LITTLEROCK – Authorities need the public’s help to identify the driver who struck a 46-year-old Littlerock woman on Pearblossom Highway and then fled the scene.
Gloria Carrington sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene of the collision, which occurred around 12 a.m. Saturday on SR-138 (Pearblossom Hwy), west of 75th Street East, according to California Highway Patrol Officer Jordan Richards.
“Early evidence shows that the pedestrian was walking in the westbound lane of traffic when she was struck,” Richards said. “The vehicle that struck her is unknown at this point because it did leave the scene of the accident.”
A passing motorist noticed the body on the side of the road and contacted authorities. Carrington was wearing a pink blouse, black jeans and white sneakers with a pink trim when she was struck, according to officers at the scene.
The vehicle likely sustained heavy front-end damage and a busted windshield, as a lot of glass was left at the scene, officers said.
“We would like to reach out to anybody that has any information on this collision, that might have seen anything, because right now we’re short of witnesses,” Richards said.
Anyone with information on this fatal collision is asked to contact the Antelope Valley California Highway Patrol Office at 661-948-8541.
The westbound lane of SR-138, (Pearblossom Hwy), was closed at 12:30 a.m. Saturday morning and remained closed until around 2:42 a.m. to facilitate the investigation. All westbound traffic was diverted onto 75th Street East.
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wiley carrington says
GLORIA CARRINGTON WAS MY DAUGHTER ….THE LAB SHOWED NO DRUGS OR ALCOHOL IN HER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT ……SHE WAS MY ONLY CHILD THIS IS HARD FOR ME TO SWALLOW I REALLY HOPE THEY FINE THE “SOB” THAT TAKING MY BABE AWAY FROM ME
Amber says
May god watch over u… Tee tee… Gloria was my best friend aunt… And she was just over my house last month barbequing and playing dominos… U will truly be missed… I love u…
La'Crecia says
I am appalled at some of thee comments Gloria was my fiancee’s cousin she had children and was getting it together I had the pleasure to meet one of her youngest children although I never met Gloria I know that her children are suffering and yes her mother is very I’ll but doing okay
Please just show respect for her children’s sake
concerned nana says
sorry….R and Sierra Highway have street lights not like 138 which is almost pitch black out there…
callitasitis says
Really at 12 midnite? Most likely a DUI driver or someone on their cellphone which is just as bad.
Denise Latanzi says
I’m shocked at some of these comments! I had the pleasure of knowing Ms. Carrington, in fact, I saw her Friday evening before this accident happened. She was without a car, and was on her way to the store when she was hit. She was not in the road, she was on the shoulder, and less than a block from her destination. It should not be unsafe to walk a block to the store.
Since wasn’t drunk, she wasn’t on drugs. She was a nice lady who simply was walking down the street to the store in her rural community, where she felt safe walking at night.
It’s sad, because her mother is hospitalized right now in very poor health.
United Desert Charities will be taking up a collection to try to help this family with burial expenses. It’s a truly sad thing to those that knew her.
tori says
In the States you are innocent until proven guilty but in most of South America you are guily untill proven innocent. Anyone else notice the rise in hit and runs on the evening news?
yellowgirl says
Please show Gloria Carrington some respect! Y’all don’t know her!
yellowgirl says
Please show Gloria Harrington some respect! Y’all don’t know her!
Barbara says
I wasn’t going to comment but I have to.I read that the woman had children could she have been walking to the store or a convient store for milk or something.Is that street well lit?Theres a possibility that maybe the person who hit her didn’t have a license or good eye sight or maybe was just in shock it is still no reason to flee the scene.Whats sad about the situation is a woman was killed by a car and her children lost their mother.
As people we should support each other and help one another not assume the worst.
You guys have your theories and her children are going to bed without their mom.
misty says
wow, don’t be so inconsiderate. don’t you guys’ think that the womans family will read the article and posts? come on now. I know people that knew the woman, they just lost their sister and daughter. be respectful at times like this, not petty….
DK says
I passed that location @ 11:45pm glad I wasn’t any later, I was on the eastbound side, but who know if the person wasn’t wandering all over the road…..It’s dark there no street lights. Same thing happen years back in the same location, somebody hit and killed wandering along on the dark hwy. Interestingly….I came across the same situation the night before on Ave R @ Sierra hwy….A guy stumbling along in the middle of the lane in the dark at 11:30p as I’m approaching at about 45mph, he didn’t look back or attempt to move, fortunately I have good night vision or I probably would of hit the guy. These people most likely are whacked out on drugs and are clueless as to where they are or what they are doing…the scary part is most likely the hit and run driver was also drunk or on drugs.
Terrils says
“Busted” windshield? Could we maybe stick to standard English? Or is that a forlorn hope?
JT says
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing!
Letlow says
I’m sorry. Did you not understand what a busted windshield meant? A woman is left for DEAD on the side of the road by a callous driver and and you grip about word usage?! YOU are the forlorn hope! Your apathy is despicable but believable. It really is a sign of our times…
Danny says
Most likely a Mexican
Nancy Ruelas says
You’re most likely a racist!!!!
Danny says
No not really it’s just an opinion funny how people like you just jump to conclusion’s and through that card around. But you know I’m right wait and see.
Wow says
Wow your doing exactly what you wrote. Now thats funny. Yet you dont see it. Do you know what the word empathy means?
Nicholas says
Wow man you sure are society’s best aren’t you…Grow up. Prayers to the family, how tragic.
ashley says
Seriously. Who gives a sh*t about grammar. Help With info or stfu.
PW says
What a horrible thing to say!! Why does someone always make this out to be of someone’s color?? It’s people like you Danny who keep racism alive!! Whether someone is Mexican, Caucasian, African AMERICAN or WHATEVER color it doesn’t matter!! A person lost their life for God’s sake!! I’m glad it wasn’t someone in YOUR family! What a fatuous comment!! Besides her name is Gloria Carrington and give her some respect! We don’t know why she was walking down the road as she could have had car trouble. Don’t ASSume anything as it makes YOU look like an ASS! PRAYERS TO HER FAMILY & FRIENDS!
pearl says
YOU KNOW GOD, IS GOOD I KNEW HER SHE WAS A BEAUTIFUL PERSON HER GRANDMOTHER LIVES RIGHT ACROSS THE STREETS FROM ME AND SHE HAD KIDS THE YOUNGEST IS 6 YEARS OLD….I SEEN HERE TWO DAYS AGO…THIS IS SO SO SAD….PLEASE TURN YOURSELF IN AMEN…R.I.P GLORIA YOU WILL BE TRULY MISS.
Max says
So many drivers scare me! I’ve watched people stare straight at something and just keep driving right into it. I was riding on an Amtrak bus, there was a car stalled way up ahead of us, I’m looking up there, I’m looking at the mouth breather driving the bus, I’m looking at the stalled car, it’s broad daylight… at the last second the driver wakes up, hits the brakes and swerves around the car. I even saw a car that had driven right into the side of a train that was parked on the tracks!! Why hit and run though?
A Nanny Mouse says
Again? How is this happening? We have at least one hit & run fatality EVERY WEEKEND in Palmdale alone. Double that for drunk drivers. I know the LASD is busy, but there must be some way to curb these constant deaths.
tessie surratt says
LETS PRAY FOR ALL INVOLVED!
Saints says
At 12:00 midnight???!!! What was someone doing there at that hour??? Was the victim drunk?? Hope the person, that stroked the victim turn them self in…accidents do happen….sorry for the victims family….