Posts tagged motor vehicle accidents

• Roof Strength in SUV's Influence Risk of Injury

  Susy Owen | April 02, 2008 5:45 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Unfortunately, drivers are often lulled into a false sense of safety while driving an SUV. Perhaps it is the size of the vehicle that lends itself to that misconception. The truth is, many SUV's...

• Car Slams Into Tree, Driver and Passenger Trapped

  Chrissie Cole | February 27, 2008 11:54 PM | 0 CommentsBakersfield, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A car accident, on Tuesday, trapped the driver and the passenger inside the vehicle when the car slammed into a tree, according to California Highway Patrol.The driver was traveling westbound on Camino Del Norte when the accident occurred. A Witness told California Highway Patrol officers that he heard tires screeching behind him and moments later a car had crashed into a tree.Rescue crews...

• Trucker Arrested for DUI after he Kills another Driver

  Rick Patterson | February 07, 2008 4:24 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  While driving a truck in Frankfort, Kentucky last Wednesday night, Paul George Neto of Decatur, Alabama killed 41-year-old Leslye Robertson.The driver was charged with murder; DUI; possession of drug paraphernalia, methamphetamine and marijuana. Nato caused the head-on collision , when his truck swerved into the opposite lane of U.S. 421. His victim died after Neto's truck pushed the van she...

• Road Texting: An Accident Waiting to Happen

  Greg Owen | February 04, 2008 3:23 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Along with the ability to send text messages while driving comes the likelihood of more traffic accidents. Psychologists at the University of Utah say that texting behind the wheel is 50 percent more dangerous than talking on a cell phone while driving. Think about it, if someone was to use a typewriter or a laptop while driving it would be clearly insane. Although, the devise is smaller,...

• Automobile Accidents on the Rise

  Rick Patterson | January 27, 2008 6:09 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Automobile accidents have greatly increased on Los Angeles freeways and streets according to officials. In fact, according to Francisco Villalobos, an officer who works out of the California Highway Patrol's Transportation Management Center, there were twice as many automobile collisions reported this week as there were last week. "We do see a lot of solo spinouts, people going over the side of...

• Five Dead After Planes Collide in Southern California

  Jenny Albano | January 22, 2008 2:25 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  On Sunday, January 20, two small planes collided in Southern California killing five people, four from the planes and one bystander on the ground.The planes crashed at approximately 3:35 PM, about a mile from the Corona Municipal Airport, raining debris all over the car dealership below.Two people were killed from each plane, and a fifth was killed inside a Chevy dealership hit by wreckage, said...

• Four Dead After Planes Collide in Southern California

  Jenny Albano | January 20, 2008 6:00 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Four people have been confirmed dead after two planes collided over Southern California on Sunday, January 20.The two planes collided into each other at around 3:35 PM a mile from the Corona Municipal Airport and north of the Riverside Freeway.Debris rained down on car dealerships below in Riverside County about 45 miles southeast of Los Angeles, and television pictures showed that the wrecked...

• Wrongful Death Lawsuit Headed for Trial

  Susy Owen | January 18, 2008 4:41 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In November of 2003 Josh Eppley was a seventh grade student at Tri-Valley Middle School in Ohio. According to a lawsuit filed by the parents of Eppley, Tri-Valley Middle School allowed 17-year-old Corey Jenkins to take their son out of school without their permission. Jenkins proceeded to drive with Eppley as a passenger in a car.According to the police report, Eppley was ejected from the...

• Black Ice is the Cause for Fatal Accident

  Rick Patterson | December 13, 2007 12:56 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  During this time of year drivers need to be aware of slick roads and black ice. Heather Richie, 26, and her boyfriend Joseph Lee Bekker, were killed in a car accident due to black ice. Their wrecked Ford Explorer was found 24 hours after the accident under an overpass. Police say the two were headed home when their SUV hit black ice, slid across the top of a guardrail and fell off the overpass,...

• Older Motorcycle Riders, More Motorcycle Accidents

  Randy Walton | December 10, 2007 6:52 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  They say that 40 is the new 20, and 60 the new 40 (does that mean 50 is the new 30?), and now there is some discouraging evidence to prove it. Baby boomers are buying - and crashing - motorcycles in greater numbers.According to trauma surgeon Thomas Velky of Escondido, hospitals around the country are treating a growing number of baby boomers for injuries related to motorcycle accidents....