A San Diego police detective, who was off duty, hit the rear end of a semi-truck on the southbound Interstate 15 in Kensington this morning, The San Diego Union-Tribune reports. The accident happened around 5:15 a.m. on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 north of El Cajon Boulevard. The detective had been traveling to work in a city-owned...
read moreTwo big-rigs and two cars collided early this morning on Interstate 5 in Sacramento. The accident, which happened a little after 3:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at Pocket Road, forced closure of all southbound lanes, News10 KXTV reports. According to the news story, a tanker truck, a hauler, a Honda and another car collided...
read moreMultiple traffic accidents on the 55 Freeway blocked traffic for miles on Tuesday morning and clogged the commute. At least three accidents occurred on the southbound side of the 55 Freeway in Orange County. At around 6 a.m. five vehicles crashed near the East Dyer Road exit and a SigAlert was issued for the No. 4 lane, which was...
read moreA crash on Monday morning left one woman injured after she smashed her car into a traffic light signal on Monday morning. The crash occurred at about 2:45 a.m. when the woman drove her Toyota Corolla into a light pole at the corner of State College Boulevard and South Street in Anaheim. The woman was freed by firefighters from being...
read moreAuthorities freed a man that was trapped in his vehicle after a crash on Beach Boulevard in Garden Grove left him trapped. The accident occurred when a white truck crashed into a utility pole and the truck wrapped around it and ejected the driver. The driver was extracted and taken to the hospital. He was trapped and could not get...
read moreJust reading that chilling title should give everyone who travels on California’s roads a real concern. The San Diego Union Tribune reported this week on the statistic from the state’s Office of Traffic Safety. Thirty percent all drivers killed in California motor vehicle accidents in 2010, the Union Tribune reports, had drugs...
read moreA driver hit a utility pole and snapped it in half when he drove too fast around a corner in his Crown Victoria, according to West Sacramento Police. The accident occurred at about 3 a.m. on Friday morning when the driver attempted to turn from 6th street onto Andrew Street when he lost control. The black vehicle smashed into a...
read moreMotorists have not yet turned to using public transportation even though Orange County gas prices have already passed $4 a gallon. A spokesman for the Orange County Transportation Authority said, “At this point we haven’t seen any increase (in bus ridership) directly related to the gas prices.” The OCTA experienced...
read moreThe Riverside Police Department cited 38 drivers for failing to yield to pedestrians in crosswalks, The Press-Enterprise reports. In one two-hour span on Wednesday, March 7, 2012, according to Riverside Police, they caught that number of drivers going through crosswalks in downtown Riverside while pedestrians were in them. Some of...
read moreTwo Los Angeles Police Department officers were en route to investigate a deadly shootout when they were injured in a car crash in front of an El Pollo Loco restaurant. The crash occurred near Santa Monica Boulevard and St. Andrews Place before 3 p.m. on Tuesday. Both officers were transported to the hospital with...
read more
