Articles Posted in Car Accident

Jason Booth, 39, the driver of a 1965 Ford truck and his passenger, 33-year-old Guillermo Gutierrez, were injured in a car accident the morning of August 18, 2010, after their vehicle was rear-ended by another vehicle on Highway 20. According to a news report in the Colusa County Sun-Herald, 36-year-old Ruben Medina, who was westbound on Highway 20, crashed into the stopped Ford truck, which was about to make a left turn on O’Hair Road.

California Highway Patrol officials said Booth had fully stopped the truck and had his left turn signal on, but Medina was not able to stop in time to avoid the violent crash. Booth and Gutierrez were transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Medina was uninjured. An investigation is ongoing.
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Seven people were injured in a Los Angeles car accident after two cars struck each other on a busy Reseda street. According to a CBS News report, the two cars were traveling north on Louise Avenue the night of August 17, 2010, when one vehicle tried to pass the other. This resulted in the collision. The vehicles then hit the curb, a power pole and then went into the front yard of a home. No one was in the home at the time of the crash. But seven people in both cars including a 5-year-old child were hurt. Three of the seven victims sustained critical injuries. However, everyone is expected to survive. An investigation is ongoing.

My thoughts and prayers are with everyone injured in this San Fernando Valley car crash. I wish all the injured victims the very best for a speedy and complete recovery.
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Five people were injured, one seriously, in a car accident on August 7, 2010 on Highway 46, according to a news report in the Paso Robles Press. The injury collision occurred when Megan M. Lira, who was driving a 2007 Chevy Malibu west on the highway, braked hard to avoid a Chevy pickup truck that had suddenly slowed down in front of her. Lira’s Malibu veered across into opposing lanes of traffic. Paul Greidanus, who was driving a Chevy Silverado east on the highway, swerved to stop from hitting the out-of-control car. But he ended up striking the rear of the Malibu.
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Andrea Christle, 39, sustained major injuries the morning of August 8, 2010 in a San Francisco car accident after another driver made an illegal turn at a street intersection. According to a news report in the Napa Valley Register, 32-year-old Pedro Perez Mota, driving a 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer, turned left against a red arrow at the intersection of Highway 12 and Highway 29, in Napa. The Lancer crashed into Christle’s 1997 Jeep Cherokee.
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Caroline McElhaney, 52, was killed in a San Diego car accident after her vehicle was rear-ended by another driver changing lanes on the 15 Freeway in Escondido. According to a 10news report, a southbound 1999 Dodge Ram changed lanes near Ninth Street, the morning of August 9, 2010, and could not avoid rear-ending McElhaney’s Mercedes-Benz, which was stopped for traffic ahead.

The impact from the collision forced the 2001 Mercedes into the back of a Toyota Avalon, which in turn collided with a Toyota Sienna. McElhaney was transported to an area hospital where she was pronounced dead. The drivers of the Avalon and the Sienna, as well as a passenger in the Sienna, all suffered minor injuries. Jackson Redmond, a 28-year-old Colton resident, who was driving the Dodge Ram, was not injured in the crash.
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