WOMAN STRUCK BY CAR IN YUCCA VALLEY SUNDAY NIGHT

A woman was hit by a car while she was walking home from work in Yucca Valley Sunday night. County Fire Battalion Chief Scott Tuttle said the 23-year-old woman was walking home on Balsa Avenue when she was hit by a 2006 Acura that was being driven northbound on Balsa. The driver told Sheriff’s deputies he heard a thump about 10:05 p.m.; he stopped his vehicle and turned around, at which time he saw a woman lying on the ground and screaming near Spring Drive. A friend of the family said the woman suffered non-life-threatening injuries; she was taken to Desert Hospital in Palm Springs. A Sheriff’s report said the driver had a dashcam video that showed the woman walking in the road with no streetlights in the area.