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• The Most Deadly Vehicle - The 15-Passenger Van

  IB Contributor | December 23, 2006 12:56 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Why haven't they been recalled?There is no doubt, the evidence is clear, the fifteen-passenger van is the most dangerous vehicle on our roads. It is the vehicle most likely to be involved in a single-vehicle rollover accident. Rollover accidents are the most deadly type of traffic accident on our highways today. The fifteen-passenger van is the extra-long van that is commonly used by airport...

• Teen Ejected in Car Accident Involving Drunk Driver

  Chrissie Cole | August 31, 2007 6:57 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  The driver of a speeding car suspected of driving while under the influence, veered off the road and struck a sign, causing his 17-year-old passenger, not wearing a seatbelt, to be ejected from the backseat , authorities said.The passenger sustained serious injury in the car accident, according to California Highway patrol.The accident occurred on Friday, at 2:45 a.m. when the 23-year-old driver...

• Consumer Reports Retracts Infant Car Seat Study

  IB Contributor | January 19, 2007 12:18 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Consumer Reports magazine is now saying that the study it released earlier this month stating that most infant car seats failed when tested in high-speed vehicle crashes, is actually flawed.The magazine posted the retraction on its Web site, www.consumerreports.com, after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration officials pointed out that the side-impact tests were actually conducted...

• Taco Bell Sued Over Food-borne Illness

  IB Contributor | February 14, 2007 5:05 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Lawsuits allege E.Coli caused food poisoning and hospitalization. The mother of a teenager, who fell sick after eating food from a Taco Bell restaurant three months ago, filed a lawsuit Monday in New York, according to an Associated Press news report.The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan's State Supreme Court, alleges that the E.Coli bacteria in the food sickened 16-year-old James Robinson and caused...

• Do Not Drink Metromint Flavored Water- It May be Contaminated

  Jenny Albano | December 08, 2007 12:59 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  The California Department of Health announced Wednesday, December 5, that consumers should not drink Metromint Flavored Water because it may be contaminated with Bacillus cereus, which can cause vomiting and diarrhea. Soma Beverage Co., LLC., in conjunction with the FDA, is recalling all bottles of Metromint flavored water (Peppermint, Spearmint, Orangemint and Lemonmint) with a "Best Before"...

• Second Fatal Street Racing Accident In A Month

  IB Contributor | March 12, 2007 11:30 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Another teenage street racing death.Two illegally street racing vehicles collided last Friday night about 9:15 p.m. killing an 18-year-old Fontana woman passenger, according to Fontana police as reported by the Press Enterprise.Monica Molina was a passenger in a Nissan being driven by Juan Barajas, 19. Barajas was racing Jose Alcantar, 23 who was driving a black Ford. The were racing westbound...

• Fatal Parked Truck Accident In Irvine On 405 Freeway

  IB Contributor | July 01, 2007 5:48 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Driver of a parked truck and his employer may be liable for traffic death.A truck accident on the San Diego Freeway last Wednesday took one life and injured another. The driver of a 1990 Ford Econoline died when his van veered off the southbound 405 Freeway in Irvine, the morning of June 29 and collided with a truck, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times. The Times reported that the...

• Modesto Truck Driver Killed in Truck Accident

  Chrissie Cole | September 28, 2007 1:01 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  A man was killed in a truck accident, on Thursday, when he became pinned between a tomato trailer and his truck, according to authorities.The man, 51, of Ceres, was an independent contractor who had been hauling tomatoes for Antonini Expressfor the past two seasons, according to the owner. Firefighters responded to the scene at about 7:35 a.m. and found him wedged between the cab of the tractor...

• Baptist Pastor In Ohio Charged With Sex Crime.

  IB Contributor | March 10, 2007 12:24 AM | 1 CommentOrange County, CA

  An Ohio pastor has been charged for allegedly having inappropriate sexual contact with a 15-year-old girl, according to a news article posted in the Dayton Journal News in Ohio. The girl, whose name was not released because she was a minor and the victim of a sex crime, said Enorris Thomas, an assistant pastor at Second Baptist Church on Verity Parkway, fondled her at his Middletown home,...

• Three Killed in Tragic Car Accident after Crashing into Light Pole

  Christina Cole | June 04, 2007 5:48 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Three men, in their 20s, were killed in a tragic car accident when their Lincoln Town Car rear-ended a vehicle, bounced off another and crashed into a light pole. A fourth passenger was hospitalized, police said.One of the victims was decapitated in the accident that occurred on Victoria Street near Canyon Drive at 8:45 p.m. Two of the men were thrown from the vehicle and killed, as was a...