CRESCENT CITY - A 68-year-old Crescent City man tragically died early Thursday morning, about five hours after he was struck by a car Wednesday night while crossing Highway 101 just south of city limits, the Times-Standard reported. According to the CHP, the victim, Charles M. Fraser, 68, was crossing the street in a motorized wheelchair when he was struck by a 2004 Toyota Prius driven by Ernest Leonard, 71, of Cresent City. The accident occurred around 7:15 p.m. on February 9, 2011 on US Highway 101, near the Shangri-La Trailer Park. Fraser was taken to Sutter Coast Highway, where he died shortly after midnight. The cause of the fatal Del Norte County accident remains under investigation by the CHP.
Sources: The Times-Standard, the Daily Triplicate
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