Posts tagged motor vehicle accidents

• Man Killed in Car Accident on 580

  Staff Writer | November 01, 2006 12:39 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A four-car accident closed three of the four eastbound lanes of I-580 Sunday afternoon. The crash occurred near the Beaumont Avenue exit, and the California Highway Patrol closed the lanes for more than two hours.A man killed in the four-vehicle wreck was identified as Richard Schiavo, 20, of Oakland. No information was available on the other victims' other injuries or the cause of the crash,...

• Mobileye AWS: Color Coded Nagging on your dashboard

  Ed Smith | October 13, 2006 1:35 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A new mobile warning system from Mobileye has a color coded warning system which gives an audible and visual warning if a driver gets too close to the car in front. It will also let you know if you drift out of your lane. Mom, if you can't be in the car with your teen driver, this sounds like a great way to encorage safe driving from afar...Photos within.

• Concussions in Children

  Ed Smith | October 11, 2006 2:38 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Recently, my office handled a case where a young high school freshman suffered a concussion which seriously affected his life. A concussion, also called a "mild traumatic brain injury", results when the soft tissues of the brain are shifted and grind against the hard bones of the skull. Concussions are graded in three clases.In a grade 1 concussion, the child does no lose consciousness, but may...

• Another fatal crash on Highway 49

  Ed Smith | October 02, 2006 7:04 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Saturday, a Camptonville man became the 15th death on this dangerous stretch of road since January, 2005. The accident occured near Birchville Road.Highway 49 runs between Auburn abd Grass Valley. Despite continuous criticism, Caltrans has refused to installmedian barriers on this very dangerous road.

• 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...

• 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...