Posts tagged motor vehicle accidents

• Hollister Man Dies in Car Crash

  Christina Cole | December 10, 2006 10:31 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 26-year-old Hollister man was killed shortly after noon Saturday in a head-on collision on Soquel San Jose Road.According to reports, the accident occurred when a driver heading south in a 2004 Dodge Ram lost control of his truck in the rain, slid over the double yellow line and crashed into a 1991 Buick Century. The Hollister man died instantly, California Highway Patrol reported.Both...

• Gambling Bus Accident Causes Wrongful Death

  Claude Wyle | December 04, 2007 3:51 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A gambling tour bus from U.S. Asia Tours, bound for San Francisco on Highway 88, crashed head-on into a pick up truck on Sunday night, killing the driver of the pick-up. At first the CHP believed that the pick up driver's conduct was the cause of the crash, however now they believe that a second car which was trying to pass the bus, might have hit the bus and caused this deadly five car pile up....

• Pileup in Fresno Kills 2 and Injures Many

  Jenny Albano | November 03, 2007 7:36 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  On Saturday, November 3, there was a huge pileup of over 100 vehicles near Fresno, California that ended up killing two people and injuring many more. A dense fog was blamed for the pileup.A 6-year-old and a 28-year-old who were traveling in separate cars were killed in chain-reaction collisions around 7:45 a.m. Several people trapped in vehicles had to be extracted and more than three dozen...

• Street-racing crash in Yorba Linda kills 68-year-old woman

  IB Contributor | March 26, 2007 10:17 PM | 4 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 68-year-old Orange County woman was fatally injured in an auto accident Sunday when she attempted to make a left turn from a residential neighborhood, The Orange County Register reported Monday. Police officials suspect that street racing may have caused the crash.Witnesses told Brea Police officials that two cars were seen speeding side-by-side, southbound down the hillside street of Fairmont...

• Second Fatal Street Racing Accident In A Month

  IB Contributor | March 12, 2007 11:30 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Another teenage street racing death.Two illegally street racing vehicles collided last Friday night about 9:15 p.m. killing an 18-year-old Fontana woman passenger, according to Fontana police as reported by the Press Enterprise.Monica Molina was a passenger in a Nissan being driven by Juan Barajas, 19. Barajas was racing Jose Alcantar, 23 who was driving a black Ford. The were racing westbound...

• Driver Ejected, Killed in Car Accident

  Christina Cole | December 19, 2006 10:25 PM | 0 CommentsChico, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Tuesday, authorities identified a man who was killed in a car accident on the 710 Freeway in Long Beach. Aaron, Gutierrez, 33, of Whittier, died at the scene of the car crash, said Lt. Cheryl MacWillie of the coroner's office.According to California Highway Patrol, Gutierrez was driving his truck north on 710 Freeway at 7:30pm Monday when his truck collided with a bus near Pacific Coast Highway....

• 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....

• 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...

• Car Crash Takes out Power Pole

  Christina Cole | April 02, 2007 10:03 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A Volvo involved in a car accident crashed into a power pole near Bent Tree Lane and Lower Lake Drive potentially leaving over one hundred people without electricity.The crash that occurred at 4pm, cracked the power pole in half, dumpling live wires onto the car while knocking out the power to approximately 700 Southern California Edison customers, confirms a Edison spokesman.As of 9:30pm...

• DUI driver convicted of murder

  IB Contributor | March 31, 2007 10:30 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Possible sentence is five to 99 years in prison.A repeat drunken driver was found guilty of murder Thursday in the death of a Houston women in a fatal automobile accident last year in Clute, Texas. The sentencing phase of the trial began yesterday in the Brazoria County Courthouse.According to "TheFacts.com":Elden Lee Carter, 33, was on probation for his third drunken driving conviction May 16,...