Automobile Accidents

• Husband & Wife Die Bizarre in Car Crash

  Greg Owen | June 19, 2007 12:21 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  In a bizarre chain of events a couple died in a car crash in Montana last Thursday. The husband and wife were driving in 2 separate cars with the wife following the husband. Initally, the man crashed his vehicle on Montana Highway 2 and rolled it to the opening of the Rockin' the Rivers concert venue. His wife, who had been driving behind him, then pulled her vehicle onto the shoulder of the...

• Two wrecks on the 5 Freeway leave one dead

  IB Contributor | March 16, 2007 6:11 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Lagnua Niguel man charged with vehicular manslaughter.Two Orange County auto accidents, occurring nearly simultaneously about 11:15 p.m. Thursday, left one woman dead and four others injured - two critically - on the southbound San Diego (I-5) Freeway near the Alicia Parkway exit., the Orange County Register reported Friday.The collisions, which the CHP is treating as unrelated, also led to the...

• When Hit and Run Accidents Leave You in a Lurch

  Shanley Monroe | July 17, 2009 1:33 PM | 1 CommentStockton, CA

  Most people know some variation of the parable of the Good Samaritan. A man traveling on the road is beaten and left for dead by a group of bandits. Two men pass on the road without helping him,...

• The Deer Warns "I'm Here," Helpful?

  Todd Slaughter | June 23, 2009 1:18 PM | 1 CommentRedding, CA

  FORT JONES, Calif. - This summer Cal Trans is installing a deer detection system in a remote area of far northern California. The system involves the radar detection of deer and other large mammals...

• Toddler Killed in Auto Accident on Golden State Freeway

  Greg Owen | June 21, 2009 7:37 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  According to a Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman, the fatal accident occured Saturday around 9:30 a.m. near the San Fernando Blvd. offramp on the southbound 5 Freeway. A 50-year-old woman from...

• Good News: Traffic Fatalities Down and Caltrans Employee Honored

  John Demas | December 18, 2008 4:24 PM | 0 CommentsChico, CA

  In our business, it seems like all we hear about is when things go wrong. Well the good news is, some things have gone right this year. Every year the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration...

• Greatest Risk on the Road is Carried by Pedestrians and Cyclists

  Amber Wheat | June 19, 2009 3:10 PM | 0 CommentsChico, CA

  Pedestrians and bike riders are the most at risk when they get into collisions with vehicles. The fact that they are unprotected from the physical forces often leaves them in serious condition or...

• I-80 Crash Brings Attention to Avoiding Rear-End Collisions

  Claude Wyle | May 26, 2009 10:58 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  Despite the fact that rear-end collisions are the most common type of car accidents, injuries from such accidents are typically less severe than those in other types of wrecks, specifically head-on...

• Car Strikes Good Samaritan in Carlsbad

  Walton Barber, LLP | April 08, 2008 5:51 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  Early Monday morning on the I-5 in Carlsbad, the driver of Chevy Cavalier lost control of her vehicle and broadside Mitsubishi Eclipse that was disabled in the fast lane after being involved in a...

• Elderly Drivers a Growing Problem?

  Randy Walton | November 03, 2007 8:33 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  We're all aware that the aging baby-boomer generation is creating all kinds of societal concerns such as the solvency of social security, the increase in health care costs, and the availability of nursing home care. But what about all the elderly drivers that will be on the road?A few months about I counseled a client in her 80s who was being prosecuted for vehicular manslaughter. She had run...