Pedestrians hit on Venice boardwalk

Piero Casadei, left, and Katia Gruppioni, the father-in-law and aunt of Alice Gruppioni, visit a memorial at the boardwalk on Aug. 5, 2013.   (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

People gather at the Venice boardwalk to remember the victims of the Aug. 3, 2013 crash.   (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

A card bears the photo of Christian Casadei and Alice Gruppioni, who were on their honeymoon when Gruppioni was killed and Casadei injured.  (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

Visitors leave flowers and pay their respects at a memorial on the Venice boardwalk.   (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

Lisa Green, left, and Toneey Acevedo, right, stop to place remembrances at a makeshift memorial on the Venice Boardwalk near Dudley Avenue.   (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Remembrances and flowers at a makeshift memorial.  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Life resumes on the Venice Boardwalk after a deadly crash.   (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Witnesses described a blue Dodge zigzagging along Ocean Front Walk, striking pedestrians and vendors before speeding away.   (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Bystanders, police and firefighters at the scene of the Aug. 3, 2013, incident in which a crowd of pedestrians was struck in Venice Beach.   (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)