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Crosswalk Crash Injures Two in SF
The Santa Fe Police Department is investigating an accident that occurred on Friday evening when a car struck two pedestrians at the intersection of Paseo De Peralta and East Alameda.
The car hit a 61-year old man and 62-year old woman as it was making a left turn from East Alameda onto Paseo del Peralta, according to a police statement.
Preliminary investigation suggests the car entered the intersection on a green light, but it’s unclear if the pedestrians in the cross walk had the right of way.
Lt. Dale Lettenberger said police are still talking to witnesses and have received “some conflicting stories” about what happened. Police have ruled out speed and alcohol as factors in the crash.
The pedestrians were taken to Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center. The woman is scheduled to be released today.
The male remains hospitalized with head trauma, but his condition has been upgraded from critical to serious.
The driver of the car, a 64-year-old woman, was not injured.
Police have declined to release names, citing the ongoing investigation.
Navajo Rug Gone; Deputies Inquiring
Sheriff’s deputies are pursuing a “slew of leads” in the disappearance of a valuable Navajo wall rug from a Santa Fe-area resort.
The rug, measuring 6-feet by 10-feet, disappeared this week from Bishop’s Lodge Ranch Resort & Spa north of Santa Fe.
The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office says the rug was last seen at about 4 p.m. Tuesday in the resort’s main ballroom.
Resort managing director Richard Verruni told the Santa Fe New Mexican on Friday that workers noticed that the black, gray and white rug with a diamond center pattern was gone from the wall the next morning.
Sgt. Mike Martinez of the sheriff’s office says investigators haven’t found any witnesses but have leads. He says the rug was appraised several years ago at $75,000.
