Archive for the ‘Auto Accidents’ Category
Posted by stever on September 7th, 2010 under Auto Accidents, Auto Safety, Drunk Driving, Wrongful Death •
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A 1-year-old boy drowned Monday evening when his 23 year-old drunken father drove an off-road vehicle into a river near Hesperia. The Suzuki Samurai plunged into the Mojave River around 9:30 p.m. and quickly sank in the water which was around 9 feet high. The father and a 19-year-old passenger were able to escape but [...]
Posted by stever on September 1st, 2010 under Auto Accidents, Auto Safety, Wrongful Death •
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A 50 year old man was fatally injured when a van veered off the 210 freeway in Glendora. Kevin Payne of Los Angeles was driving a Toyota truck which had broken down on the freeway earlier that day. Mr. Payne was returned in a Mercedes-Benz to have the vehicle towed. Around 6:50 p.m., a van driven by [...]
Posted by stever on August 30th, 2010 under Auto Accidents, Auto Safety, Pedestrian Accidents •
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5 people were injured when a gray Ford Explorer veered onto a sidewalk last week. The collision occurred in San Francisco around 9:30 a.m. in the Visitacion Valley Neighborhood. The injured were standing in a recessed area on the sidewalk waiting for a bus and seeking shade from the sun. The SUV was traveling on San [...]
Posted by stever on August 25th, 2010 under Auto Accidents, Auto Safety •
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A crash that occurred near the West Gage Avenue off-ramp of the 110 Freeway left a man trapped under his vehicle and temporarily shut down freeway lanes and the off-ramp. CHP officer Patrick Kimball stated that “The driver was partially ejected and trapped under his overturned car.” The driver was finally freed and taken to [...]
Posted by stever on August 23rd, 2010 under Auto Accidents, Auto Safety, Car theft, Wrongful Death •
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3 people were tragically killed Sunday morning after the stolen car which they were riding in crashed into a concrete sign. The accident was caused when the driver of the stolen Ford Mustang lost control of the car after colliding with another car that they were street racing against. A fourth male passenger was hospitalized in [...]
Posted by stever on August 20th, 2010 under Auto Accidents, Auto Safety, Texting while driving •
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The cause of Dr. Frank Ryan’s accident hasn’t been officially determined, but texting while driving was a factor. Ryan was sending a Twitter message about his dog just before his tragic car accident. “He lived up in Malibu on a tiny street and he was texting while driving and he accidentally went over the cliff,” says [...]
Posted by stever on August 18th, 2010 under Auto Accidents, Auto Safety •
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The LAPD hopes to find the good Samaritans who rescued a 69-year-old man from a burning car after a collision Sunday. The LAPD began searching for the men after an amateur video from the scene was released on Monday. The dramatic video captured seconds after a rear-end collision shows a vintage automobile with the unconscious [...]
Posted by stever on August 17th, 2010 under Auto Accidents •
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Hundreds of fans were present at the California 200 race Saturday night which took place in the Mojave Desert. Many watched in horror as a driver lost control of his truck after taking a jump, rolling his truck into the crowd. The result: eight people killed and twelve injured. According to the San Bernardino County sheriff’s office spokeswoman Cindy Bachman the [...]
Posted by stever on August 13th, 2010 under Auto Accidents •
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Two people were taken to the hospital today after a single-vehicle rollover on Highway 162 near Elk Creek. The names and conditions of the two victims were not immediately available. One male was flown by helicopter to Enloe Medical Center in Chico with lacerations to the head, the California Highway Patrol confirmed. Officer Rodney Pozzi stated that a [...]
Posted by stever on August 12th, 2010 under Auto Accidents •
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Six people still remain in the hospital with several of them in critical condition — more than a day after a three-car crash near Bishop that killed three people, including a former Corona del Mar High School cheerleading coach. Authorities are still investigating what caused the Monday night crash on Highway 395 that sent a southbound SUV out [...]