Erick Wiswell, 24, and Donald Anderson, 30, both of Long Beach, have been arrested and jailed on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter and reckless driving with great bodily injury after a fatal pedestrian accident, according to a story in the Long Beach Press-Telegram. Thursday morning, the two Long Beach men were…
A municipality cannot be sued over its failure to install a traffic signal at an intersection where a boy was killed, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled in affirming a summary judgment, according to an article in Lawyers USA weekly magazine. According to the article, the plaintiff’s 13-year-old son was fatally…
A 10-year-old El Monte girl is in critical condition after she was hit by a car while crossing a busy intersection with her sister and cousin Friday night, according to an article in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune. Mirissa Cortez was taken to Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center with major…
Carol Daniel and Stacey Neria were minding their own business jogging along PCH when William Todd Bradshaw plowed his car into their bodies, causing them to fly into the air and then come crashing down on his car. What did Bradshaw do? He drove his bloodied car away from the…
A woman who was selling flowers and teddy bears for Mother’s Day and a Guatemalan immigrant were killed Sunday morning after a driver jumped the curb and plowed into the parking lot where the woman had set up her stand, according to an article in the Los Angeles Times. Marilyn…
A driver running a red light at a Gardena intersection hit a 3-year-old boy and his mother — severely injuring the child — as they were crossing Crenshaw Boulevard at 135th Street, according to an article published in the Daily Breeze. The driver, 75-year-old Eldon Davis of Inglewood, struck the…
Seattle City Councilman Nick Licata is determined to make his city the model for pedestrian safety. This is according to a Feb. 24 article in the Seattle Times. Licata’s stepson, now 18, was critically injured three years ago while trying to catch a bus to school. The teenager was in…