CHP views Fallbrook hit and runs as frequent

Although the statistics don’t prove their claim, California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers working the Fallbrook/Bonsall beat have openly said it seems more and more frequent that they are responding to cases of hit and run in the village.

From the statistical standpoint, CHP public information officer Chris Parent reports that there were a total of 3,471 collisions in the Oceanside CHP’s jurisdiction in the past year, with 444 of those collisions being classified as hit and runs (colliding with another vehicle or property). Therefore, hit and runs amounted to 12.79 percent of all collisions ha...