Articles Posted in Car Accident

What was supposed to be a special and happy time in one family’s lives turned into a tragedy when their son was involved in a California car accident.

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The day Alexis Bennett got in an Orange County car accident was the worst day of her life. In September 2007, she was crossing an intersection when a car struck her from out of nowhere. Already seriously injured, she was also gripped with additional anxiety over what she was supposed to do next.

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Reality TV star Nicole Richie was injured in a Los Angeles car accident on October 5, 2009 after a photographer rear-ended her Land Rover on Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. According to an Associated Press news report, Richie was driving the Land Rover when the accident occurred. Richie complained of pain, but told officials she would seek her own treatment. The photographer, 29-year-old Edwardo Arrivebene, was arrested on suspicion of driving without a license. No one else was injured in the car crash.
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A 13-year-old suffered critical injuries in a San Francisco car accident after a man crashed his vehicle into her family’s home the evening of September 29, 2009. According to a KTVU news report, the girl, who has not been identified, still remains in critical condition after suffering broken ribs and head injuries. The driver apparently lost control of his car in the 3800 block of Callan Boulevard and veered off the roadway into an apartment. The family was in the living room at the time. The girl’s parents, as well as the driver of the car, were also hospitalized, but their injuries were not life-threatening.
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Two 13-year-old girls suffered serious injuries in a San Francisco car accident after they were struck while walking to school the morning of September 30, 2009. According to a news report in the Contra Costa Times, the girls, both eighth graders, were crossing Oak Park Boulevard in Pleasant Hill when they were hit by an eastbound Chrysler PT Cruiser. Both girls were transported to an area hospital with serious injuries, but are expected to survive. Police say the girls were walking in a crosswalk, but that the crosswalk was not protected by a stop light or a stop sign. There was also no crossing guard posted at that particular crosswalk.
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Four young people — 18-year-old Rylan Jernigan, 19-year-old Araceli Alvarez, 22-year-old Stephen Nubani and 22-year-old Cesar Chunga — the occupants of an Audi A4 convertible were killed in a Los Angeles car accident after their car was broadsided by another vehicle. According to a KABC news report, the fatal car accident occurred the night of September 26, 2009 on a dark highway. The four victims were on their way to a party when 22-year-old Nubani, who was driving the Audi, reportedly drove right through a stop sign at 70th Street and Avenue N and crashed into a Cadillac. One victim in the Cadillac suffered major injuries and was taken to an area hospital. California Highway Patrol officials are saying it’s not clear why Nubani ran the stop sign.
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Guadalupe Colmenares, 19, was killed and her aunt, 37-year-old Rita Colmenares and 14-year-old cousin were injured in a Los Angeles car accident after they were struck by a car in a crosswalk in the Boyle Heights area. According to a CBS news report, the accident occurred the night of September 25, 2009. Investigators say 29-year-old Carol Eleana Vega was driving her 1993 Chrysler Concord when she ran a red light and hit the three women at the intersection of East Sixth Street and Lorena Street. Vega sped away after the crash, but surrendered to police the day after the fatal crash. Guadalupe Colmenares was pronounced dead in the hospital while Rita Colmenares remains in critical condition. The teenager suffered cuts, police said.
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A 49-year-old man was killed in a Los Angeles car accident the afternoon of September 22, 2009, CBS News reports. The fatal car accident occurred in the 5900 block of Fallbrook Avenue in Woodland Hills when a woman driving south on Fallbrook swerved into oncoming traffic, striking a car head-on. The man in the other car died. The woman and her passenger were hospitalized with injuries, but were believed to be in stable condition. Occupants of two other cars that were involved, also complained of injuries, but they were minor, officials said.
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Gustavo Gracia, 33, was killed in a California car accident the morning of September 17, 2009, after a big rig flipped over and crushed his car on the 5 Freeway in Oceanside, California. According to a news report in the San Diego Union Tribune, Gracia was in a Lexus sedan on the 5 Freeway’s transition to Route 78 when the truck rolled on its left side while the driver was negotiating a turn and hit the sedan. Gracia suffered major head injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. The truck driver, 32-year-old Jerry Jimerson, sustained minor injuries. California Highway Patrol officials are looking into why the big rig, a 1996 Freightliner pulling a 32-foot cargo container, tipped over. Officials say they will perform a thorough inspection of the truck.
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Kaylee Alvarez, a 1-year-old girl, was killed and her 2-year-old brother Oscar, injured, in a car accident in Los Angeles after a suspected drunk driver slammed into a toy wagon the two children were on. The parents, Alex and Yesenia Alvarez, were pulling the wagon through a crosswalk in Long Beach, California. According to the Long Beach Press Telegram, the fatal accident occurred at the corner of 10th Street and Redondo Avenue the night of September 11, 2009 when the driver, 33-year-old Neely Lejon Dinkins, struck the wagon with his Dodge Durango SUV and then dragged the children along with the wagon unmindful of pleas from several onlookers to stop.
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