A 97 YEAR-OLD MAN SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES WHEN HE WAS HIT BY A CAR AS HE WALKED IN PACIFIC GROVE YESTERDAY. THE 7:43 A.M. ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE INTERSECTION OF PINE AVENUE AND 19TH STREET. THE PEDESTRIAN WAS TRANSPORTED TO COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF THE MONTEREY PENINSULA, WHERE HE SUCCUMBED TO HIS INJURIES. THE 55 YEAR-OLD DRIVER (WHO WAS DRIVING EASTBOUND ON PINE) SAID HE WAS DRIVING INTO THE SUN AND DID NOT SEE THE PEDESTRIAN.
