A recent report released by the California Highway Patrol concludes that a big rig driver traveling at an unsafe rate of speed caused the fiery, catastrophic multi-vehicle crash in October 12, 2007. The accident had involved two dozen vehicles including several large trucks in a tunnel on the 5 Freeway…
A 13-year-old boy suffered serious head injuries after he was hit by a car while riding on a San Juan Capistrano street in his motorized scooter. The boy, whose name has not been released, was hit the afternoon of January 30, 2009 near the 31300 block of Via Las Palmas…
Delano police officials have identified a 19-year-old female security officer who died in an industrial accident at a SEARS warehouse on January 17, 2009, as Rosemary Montiel. According to this news report, Montiel was found in a small electrical security patrol cart, pinned under a trailer, by other security personnel…
Three young boys were injured in a pedestrian accident January 19, 2009 after they were struck by a car at a Pasadena street intersection. According to this news report in the Pasadena Star News, the incident occurred when a mother and her three sons – ages 3, 4 and 15…
The family of 46-year-old Ernesto Beltran who died after losing control of his car and plummeting into a Los Angeles flood-control ditch is suing the city and the county for not building a barrier along the freeway he was driving on, according to this news report. Beltran’s family alleges in…
Jacob Jack Martinez, 24, of Hemet, was killed in a bicycle accident on December 28, 2008 after a suspected drunk driver ran a red light and struck him. According to this news article in The Desert Sun, Keokialii Young, 21, was driving a pickup west on Florida Avenue when he…
Arturo Campos, 3, of Los Angeles, died after accidentally wedging himself between a closing power window and a car door frame the evening of Sept. 12. According to an article in the Los Angeles Times, Arturo’s father parked the car at the 2900 block of Broadway near 92nd Street to…
Orange County, California is unique in that its inhabitants draw their cultural identity from the county instead of Anaheim, its major city or Santa Ana, the county seat. According to most publications’ portrayals, Orange County is a center for the affluent and politically powerful. Affluence is practically a must around…
A Redwood City woman has filed a lawsuit against Redwood City after suffering severe injuries in a pedestrian accident, which she alleges occurred on a dangerous roadway that city officials have not done much about, the San Francisco Examiner reports. Deborah Jo Iverson was reportedly crossing Woodside Road at Orchard…
A 15-month-old baby girl in Santa Ana miraculously escaped with leg injuries after falling from a third-story window after a screen on the window gave way, The Orange County Register reports. The baby’s name was not released. The baby was asleep next to her father, by an open window in…