Articles Posted in DUI Accidents

A 10-year-old girl was critically injured in a Buena Park car accident that led to the arrest of a 48-year-old Newport Beach man. According to a news article in The Orange County Register, the drunk driving collision occurred on Franklin Street in Buena Park, the evening of May 25, 2012. Officials say the girl was crossing the street near her home when a pickup truck hit her. She was taken to a nearby medical center where she was listed in “serious to extreme condition.” The driver, Edward McLaughlin, 48, was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving.

My heart goes out to the young victim of this Orange County pedestrian accident. I wish her the very best for a complete and speedy recovery.
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Two men, identified as Jose Anthony Hernandez and Everardo Zuniga, both 22, were killed in a Buena Park car accident, which officials say involved a suspected drunk driver. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the single vehicle DUI collision occurred during the early morning hours of February 10, 2012. Ryan Hernandez, 22, was driving west on La Mirada Boulevard near Alondra Boulevard when he struck a raised median and lost control. The vehicle continued west across the intersection and hit a wall and a concrete light pole. Anthony Hernandez and Zuniga, who were passengers in the back seat, suffered fatal injuries. The front seat passenger was uninjured. Ryan Hernandez has been arrested on suspicion of DUI and gross vehicular manslaughter. The investigation is ongoing.

I offer my deepest condolences to the family members and friends of Jose Anthony Hernandez and Everardo Zuniga for their tragic and heartbreaking loss. Please keep these grieving families in your thoughts and prayers.
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Aida Gonzalez, 53, was killed in a Garden Grove car accident, which officials say involved a suspected drunk driver, the night of January 15, 2012. According to a news article in The Orange County Register, the fatal DUI collision occurred in the eastbound lanes of the 22 Freeway, near Bolsa Chica Road, in Garden Grove. Authorities report, Charline Vilchis, 21, of Long Beach, was under the influence when she swerved to the left, while driving a Toyota Corolla, and struck a stopped Toyota Camry from behind. The Camry spun out of control and into the path of a Jeep Liberty. Gonzalez was fatally injured in the collision. Vilchis was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence resulting in corporal injury or death.

My heart goes out to the family and friends of Aida Gonzalez following this tragic Orange County car accident. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.
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The law offices of Bisnar Chase Personal Injury Attorneys has decided to sponsor a new video in order to increase awareness to the horrors of D.U.I.’s and their consequences. Named “There are no extra lives when you drink and drive,” the video has a powerful message that is meant to snap teens back to reality about the irreversible tragedy that could occur if they were involved in a fatal DUI crash.
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Celia Torres, 73, and her grandson, David Gonzalez, 16, were killed in a San Diego car accident, which police report, involved a drunk driver. According to a news report in The San Diego Union-Tribune, the fatal DUI collision occurred on state Route 125 outside of Fletcher Hills, the night of December 9, 2011. Officials say Celia Torres was traveling at approximately five miles per hour in heavy traffic when a truck slammed into the back of her Nissan Pathfinder. The collision set off a chain-reaction crash involving four vehicles and resulted in two vehicles becoming engulfed in flames.

Celia Torres and David Gonzalez were trapped inside the Nissan Pathfinder and “burned to death within a minute.” The driver of the truck, Justin Foulds, 39, of Lemon Grove, was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving and vehicular manslaughter. Foulds told officials that he had just attended an office Christmas party.
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Stuart Lessig and his wife, Elizabeth, both 24, of Fallbrook, were seriously injured in a San Diego car accident, which officials say, involved a drunk driver, the evening of December 7, 2011. According to a news report in The San Diego Union-Tribune, the injury motorcycle crash occurred at the intersection of South Mission Road and Almond Street in Fallbrook. Police say Stuart Lessig was driving his 2010 Kawasaki motorcycle in the southbound lane of on South Mission Road when he was hit by a Mazda B2300 pickup truck driven by 57-year-old Randall Arnold. Officials say Arnold made a left turn in front of Lessig’s motorcycle. Lessig and his wife were thrown onto the roadway and sustained major injuries. Arnold suffered minor injuries and was arrested on suspicion of DUI.

My heart goes out to this young couple that has suffered serious injuries in this motorcycle accident. I wish them both the very best for a quick and complete recovery.
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Darwin Almeida, 3, was killed in a Santa Ana car accident, which officials say was caused by a suspected drunk driver who also left the scene of the crash. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the fatal pedestrian accident occurred the evening of November 9, 2011 at the intersection of Fifth and North Bewley streets. Darwin’s mother was walking in an unmarked crosswalk carrying her 1-year-old daughter and holding Darwin by the hand. At the time, an SUV pulled out of a nearby parking lot at a high rate of speed. The vehicle struck the boy, pulling him underneath the vehicle. The woman and the baby were lifted onto the hood of the vehicle before being thrown off. The driver of the SUV fled the scene.
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Four Covina teenagers were injured in a Los Angeles car accident, which police report, involved an underage drunk driver. According to a report in The Glendale News-Press, the DUI crash occurred on Honolulu Avenue at Ocean View Boulevard in Glendale, during the early morning hours of October 30, 2011. Officials say Eric Corona, 19, was under the influence of alcohol when the vehicle he was driving struck a large tree. He was arrested on suspicion of felony driving under the influence. Corona was not hurt but his four female passengers suffered serious injuries including dislocated hip, broken arms, a spine fracture, a compression fracture, and a cut to the head.
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