"He hadn't known that Heather had died," Cara Hulett, 25, said Tuesday. "My mom and I found out by reading the paper the next day."
The morning after the accident, Cara drove down Pacific Coast Highway from her home in Long Beach to her brother's house in Newport Beach.
On the way, she passed through the 6th Street intersection.
"I saw the kids were hanging up the sign on a fence," Cara Hulett said. "Some guy with a surfboard ran right out in front of me [in the street]. It freaked me out."
Police have seen both pedestrians and motorists are showing much less caution on the road.
"Last year, we had 11 [fatal traffic accidents] in the city and five were pedestrians," accident investigator Officer Robert Barr said. "I see people just walking across the street without looking. They seem to think the crosswalk is immune from anyone going through."
Tuesday afternoon, Barr spoke with a third witness to the accident, and he still has more to contact. One possible witness police are attempting to track down contacted Nathan Koontz via his MySpace account, a week after the accident.
The person, identified only as Erin, claimed to have been in one of the vehicles at the front of the intersection. Erin found Koontz's name in a newspaper article and searched it out on the Web.
"You need anything, you let me know!" Erin wrote. "You have no idea who I am but I hope you can find a sense of comfort knowing that I am here for you. I am so sorry for what happened to you. No one deserves anything like this."
Koontz responded to the message with technical help from police. Police said they know the message was read about 30 minutes after it was sent out, but no response has been sent back.
