A California state lawmaker has proposed sweeping bus safety reforms recommended by federal officials who investigated a fiery bus crash in Northern California that killed eight people including five Los Angeles area high school students who were on a college tour. According to a news report in The Press Enterprise,…
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Teenager Killed In Santa Ana Bicycle Accident
Priscilla Vallejo, 13, was killed in a Santa Ana bicycle accident after she was struck in a crosswalk by a Santa Ana Unified School District’s box truck. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the fatal crash occurred the morning of July 13, 2015 at the intersection…
Bicyclist Injured In Newport Beach Car Accident
A bicyclist was hospitalized with injuries after being struck by a car on San Joaquin Hills Road. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the car versus bicycle accident occurred the morning of July 12, 2015 in the westbound lanes of San Joaquin Hills and Beaulieu in…
Dog Attack Leaves Three Children With Injuries
Three children were hospitalized with injuries after a dog attack in Temecula the afternoon of July 11, 2015. According to a CBS Los Angeles news report, the dog attack occurred at a home in the 40000 block of Chantemar way. The three children, ages 15, 14 and 4, suffered injuries…
Propane Tank Explosion Injures Two In Garden Grove
Two men suffered burn injuries after a propane tank they were trying to refill exploded the afternoon of July 3, 2015. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the incident occurred at a propane-filling station in the 12500 block of Western Avenue in Garden Grove. The men,…
Three Dead In San Juan Capistrano Car Accident
Sergio Lugo, 23, Juan Jesus Gutierrez, 26, and Guillermo Enrique Belman-Sanchez, 22, were all killed in a San Juan Capistrano car accident following a violent head-on crash. According to a KTLA news report, a Ford Focus traveling northbound on Camino Capistrano collided with a Black Honda Accord. Officials say the…
Teenager Killed In Huntington Beach Pedestrian Accident
Mara Garcia, 13, was killed in a Huntington Beach pedestrian accident after a car struck her. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the fatal crash occurred the night of June 13, 2015 at Pacific Coast Highway and Ecology Way near the entrance to the Bolsa Chica…
California Woman Paralyzed After Hit-and-Run Crash
Nicole Brown, a 25-year-old Rio del Mar woman who was struck in a hit-and-run crash on June 13, 2015, may never walk again, her family members have said. According to a news report in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, the incident occurred when Brown was standing on a sidewalk with a…
Berkeley Balcony Collapse Leaves Six Dead, Seven Injured
An apartment balcony collapsed early morning June 16, 2015 in downtown Berkeley, killing six people and injured at least seven others, many of them young people from Ireland who were celebrating a friend’s 21st birthday. According to an NBC news report, the balcony on the top floor of the four-story…
Woman Dies after Falling From New Attraction at the San Bernardino County Fair
Sabrina Gordon, 31, a U.S. Navy veteran died after falling 36 feet off a new attraction at the San Bernardino County Fair. According to a CBS Los Angeles news report, Gordon fell the night of May 28, 2015 from the FreeDrop USA at the fairgrounds on 7th Street and Desert…