Medical Center, where he was took by the medics the morning of the accident and pronounced dead on Thursday,June 1st in the afternoon.

Mr. Quinones was 51 years old and suffered massive head injuries, and two broken legs when the 1993 Honda Civic ran down him just a few yards from his home,the irresponsible driver then fled, this was reported by the Chula Vista Police Department.

Investigators found the sedan,it had been reported stolen in San Diego on Tuesday, the car was abandoned near the scene of the accident, said CVPD Officer Kenneth Hicks.

Bernard Gonzales of the Chula Vista Police Department said: "To the person who did this: have some type of decency -- call the police department and arrange to turn yourself in,because "This poor gentleman didn't deserve to be struck and hit in the street and left to die like that."

Sandra Villanueva

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