A traffic collision that occurred on Wednesday morning on the eastbound on-ramp from Yorba Linda Boulevard to the 57 freeway injured one person. Three vehicles were involved in the crash, which occurred when a woman driving a Ford Focus ZXW tried to merge onto the freeway, but could not see because she had the sun in her eyes. Her...
read moreA woman from Newport Coast killed a bicyclist while driving drunk and texting on her cellphone, according to reports from the Orange County Fire Authority. Danae Marie Miller, 23, was sentenced to four years in prison for her involvement in the accident. The victim was 41-year-old Amine Britel of Newport Beach. He owned a successful...
read moreA teenage driver who was unlicensed and uninsured was sentenced to spend one year in jail after he crashed his car into a tree and killed his passenger. The 19-year-old driver, Francisco Jesus Ochoa, pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter, possession of a controlled substance, driving without a license and not maintaining...
read moreA man died on Beach Boulevard last night after he was hit by a speeding vehicle while it was raining, according to the Huntington Beach police. Officers responded to 911 calls at about 6:15 p.m. of a collision between a male pedestrian and a vehicle on Beach Boulevard near Indianapolis Avenue. The pedestrian died at the scene,...
read moreA woman was killed this morning in Pleasanton as she tried to run across the Interstate 580 Freeway, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. As witnesses told California Highway Patrol officers, the woman, who was in her 50s, ran onto the interstate’s eastbound lanes near Santa Rita Road around 6:15 a.m. on February 24, 2012. She...
read moreThree people were hurt and another person is missing and presumed dead as a result of crash last night that sent their car into the Delta Mendota Canal in Tracy, California. Around 11:45 p.m. on February 23, 2012, a BMW 300 series vehicle went off the runway at the Tracy Municipal Airport and into the water, News10/KXTV reports....
read moreA helicopter and a small Beechcraft Bonanza airplane collided midair near Rio Vista Municipal Airport on Sunday evening The helicopter then crash-landed in a field, while the plane continued on for another 30 miles before landing at Byron airport. The initial 911 calls were reported at 6:50 p.m. Both pilots were taken to the...
read moreA crash in Seal Beach left a Nissan sedan completely severed in half just behind the driver’s seat and one person seriously injured. The crash was reported at 2:15 a.m. on Lampson Avenue near Basswood Street. There was only one vehicle involved. The driver was detained on suspicion of DUI, but was later released without conclusive...
read moreA skydiving accident on Saturday left one person dead when his parachute failed to open and he fell to the ground. The 35-year-old was skydiving alone and performing a complicated maneuver at a competition at the Perris Valley Skydiving building on the 2000 block of Goetz at 9 a.m. on Saturday morning, when the accident...
read moreA car started a fire after it plunged off of a cliff near Malibu and burst into flames at noon, according to the California Highway Patrol. The car drove off the side of Kanan Dume Road in the Santa Monica Mountains and landed about 100 feet down a canyon. The fire ignited on impact and then spread for about 2 acres. The driver was...
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