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Here are two news stories of today showing us why we all must wear seat belts and why children must be properly restrained in car seats, when riding in automobiles and the consequeces of our choices. There are more than 10,000 automobile rollover accident deaths a year in the U.S. The majority of those people would be alive today if they had been wearing seat belts or were otherwise properly...

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After chasing a vehicle over eight miles, at speeds up to 100 mph, police discovered the unruly driver was drunk.But, what Police were not expecting when they looked inside the flipped vehicle, guns drawn - was that the driver was an 11-year-old girl.The girl is now being charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, reckless endangerment, speeding and leaving the scene of a car accident....

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Since 1968, California has had only three days without a freeway traffic fatality on its freeways. There have only been three fatal-crash-free days on California freeways since 1968. Thirty-nine years and only three fatality accident free days.The last time California saw a "fatal free day" was Sept. 12, 2000.Since statistics have been kept, the state has never gotten through a major holiday...

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Daimler Chrysler is recalling 80,894 -- 2007 Jeep Wranglers and Dodge Nitro vehicles to reprogram an automotive defect in the power module, after receiving multiple consumer complaints about power loss to the engine.The recall was announced following an investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in May, after they received complaints of engine stalls on 2007 Jeep...

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A motorist was killed in a fatal car accident, Monday, at 4:36 p.m. on the Carquinez Bridge, when the car became engulfed in flames, California Highway Patrol said.A Ford Crown Victoria traveling westbound on Interstate 80, swerved from the far left lane to the right shoulder, when witnesses noticed the car was smoking from the rear wheels. The car crashied into the right-side guardrail twice...

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A bus struck and killed an Oxnard man in his 40's this morning in a pedestrian accident on Highway 101 in Ventura, authorities said. Witnesses told the California Highway Patrol that the man had walked onto the highway and right into the path of the bus, a Ventura Police Sergeant said.The accident occurred just south of Telephone Road at approximately 9:46 a.m. Authorities did not release the...

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One hundred children die in "backover" accidents each year.Every week, at least two children are killed and 50 more are injured in automobile "backover" accidents. Unfortunately, rear cameras and audible warning sensors that could help prevent such tragedies are not standard or considered "must have", safety equipment by auto manufacturers. And, while such safety equipment is offered as an...

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Two people were seriously injured and one person was killed in a car accident on Interstate 505, south of County Road 27, at 6 am., Sunday morning.Quan, 45, of Oakland was in the rear passenger seat when the vehicle crashed into a tree on the north side of the roadway. He was pronounced dead at the scene from blunt force trauma.The accident occurred when the driver, 47, also of Oakland, veered...

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One woman was killed and six others were transported to the hospital with serious injuries after a single car accident on the Interstate.The accident happened, Friday at 4:30 p.m., when the driver of a mini van traveling south on Interstate 5, lost control of the vehicle while traveling 70 to 80 miles per hour and hit the center divider. The van rolled over, ejecting six passengers.Two off duty...

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While in the parking lot of a medical clinic this morning, a 92-year-old driver hit the gas instead of the brake, causing his vehicle to crash into a wall, a curb, two parked cars and a 62-year-old pedestrian, killing him, authorities said.The series of crashes leading up to the pedestrian accident started at approximately 8:50 a.m. on Friday, beside a Kaiser Permanete Clinic located on Avocado...

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A California Highway Patrol Officer (CHP) was killed ina tragic car accident, Sunday, when his patrol car veered off the side of the road and crashed.The single vehicle crash happened at approximately 9 a.m. on Interstate 8, according to CHP officials.The officer, of Winterhaven's CHP Office, was traveling eastbound in the right lane when his tired blew out on the left side of his car. The...

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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...

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An 80-year-old woman lost her life in a pedestrian accident on Friday, at 8:15 p.m., after she was stuck by two cars, authorities said.The woman was struck by a northbound vehicle as she was crossing the street near the intersection of Brookhurst and Meridith Drive, said Hunting Beach Police.The impact caused the pedestrian to fall to the ground where she was then struck by another vehicle. Upon...

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Two people were killed and one seriously injured in a four-car accident, Monday, on Pacific Coast Highway at 6:30 p.m., police said.A Honda was speeding when the driver lost control of the vehicle on Anderson Street, striking three other vehicles. The Honda swerved to the side into oncoming traffic where it was hit by a Ford Expedition, which split the car in half.The front half of the car...

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A woman lost her life in a pedestrian accident on Highway 9, Monday, when an intoxicated pregnant woman drove off the side of the rode, striking her with her vehicle, reports California Highway Patrol.California Highway Patrol was trying to piece together the chain of events that led up to the fatal accident.Fire Rescue was first on the scene where they discovered the driver had run her pickup...

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