A 24-year-old San Diego man is out on bond and headed for a preliminary hearing next spring after a hit-and-run crash in Ocean Beach left a woman dead as she sat beside her wheelchair on a busy neighborhood sidewalk.
At a Dec. 4 appearance in San Diego Superior Court, Evan M. Anderson, 24, pleaded not guilty. Judge Marion Gaston set a preliminary hearing for March 25, 2026, and a readiness conference for Jan. 27, according to Times of San Diego. Anderson is charged with hit-and-run resulting in serious injury or death and remains free while prosecutors continue their investigation.
Police and witnesses say the collision happened just before 5 p.m. on Nov. 4, when a Toyota Tundra accelerated while trying to pull away from a curb at Sunset Cliffs Boulevard and Santa Monica Avenue. The truck allegedly jumped forward and hit a woman who was sitting on the north sidewalk next to her wheelchair, local reporters said. Witnesses told officers the driver abandoned the pickup and ran off, then later returned to the scene, where he was arrested, according to 10News. The victim was taken to a hospital and later died.
Friends and neighbors have identified the woman as 59-year-old Tracy Condon and organized a vigil at the Ocean Beach Veterans Plaza to honor her. “That woman raised me, made me who I am,” her daughter Jax told 10News. Local outlets and neighbors say Condon once volunteered at shelters and later fell on hard times; friends have launched a GoFundMe to help cover funeral expenses, according to OB Rag.
What a preliminary hearing will decide
A preliminary hearing is a judge-led “probable cause” proceeding where prosecutors lay out testimony and evidence to show there is enough reason to keep the charges and move toward trial. Courts note that the burden of proof at this stage is lower than at trial and that defendants can choose to waive the hearing, according to the Monterey County Superior Court. If the judge finds probable cause, the case is “held to answer” and continues in the trial court. The readiness conference set for Jan. 27 will give prosecutors and defense attorneys an early chance to discuss scheduling and whether the case might be resolved without a trial.
Neighborhood reaction and the larger conversation
Condon’s death has rattled Ocean Beach and sharpened local debates about safety for people living on the street and about outreach to vulnerable residents in coastal neighborhoods. Organizers and volunteers have used vigils and community meetings to call for better coordination among outreach groups, law enforcement and social services, according to OB Rag. As Anderson’s case moves forward, neighbors say they want answers about what exactly unfolded that afternoon and whether anything could have prevented it.
Anderson is scheduled to return to court for the preliminary hearing on March 25, 2026, with the case continuing through readiness conferences and other pretrial proceedings until it is resolved. This story will be updated as new court filings and official statements are released.
