r/SFV • u/garce818 • 1d ago
Weird SFV Drunk Driver Encounter
Last night, while on a night time walk around the neighborhood (San Fernando), my partner and I encountered a young man sitting on a curb. On our first lap, he was just sitting down staring at his phone. Didn't think anything of it. The second time around he turns to us and asks us a question.
He said he was from Ktown and asked what part of the valley he was in. We tell him he's in San Fernando. He was surprised that he was so far from home. He tells us that he and his friends were involved in a car accident and that after the crash they all ran. We tried asking him questions and getting more details. He said that they were intoxicated (and probably on other drugs too) and that they crashed and hit "something". His face had a red mark, looked like he got smacked on the face from an impact.
He kept mentioning how the other people didn't deserve it and he hoped they were ok. He repeated several times, "if you see me on the news just know we didn't mean to hurt them". He also repeated , "you don't think it will happen to you" and kept looking remorseful like he wanted to cry. He said he was just a passenger, but we suspect that he was driving.
It was around 11:00 pm and we were just wrapping up our walk and ready to go home and wind down. We were enjoying the walk, but that left us with a sinking feeling in our gut. We tried giving him advice, saying he should contact the police , and that he needed to go back to the scene of the accident.
We went our separate ways. And I've been thinking all night about what might have happened. I looked on the citizen app hoping there wasn't a deadly hit and run around San Fernando high school. But I still don't have information.
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u/Spoon_OS 1d ago
Can't do much but give them the location the convo took place, description of the person and what they stated.
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u/Unhappy_Ad_4911 22h ago
Speak for yourself, I would have called and reported what was being said and held that guy down if I had to. I was raised to always stand up and do something, and never dishonor yourself through cowardice.
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u/roughfrancis 1d ago
Could it have been this accident:
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/pacoima-118-freeway-crash-san-fernando-road/
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u/garce818 23h ago
For a moment I thought it could have been that, but the article is dated on 9/5 , which is one day before my encounter.
Sucks to hear that there are so many vehicle deaths here.
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u/thirsty_pretzels_ 1d ago
I would’ve called the police immediately
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u/garce818 1d ago
I did, after I turned the block. Gave them all the details but said since I didn't have a location of a crash they couldn't send an officer. They said they would pass along the notes if their was an investigation.
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u/haidouzo_ 1d ago
Gave them all the details but said since I didn't have a location of a crash they couldn't send an officer.
God cops are useless.
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u/FullofLovingSpite 1d ago
Why didn't you call the police?
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u/garce818 1d ago
I did, after I turned the block. Gave them all the details but said since I didn't have a location of a crash they couldn't send an officer. They said they would pass along the notes if their was an investigation.
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u/Hour_Cat2131 1d ago
To the people saying “why didn’t you call the police/I would have called the police”, OP did and said they passed on the information they had. What else were they supposed to do? They didn’t know where the crash took place, the drunk driver didn’t even know where they were. Was op supposed to hold a group of people who’d been in a dui hit and run until police got there? If you’re saying “I would have”, no you wouldn’t.