14-year-old girl dies after Novato solo crash
Novato police said Cristofer Larreinaga Corea, 18, was driving a white Ford Edge SUV with the two teens before he crashed around 3 a.m. Wednesday on Ignacio Boulevard, between Palmer Drive and Entrada Drive.
Corea fled the scene, leaving behind the two passengers, who were seriously injured at the time, police said. The 15-year-old boy injured in the collision was treated for moderate injuries and later released from the hospital. Authorities had not released the girl's identity as of Friday afternoon.
Novato Police announced that Corea was arraigned Friday in Marin County Superior Court for child endangerment, reckless driving and hit-and-run collision. Corea's bail was raised to $500,000.
In a social media post, Novato police said 'We want to express our deepest condolences to the family and friends of the 14-year-old girl who lost her life in yesterday's traffic collision. This is a heartbreaking loss for her loved ones and our entire community. Our thoughts are with all who are grieving during this difficult time.'
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
San Francisco Chronicle
a day ago
- San Francisco Chronicle
14-year-old girl dies after Novato solo crash
A 14-year-old girl died after she and a 15-year-old boy were hospitalized Wednesday following a high-speed Novato crash, authorities said Friday. Novato police said Cristofer Larreinaga Corea, 18, was driving a white Ford Edge SUV with the two teens before he crashed around 3 a.m. Wednesday on Ignacio Boulevard, between Palmer Drive and Entrada Drive. Corea fled the scene, leaving behind the two passengers, who were seriously injured at the time, police said. The 15-year-old boy injured in the collision was treated for moderate injuries and later released from the hospital. Authorities had not released the girl's identity as of Friday afternoon. Novato Police announced that Corea was arraigned Friday in Marin County Superior Court for child endangerment, reckless driving and hit-and-run collision. Corea's bail was raised to $500,000. In a social media post, Novato police said 'We want to express our deepest condolences to the family and friends of the 14-year-old girl who lost her life in yesterday's traffic collision. This is a heartbreaking loss for her loved ones and our entire community. Our thoughts are with all who are grieving during this difficult time.'
New York Post
2 days ago
- New York Post
Michigan autoworker's lost wallet found under car hood in Minnesota over a decade later
A retired Michigan autoworker's lost wallet was discovered under the hood of a car in Minnesota on it over a decade after it vanished while he was working at a Ford assembly plant. Richard Guilford's tri-fold leather wallet — filled with a driver's license, work ID, gift cards worth $275, cash, and lottery tickets — turned up under the hood of a car being repaired at a shop in Lake Crystal, Minnesota. The wallet was discovered in June by mechanic Chad Volk, sandwiched between the transmission and the air filter box of a 2015 Ford Edge with 151,000 miles on it. Advertisement 3 A retired Michigan autoworker's lost wallet was discovered under the hood of a Minnesota car with over 150,000 miles on it over a decade after it vanished while he was working a vehicle assembly job. AP 'Did you lose your wallet years ago? If so, it was in the engine bay of a car,' Volk wrote to Guilford on Facebook. Volk messaged a photo of the wallet and included the driver's license, where Guilford saw a younger headshot of himself. Advertisement 'Crazy,' Volk said of his wallet turning up. Guilford was working on the same car in 2014 at a Ford factory in Wayne on an assembly line of new vehicles waiting to be shipped out to dealerships, when he realized his wallet had vanished. Unsure where it had disappeared — the autoworker searched dozens of cars before giving up on finding that wallet, which was a gift from his sons. 3 The wallet was discovered in June by mechanic Chad Volk, sandwiched between the transmission and the air filter box of a 2015 Ford Edge. AP Advertisement 'I can't take too much time to look for this because I gotta work. I'm on the clock,' he recalled feeling. 'No luck. Life went on.' Guilford, now 56 and living in Petersburg, Michigan, retired from Ford in 2024 after nearly 35 years. 'The amazing part to me was it was so protected,' Guilford said. 'Think about this: 11 years, rain, snow. It was in Minnesota, for crying out loud. It was in Arizona when it was bought. Think about how hot a transmission gets in Arizona driving down the road. That's incredible.' Advertisement 3 Some of the gift cards in the wallet were remarkably still valid. AP Some of the gift cards in the wallet were remarkably still valid. Cabela's, an outdoor retailer, said the $250 gift card Guilford had in his wallet is still valid. The company has since offered him more to bless his luck. 'I'm going to put everything back in it and leave it just like it is, and it's gonna sit at the house in the china cabinet, and that's for my kids,' said Guilford. 'They can tell my great-grandkids about it. We're big into stories. I like tellin' stories. That's just who I am.' With Post wires
2 days ago
A Michigan autoworker's wallet is found under a hood in Minnesota — 151,000 miles later
PETERSBURG, Mich. -- A retired Michigan autoworker looked at a Facebook message after midnight from a stranger: Did you lose your wallet years ago? 'If so,' a Minnesota man wrote, 'it was in the engine bay of a car.' Richard Guilford couldn't believe what he was reading on his phone — a decade-old mystery was remarkably solved. Guilford's tri-fold leather wallet — stuffed with $15, a driver's license, work ID, gift cards worth $275 and lottery tickets — had turned up under the hood of a car in a repair shop in Lake Crystal, Minnesota. A Christmas gift from Guilford's sons was suddenly a family treasure again. 'Big Red,' as he was affectionately known at Ford Motor, was in awe. 'It restores your faith in humanity that people will say, 'Hey, you lost this, I found this, I'm going to get it back to you'," Guilford said Thursday. The wallet was discovered in June by mechanic Chad Volk, sandwiched between the transmission and the air filter box of a 2015 Ford Edge with 151,000 miles on it. 'Crazy,' Volk said. The filter box wouldn't snap in place after a repair, he said, 'so I messed around a little bit and then pulled it back out and the wallet was sitting on a little ledge where it needed to snap down. I pulled the wallet out and that's what it was.' Turn back the calendar to 2014, around Christmas. Guilford was working on the same car at a Ford factory in Wayne, Michigan. It was in a long line of new vehicles assembled elsewhere that needed extra electrical work before being shipped to dealers. Guilford realized later that his wallet had fallen out of his shirt pocket. He was certain he had lost it in a car, but figured it was on the floor of a Ford Flex, not an Edge, and certainly not in the engine. Guilford said he searched 30 to 40 cars, and his co-workers looked at dozens more, 'just opening the doors up, looking under the seats, looking behind it.' 'I can't take too much time to look for this because I gotta work. I'm on the clock," he recalled feeling. "No luck. Life went on.' Guilford, now 56 and living in Petersburg, Michigan, retired from Ford in 2024 after nearly 35 years. He had put the wallet out of his mind long ago, until getting the message in Facebook, where his profile said he had worked at Ford. Volk messaged a photo of the wallet and included the driver's license. 'Big Red' saw a younger version of himself with his red-tinged beard. 'The amazing part to me was it was so protected,' Guilford said of the wallet as he also traced the car's history. 'Think about this: 11 years, rain, snow. It was in Minnesota, for crying out loud. It was in Arizona when it was bought. Think about how hot a transmission gets in Arizona driving down the road. That's incredible.' Cabela's, an outdoor retailer, said the $250 in gift cards remain valid, but it has offered to give him new cards anyway. Guilford doesn't know the status of a $25 card from Outback Steakhouse. The numbers on the lottery tickets faded long ago. 'I'm going to put everything back in it and leave it just like it is, and it's gonna sit at the house in the china cabinet and that's for my kids,' said Guilford, a part-time auctioneer. 'They can tell my great-grandkids about it. We're big into stories. I like tellin' stories. That's just who I am.'
