The Friday Flyer • August 25, 2017

CANYON LAKE’S NEWSPAPER • AUGUST 25, 2017
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Allison McNaughton, one of the residents who came to Roger Crocker's aid on the evening of the accident, constructed a remembrance cross and placed it at the scene of the accident
on Village Way Dr. and Canyon Lake Dr. South. The lei on the cross is the one Allison was wearing when she tried to revive him at the scene on Friday evening.
Golf cart ride takes tragic turn
BY DONNA RITCHIE
EDITOR, THE FRIDAY FLYER
The Canyon Lake community mourns the loss of one of its own this week. Res- ident Roger Crocker, 49, succumbed to head injuries sustained in a golf cart ac- cident last weekend.
Resident Scott Sempson, 61, was driving northbound on Canyon Lake Dr. South on Friday, Aug. 18, at ap- proximately 10:30 p.m. when Roger, his friend and roommate, fell out of the golf cart and hit his head.
Resident Jessica Schima, her boy- friend Brandon Quaranta and friend Toya Del Campo were driving south- bound when they noticed two men in the street at the intersection of Canyon Lake Dr. South and Village Way Dr. They pulled over to see if the men needed
help.
“We didn’t realize it was an accident
at first. We thought their golf cart broke down,” said Jessica. “As we got clos- er we could see Scott kneeling next to Roger and hear him pleading for help. He was on the phone with 911.”
Scott explained to several people at the scene that Roger was standing in the golf cart rocking it back and forth. “He said he stopped three times prior to Roger falling out and told him to knock it off,” said Jessica.
Allison McNaughton, who had just left a bunco party on Village Way Dr. with her mother Kellie Welty, arrived on the scene approximately five min- utes after the accident occurred. After assessing the situation, Allison began performing heart compressions with the
help of Jessica relaying instructions from the 911 operator.
Help arrived shortly thereafter and Roger was transported to the hospital where he later died.
Scott left the scene after Roger was transported to the hospital. He provided his name, phone number and account of the accident to bystanders before leav- ing. Canyon Lake Police arrived approx- imately 35 minutes after the accident happened and within minutes after Scott left the scene.
California Vehicle Code 20003 states, “The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person shall also give his or her name, current residence address, the names and current residence addresses of any occupant of the driver’s vehicle
injured in the accident, the registration number of the vehicle he or she is driv- ing, and the name and current residence address of the owner to the person struck or the driver or occupants of any vehicle collided with, and shall give the infor- mation to any traffic or police officer at the scene of the accident.”
Because Scott failed to stay at the scene of the accident until police ar- rived, he was arrested for felony hit and run resulting in a death.
According to Tracy Baldwin, a long- time friend of both men, Scott went to a friend’s house after he left the scene to see if the friend would take him to see Roger at the hospital. “They called the hospital before going and the hos-
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PHOTO BY DONNA RITCHIE