One woman died and three others were critically injured when a driver traveled the wrong way and caused two collisions in Anaheim early Sunday morning. The crash occurred on the westbound side of the 91 Freeway at 1:45 a.m. when a vehicle traveling eastbound crashed headlong into another near the Coal Canyon exit. The driver left...
read moreA Caltrans worker and a child were among the people that were critically injured on Tuesday afternoon in a three-vehicle crash on the 710 Freeway. The crash occurred at about 2 p.m. near Rosecrans Avenue on the freeway’s northbound lanes when a semi truck and Buick collided, sending the Buick spinning out of control. The...
read moreActress and dancer Zina Feeley, 66, died on Sunday morning when she stopped to help an injured animal on the side of the road and was struck by a car. The accident occurred just after midnight in the 600 block of Forest Lawn Drive in Griffith Park. Feeley, who went by her maiden name Zina Bethune, was pronounced dead at the...
read moreA BMW collided with a public bus in in Valley Glen on Friday morning and firefighters had to use the “Jaws of Life” to cut him out of his vehicle. The accident occurred just after 9 a.m. on Friday near the 12600 block of Sherman Way. According to witnesses, the black BMW sedan was traveling down Sherman Way when it crashed into...
read moreFord and General Motors are leading the industry pack with the most reliable cars according to a study by J.D. Power and Associates, the Detroit Free Press reports this week. The two manufacturers claim four out of the top 10 brands. According to the Free Press’s story, this gives the industry its best overall score since the...
read moreThe golden state, once again, is in the news for leading the way with clear air rules. In an editorial piece this week in the New York Times, California received recognition for the state’s mighty Air Resources Board, which recently issued new rules to cut pollutants. When the rules are approved, the states’ inhabitants will be...
read moreA woman was sentenced to 19 years to life in prison after she killed her 9-year-old daughter in a drunk driving crash. 41-year-old Karen Faye Honeycutt drove under the influence of alcohol and pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter in the death of her daughter. She also pleaded guilty to infliction of bodily harm on her two other...
read moreA crash in Boyle Heights on Friday morning killed an innocent woman when the driver crashed after racing his car down a residential street. The driver did not have a valid license and police have issued a warrant for his arrest. According to the California Highway Patrol, the accident happened at 3 a.m. near 4th and Boyle...
read moreA school bus and at least one other vehicle collided in Orange County this afternoon, injuring six students who were taken to the hospital according to police as NBC Los Angeles reports. The crash occurred today, February 16, 2012, a little after 2:00 p.m. near the State College Boulevard and Dorothy Lane intersection in Fullerton,...
read moreA woman who is believed to have been kidnapped today died as a result of fatal injuries she sustained when the driver of her SUV collided with another car while fleeing police pursuit. According to officials, and as reported by the Los Angeles Times, patrol officers heard a call a little after 8:00 a.m. notifying them of a...
read moreA hit-and-run driver in Santa Ana seriously injured a woman on Thursday as she was crossing the street, according to the police report. The accident occurred at about 6:30 a.m. Emergency responders arrived at the scene on Bristol Street near Elder Avenue, only to find the woman unconscious. One of her shoes had flown off because of...
read moreA collision at the intersection of Lincoln and Manchester avenues on Wednesday morning left both of the drivers in the hospital, according to police. Police and emergency crews responded to a call at about 9:15 a.m. of a crash involving a Ford F-150 and a silver Infinity J30, the Anaheim Police Department says. The Infiniti was...
read moreAn officer from the La Habra Police Department was injured when his motorcycle was hit by a car while he was on duty. The accident occurred near the 400 block of La Habra Boulevard at 1:20 p.m., according to police reports. The officer was reportedly injured in his arm and leg when a car crashed into his motorcycle. He was taken to...
read moreA crash at a Fullerton intersection injured a mother and her two children when they were struck by the vehicle while crossing the street. Emergency crews responded to calls just before 3:30 p.m. of a Ford Focus hitting three people on Rolling Hill Drive near Puente Street, according to police reports. The family was leaving...
read moreAbout 70 people gathered on Monday night to share a valentine with Mara Steves, who was killed at a Laguna Niguel intersection one year ago by a drunk driver. The weather did not cooperate for the vigil, with strong winds and rain making it tough to keep the candles lit, but Steves’ friends and family suffered through it. The...
read moreA crash on Tuesday morning killed three Marines from Camp Pendleton and left one critically injured, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. The driver of a Dodge Stratus was traveling at a high rate of speed when he lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a tree. The car was traveling north on Golden Lantern...
read moreCar manufacturers keep developing and testing technologies that are designed to help make driving safer. Anti-lock brakes are an example; warning systems that let drivers know they are getting to close to a vehicle ahead are another. Within the last couple of months, Ford Motor Company said it was going to make lane-keeping...
read moreA homeowner is in critical condition after a suspected drunk driver crashes into his condominium in Escondido, The Los Angeles Times reports. The accident, which occurred on February 9 at roughly 7:30 p.m., also injured a 14-year-old girl who was inside the condo. According to the Times’ news story, the 23-year-old man who is...
read moreA man hit several trees and was seriously injured on Saturday night while driving on Highway 168 near Shaver Ranch, just two miles from Cressman’s General Store. The man was driving a white Toyota pickup truck and was not wearing a seatbelt, according to the California Highway Patrol. He was jostled in his truck during the...
read moreThe Fresno police department made eleven arrests for driving under the influence throughout the Fresno and Visalia area on Saturday and Sunday of the weekend. The checkpoint in Fresno was set up between Fresno and Barstow avenues in northeastern Fresno. Fifteen vehicles were also impounded because their drivers did not have a proper...
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