Automobile Accidents

• Girl, 11, Charged with DUI

  Chrissie Cole | July 06, 2007 11:59 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  After chasing a vehicle over eight miles, at speeds up to 100 mph, police discovered the unruly driver was drunk.But, what Police were not expecting when they looked inside the flipped vehicle, guns drawn - was that the driver was an 11-year-old girl.The girl is now being charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, reckless endangerment, speeding and leaving the scene of a car accident....

• Pedestrian Killed by Bus

  Chrissie Cole | June 29, 2007 9:28 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  A bus struck and killed an Oxnard man in his 40's this morning in a pedestrian accident on Highway 101 in Ventura, authorities said. Witnesses told the California Highway Patrol that the man had walked onto the highway and right into the path of the bus, a Ventura Police Sergeant said.The accident occurred just south of Telephone Road at approximately 9:46 a.m. Authorities did not release the...

• Driver Hits Pedestrian, Killing Him

  Christina Cole | June 15, 2007 12:00 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  While in the parking lot of a medical clinic this morning, a 92-year-old driver hit the gas instead of the brake, causing his vehicle to crash into a wall, a curb, two parked cars and a 62-year-old pedestrian, killing him, authorities said.The series of crashes leading up to the pedestrian accident started at approximately 8:50 a.m. on Friday, beside a Kaiser Permanete Clinic located on Avocado...

• UC Riverside Student Dies in Auto Accident

  IB Contributor | March 18, 2007 12:10 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Racing drivers charged with felonies.A 21-year-old UC Riverside student from Orange was killed early Friday morning in a auto accident on the eastbound 60 (Pomona) Freeway in Riverside, according to authorities, as reported in the Orange County Register.A BMW Z4 and a Toyota Celica were racing at about 100 mph when the driver of the Toyota veered onto the right shoulder, where it struck a metal...

• Knee Injuries in Accident Victims

  Laura Mackie | March 15, 2007 12:49 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  Dealing effectively with lawsuits where your client has suffered an injury to their knee requires a litigator to be familiar with the common medical problems specific to that area of the body. One such common diagnosis is chondromalacia patella, which means that there was a breakdown or softening of the cartilage in the knee. Instead of gliding smoothly across the bone, the kneecap rubs against...

• Yankees' pitcher sued over auto accident.

  IB Contributor | March 15, 2007 9:01 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Pavano hide auto accident and injury from his team. A Florida man involved last year in an auto accident with a Porsche driven by Carl Pavano has sued the New York Yankees pitcher for injuries allegedly sustained in the crash, which the player initially tried to hide from his team, according to an article posted last week on CBS SportsLine.Ernest DeLaura, 47, who filed the lawsuit two months...

• Auto Accidents - Number One Killer of Teens

  Rick Patterson | February 13, 2007 11:39 AM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  It would probably be safe to say that one of the most exciting times of a teenager's young life it the day they get their license to drive. A close second would probably be the day they get access to a vehicle. At the same time this may prove to be a very worry some time for the parents of that teen. They realize just how distracted an inexperienced teen can be. While that type of distraction in...

• Tragic and avoidable....Death and D.U.I.

  Laura Mackie | January 16, 2007 7:58 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  Once again, we are reminded by events in the news that drinking alcoholic beverages and driving an automobile are lethal combinations.48-year-old Janusz Porembrski died from massive head injuries sustained when the 1999 Mercury Mountain he was driving was struck by an out of control Lexus being driven by Brian Mays (age 21). The accident occurred on I-5 in Sacramento California in the early...

• Twice the Fatalities in Crashes Involving Small Cars

  Susy Owen | December 19, 2006 5:09 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  The Institute for Highway Safety released a report today. The findings were that Americans who buy the smallest cars on the market are twice as likely to have fatal accidents as drivers of midsize and larger vehicles.Due to the increased sales of the popular fuel efficient mimicars, the tests were preformed for the first time by the institute. According to the report, the fatality rate in...

• Auto Crash On Interstate 80 Kills Truck Driver

  Claude Wyle | December 05, 2006 10:21 AM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  This morning, in Contra Costa County on Interstate 80, near Pinole, another multiple car crash resulted in a wrongful death. First, a Honda caused a minor automobile collision, then another car crash occurred, and then a pick up truck driver crashed into a tow truck that had responded to try to clear the freeway. The driver of the pick up truck died in the multi motor vehicle collision, and the...