Posts tagged motor vehicle accidents

• Citrus Heights Crash Injures 3 Pedestrians

  Ed Smith | July 30, 2007 8:30 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  An accident involving 2 vehciles on July 17th near the intersection of Greenback Lane and Auburn Boulevard in Citrus Heights sent three nearbye pedestrians to the hospital in serious condition. The victims were taken to nearby Mercy San Juan Hospital.Pedestrian-Car collisions are often avoidable with simple safety precautions.For more information on this subject, please refer to our section on...

• San Francisco Motorcycle Accident With No Insurance

  Claude Wyle | July 29, 2007 12:05 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  Riding a Motorcycle With No Insurance? Risks You Should Know About. Last Fall Joey Palmer, a San Francisco Richmond District resident, was riding his motorcycle through the Presidio when his brakes suddenly locked up, and he crashed. He was lucky to survive the motorcycle accident with only a broken rib, and no other serious bodily injuries. Palmer, who was not carrying health insurance at...

• Motorcycle Race Fans Crash Car As They Leave Laguna Seca

  Claude Wyle | July 27, 2007 8:32 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Two motorcycle race fans suffered serious personal injuries in a car crash near the Laguna Seca exit last Sunday. Apparently over-excited by the motorcycle racing earlier in the day, a driver crashed his automobile on South Boundary Road near the exit to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. I didn't realize it was an automobile crash that snarled traffic as I and other fans tried to leave at the end of...

• Mill Valley Man Dies in Mt Tam Auto Accident

  Claude Wyle | July 27, 2007 8:32 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The cause of an auto accident that killed a Mill Valley man is still a mystery. After returning from a hike on June 18, 2007 a Mill Valley man veered off Ridgecrest Boulevard on Mount Tamalpais and down a 400 cliff. Recent toxicology tests revealed negative results. Did a dangerous condition of this Mill Valley roadway cause or contribute to this car accident and this traffic fatality? The...

• Mill Valley Man Dies in Fatal Auto Accident

  Claude Wyle | July 27, 2007 7:29 AM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Investigators are still searching for the cause of an auto accident that left a Mill Valley man dead. The accident occurred on June 18, 2007 when a Mill Valley man unexplainably veered off Ridgecrest Boulevard on Mount Tamalpais and down a 400 cliff. Recent toxicology results were negative.For more information on this subject, please refer to our section on Car and Motorcycle Accidents.

• UIC Professor, Wife Killed in California Accident

  Chrissie Cole | July 25, 2007 1:04 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A speeding car hit and killed a University of Illinois Physics Professor and his wife while they were taking a walk Monday evening.The professor, 65, and his wife, 57, were killed Monday in San Jose, California, when the driver of a speeding car lost control and struck them in a car accident.California Highway Patrol reports they were pronounced dead at the scene. The teen driver and his...

• Underage Drinking Linked to Fatal Auto Accident

  Claude Wyle | July 24, 2007 2:04 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Police believe alcohol and inexperience were primary collision factors in the fatal crash that killed four last night in Almaden Valley, San Jose. Erik James Sattersom sped along a curvy road with a limit of 35 m.p.h. at speeds upwards of 80 m.p.h. He lost control of his car, struck an elderly couple standing at the side of the road, and then smashed into two trees. The elderly couple,...

• Reckless Teen Kills Three in Deadly Auto Accident

  Claude Wyle | July 24, 2007 1:58 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Last night a reckless teenage driver took the lives of three others, as he raced at nearly triple the speed limit on a curvy road in Almaden Valley, San Jose. This auto fatality occurred when the reckless driver first struck an elderly couple who were pedestrians standing at the side of the road, and then smashed into two trees. The elderly couple, the driver, and his passenger all suffered...

• Consumer Commission Powerless to Pull Deadly Product Off the Market

  Claude Wyle | July 23, 2007 10:48 AM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Kazuma refuses to pull the Meerkat 50 Youth ATV off the market, or make the product safer. The Consumer Public Safety Commission (CPSC) is unable to force a recall. The ATV is marketed to children under 11 and the products numerous defects places the children at a high risk of serious injury or death. Defects include being able to start in gear and lack of front brakes and parking brakes.The...

• Deadly Product Threatens Child Safety, Consumer Commission Powerless

  Claude Wyle | July 23, 2007 8:40 AM | 1 CommentSan Francisco, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A recalcitrant company is refusing to pull the Meerkat 50 Youth ATV off the market, and the Consumer Public Safety Commission (CPSC) is powerless to force the recall. The ATV, marketed to children under 11, poses a high risk of serious injury or death because of numerous defects. These defects include lack of front brakes and parking brakes; and being able to start the vehicle while in gear. ...