A pedestrian who was crossing the street in a wheelchair was struck and fatally injured by a suspected drunk driver in Long Beach. According to a KTLA news report, the fatal pedestrian accident occurred late on June 12 at the intersection of Stearns Street and Radnor Avenue. Continue reading →
Kerry Welsh, 18, of West Covina, was killed in a suspected DUI collision after the vehicle she was driving was struck at an intersection. According to a report in The San Gabriel Valley Tribune, the fatal collision took place at the intersection of Vine and Hollenbeck avenues the night of May 29. Welsh was on her way to pick up her younger sister from a birthday party, family members said. Continue reading →
John Crouch, 68, was killed in a Huntington Beach bicycle accident, which officials said involved a suspected drunk driver. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, investigators say the bicyclist was crossing Pacific Coast Highway at 1st Street on the afternoon of May 27 when a silver Toyota Yaris that was traveling westbound on Pacific Coast Highway struck him. Continue reading →
A 27-year-old man died and his passenger was injured after a suspected drunk driver rear-ended their vehicle, which was stopped at a red light the night of May 8. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the fatal collision occurred at the intersection of Woodbury Road and Libby Lane. Police said a white Nissan Titan was speeding eastbound on Woodbury when it crashed into the back of a Toyota Camry that was stopped for a red light. Continue reading →
Alhambra police have arrested a 22-year-old man on suspicion of murder and driving under the influence after a vehicle crashed into a pole killing the front passenger the night of March 24. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the four-door sedan heading west on Valley Boulevard in Alhambra lost control and hit a concrete light pole. Continue reading →
At least four people, including two journalists from a local television station, were seriously injured in a car accident after an SUV crashed into a storefront the afternoon of March 19 at the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue in Hollywood. According to a report in the Los Angeles Times, the incident occurred when an SUV struck five pedestrians before plowing into the glass storefront of a liquor store on the southwest corner of the intersection, one of the busiest and most famous crossings in the area. Continue reading →
A suspected drunk driver has been arrested after a wrong-way head-on crash that killed a 24-year-old woman in Fontana early morning on March 7. According to a KTLA news report, Dina Mariesol Mora Martinez, 34, was headed the wrong way down Valley Boulevard near Cypress Avenue in her Chevy Colorado. At the same time, another driver in a Toyota Corolla was going west on Valley Boulevard. Continue reading →
A driver suspected of being under the influence crashed into customers eating outside a popular café sending at least one person to the hospital. According to CBS Los Angeles, officials said the driver, 21-year-old Piper Pollard of the Pacific Palisades, was arrested for felony DUI. Detectives said it appeared Pollard was driving northbound on Main Street the night of Feb. 12 when she struck a portion of a concrete barrier surrounding the extended dining area at Urth Caffe. Continue reading →
A woman was killed in a Santa Ana car crash, which officials said, was caused by a suspected DUI driver. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the fatal crash occurred early morning on Feb. 6 at the intersection of Third and Main streets. Police say a Chevy was southbound on Main when it collided into a Kia that was eastbound on Third. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Continue reading →
Two people identified as Mitchell Tyler Wade, 19 of Newport Beach, and Cindy Zervos, 71, of Huntington Beach, were killed in a three-car crash, which officials say involved a DUI driver. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the fatal accident occurred the evening of Jan. 19 on Pacific Coast Highway near Warner Avenue in Huntington Beach. Continue reading →
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