Exchange Club to honor Bammer The Exchange...

Exchange Club to honor Bammer

The Exchange Club of Laguna Beach will present its National

Exchange Blue and Gold award to Laguna Beach Police Officer Larry

Bammer at a noon luncheon on March 13 at the Hotel Laguna.

The Blue and Gold award is presented to a police officer wounded

in the line of duty. Federal Judge David O. Carter and Police Chief

James Spreine will speak.

The public is invited. The cost is $20, and reservations may be

made by calling 494-6016 or 494-4281.

Woman injured crossing highway

A 23-year-old Aliso Viejo woman was injured when she was struck by

a vehicle while crossing North Coast Highway at Irvine Cove.

When police and emergency personnel arrived at the scene, the

woman was laying in the center median of the highway conscious, but

with serious visible and internal injuries.

The 21-year-old driver of the southbound Nissan Altima that hit

the woman was not cited.

“There was no excessive speed, no drugs and no alcohol,” Sgt.

Jason Kravetz said.

Neither the driver nor his passenger suffered injuries in the

accident.

There was moderate damage to the car on the front driver’s side

and the windshield.

“The pedestrian was held at fault for the accident,” Kravetz said.

The injured woman was taken to Mission Hospital for treatment and

was listed in stable condition.

Southbound lanes of North Coast Highway were closed to traffic for

about two hours.