Posts tagged motor vehicle accidents

• Police Officer Pulls Driver from Burning Vehicle

  Chrissie Cole | August 17, 2007 7:22 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A driver traveling on the Southland Freeway struck the center divider causing his engine to catch fire in a car accident on Friday. Trapped in the vehicle, the man owes his life to an L.A. police officer who pulled him from the burning vehicle. To rescue him, the officer had to break the passenger window of the burning vehicle. Fortunately, the man only suffered a broken collar bone in the...

• Trucker Struck by Motorist While Chasing Hat.

  Claude Wyle | August 17, 2007 5:48 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  This Monday, Rick Uvaney, a trucker, survived a freeway accident with relatively few injuries after being struck by a SUV in Canton, Ohio. Moments before, Uvaney pulled to the side of the road to secure his load when a gust of wind blew his favorite baseball cap into the median. Uvaney was struck by the SUF during his attempt to retrieve his cap. Luckily, he escaped with only a broken wrist...

• Deadly Oakland SUV v. Motorcycle Accident

  Claude Wyle | August 15, 2007 4:50 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  On Tuesday morning in downtown Oakland near Chinatown, a motorcyclist was killed when an SUV while making a lane change, brushed the motorcycle he was riding, knocking him into a parked car, and then into a retaining wall.The motorcycle accident happened about 6 a.m. in the 100 block of Seventh Street, between Jackson and Madison streets. This apparently is another case of "I just didn't see...

• Child is Backed Over by a Vehicle

  Susy Owen | August 12, 2007 6:38 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Herlinda Luna was on her way to the grocery store. The last thing she expected was a traffic accident. She was a passenger in a vehicle that was traveling at two miles per hour while backing out of her home. Her one year old grandson was somehow unsupervised and was behind the vehicle and could not be seen. "We just heard a thump," said a sobbing Luna as friends and family members hugged her.The...

• Julian Car Crash Kills Teenager

  Shannon Weidemann | August 12, 2007 12:16 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 17-year-old teenage from Yuma was killed in a car accident in Julian on Thursday night. The victim was a passenger in the car. The single car accident happened on Highway 79. The car was driven into a utility pole. According to the release, CHP investigations show Bailey was unable to negotiate a left-hand curve on the road due to the excessive speed of his 1986 Ford Mustang. CHP...

• Deadly Motorcycle Race Claims Two Lives

  Claude Wyle | August 11, 2007 6:02 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  Let's hope others learn from the fatal mistake of the four motorcyclists who crashed into a concrete wall on Middle Harbor Road in Oakland, California last night during a "street race." Two of the riders were taken to Highland Hospital for treatment of serious injuries; the other two did not survive this deadly motorcycle crash. This is one good reason to keep racing to the track. For more...

• Motorcycle Race Turns Deadly in Oakland

  Claude Wyle | August 11, 2007 5:56 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  Fortunately, the senseless acts of four motorcyclists did not affect any innocent bystanders. Last night, four motorcyclists entered a "street race" that turned deadly when all four riders crashed into a concrete wall on Middle Harbor Road in Oakland, California. Two of the racers did not survive the fatal motorcycle crash; the other two were rushed to Highland Hospital to treat their serious...

• Drunk Driver Costs Officer his Leg

  Rick Patterson | August 10, 2007 6:41 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Thirty-six-year-old Roberto Beltran Cedeno pulled out of a tavern on July 29 in Kenmore, Seattle. According to officers, he was intoxicated. Tragically, his vehicle collided with Officer Donn Potteiger , a 23-year veteran of the department. As a result of the collision, Officer Potteiger lost his leg. When Mr. Cedeno appeared in court he pleaded not guilty to vehicular assault. While the...

• Four Teens Injured in Car Crash

  Greg Owen | August 10, 2007 6:28 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In Seattle a 16-year-old driver lost control of his vehicle and crashed through a fence and into a group of nearby trees. He was not alone. A total of four teens were seriously injured as a result of the car crash. It appears that two of the four teen were trapped in the vehicle and chainsaws had to be used to get them out. A couple of the teens were airlifted from the scene, while two others...

• Fremont Woman Killed in Motorcycle Crash

  Claude Wyle | August 09, 2007 10:56 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  Ronda Anaya and the driver of the motorcycle she rode on were enjoying a ride this Sunday afternoon as they headed down Altamont Pass Road in Alameda County, California. Suddenly, they met tragedy when they were thrown from their bikes during a head-on collision with a careless motorcyclist, Joe Silver, who was trying to pass the vehicle in front of him. The drivers of both motorcyclists were...