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# Intersection collision
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/intersection-collision/
- Published: 2002-06-20T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T00:21:12.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: local, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press Staff*

Two cars collided at Fourth Street and Wilshire Boulevard on Wednesday afternoon, although no serious injuries were reported.

At 4:30 p.m., two cars smashed into each other while they both trying to make red lights through the intersection.

The driver of one car, a middle-aged woman in a red Sterling who was heading west on Wilshire, was placed on a stretcher and taken to the hospital in a neck brace.

The driver of the other car, who was making a left hand turn onto Fourth Street in his Toyota Camry seemed unhurt.

“I’m more afraid for the lady,” he said. “She didn’t have airbags.”

Santa Monica Police Officer Whitaker, who rushed to the scene along with dozens of emergency personnel, warned against an all-too-familiar tendency.

“People think a yellow light means hurry up and get through,” he said. “That’s why it happened. That’s why they all happen.”

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/55/9f/559f9abc-8372-4a2e-8c2d-27386da4e363/content/images/2026/10/062002-02_01.jpg)

to the Daily Press Paramedics place a woman on a stretcher after a car accident on Wednesday. (Photo: John Wood/Special)

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 20, 2002.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/062002.pdf?ref=smdp.com)