Elderly Woman Fatally Struck on PCH

MALIBU - A 73-year-old woman was killed when she was struck by several vehicles on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu Monday, but police anticipate no arrests in connection with the accident.

The accident occurred around 6:15 a.m. when Amelia Ordona, attempted to cross Pacific Coast Highway at Winding Way. Also hit was Ordona's sister, 67-year-old Amparo Pabalan, who was not seriously injured, authorities said.

According to investigators, Ordona was struck by a 2006 Honda Accord driven by Jay McNamara, 48, of Los Angeles. She was thrown onto the other side of the roadway and then was struck by several other vehicles, some of which kept going, said sheriff's Lt. Scott Chew of the Malibu/Lost Hills Station.

McNamara did not see the two women he hit until it was too late because of their dark clothing, poor lighting and roadway conditions, Chew said.

Ordona and Pabalan had an address in the Westlake section of Los Angeles near downtown. They had just finished their shifts as caregivers and were walking to their bus stop at Paradise Cover and Pacific Coast Highway to take them back to their home. For an unknown reason, they decided to cross Pacific Coast Highway near Winding Way, he said.

Late Monday afternoon, Chew said there "won't be any arrests. The person who initially hit her stopped. The feeling is that after the driver hit her and she was launched into lanes going the opposite direction, a couple of those people stopped. And it's somewhat debatable that the others who went on understood what was going on."

Chew said detectives would like to talk to the drivers who hit her and didn't stop, but it's not expected any criminal charges will be filed. "It was an accident," he said, "not a hit and run."

Pacific Coast Highway was closed between Kanan Dume Road and Malibu Canyon Road for about six hours while an investigation was conducted. The roadway was reopened about noon, according to a deputy at the station.