Automobile Accidents

• Ford Excursion Rollover Fatality

  IB Contributor | March 20, 2007 9:48 PM | 1 CommentOrange County, CA

  Was this a roof crush fatality?A California man driving a Ford Excursion on U.S. 6 just east of Ely, Nevada died Sunday in a single-vehicle rollover accident according to a story by NBC News 4.Jay Wooten of Fairfield, California was driving his Ford Excursion with five other people in the vehicle, when he swerved to avoiding hitting an elk. According to Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper George...

• Another fatal rollover auto accident

  IB Contributor | March 19, 2007 9:42 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Neither of the deceased were wearing seat belts.An unsafe lane change Friday lead to two deaths and five injuries in an multi-car accident on Highway 99 according to the California Highway Patrol, as reported by ABC News.Lauro Aguliar Juarez, 28 apparently struck a Ford Taurus with his Nissan Altima while making a lane change, causing the Ford to rollover. The accident killed one person...

• Pedestrian Hit by Train

  Christina Cole | March 19, 2007 1:35 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Train Strikes Pedestrian.On Saturday evening at approximately 6:06pm, a pedestrian was injured when a train derailed and hit the person on Old Santa Cruz Highway, reports a California Highway Patrol Officer. The location of the pedestrian accident was reported as being 22412 Old Santa Cruz Highway at the intersection with Summit Rd.At this time, no further details have been released and the...

• Another teenage auto fatality

  IB Contributor | March 18, 2007 10:29 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Is this a case of seat belt failure or failure to use a seat belt?The Orange County Register reported that a Lake Forest man, who was not seat belted, was ejected from the rear-passenger seat of the vehicle he was traveling in and died from his injuries. The accident occurred along the shoulder of the northbound Mohave (I-15) Freeway near Hesperia late Saturday night.According to California...

• UC Riverside Student Dies in Auto Accident

  IB Contributor | March 18, 2007 12:10 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Racing drivers charged with felonies.A 21-year-old UC Riverside student from Orange was killed early Friday morning in a auto accident on the eastbound 60 (Pomona) Freeway in Riverside, according to authorities, as reported in the Orange County Register.A BMW Z4 and a Toyota Celica were racing at about 100 mph when the driver of the Toyota veered onto the right shoulder, where it struck a metal...

• Greyhound settles wrongful death claims

  IB Contributor | March 18, 2007 12:02 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Confidential settlement admits no fault.The families of the two passengers killed when a Greyhound bus crashed in Santa Maria on Highway 101 have settled their wrongful death lawsuits against the bus company in separate private mediations with trial dates pending. The terms of each settlement are confidential and not disclosed. However, Greyhound admitted no fault and the settlements included...

• Hit-and-run bicycle vs auto fatality

  IB Contributor | March 17, 2007 9:33 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Here is another story of a hit-and-run driver killing someone. This time the fatal bicycle accident was in Solana Beach, San Diego County, California, as reported by the North County Times.SOLANA BEACH ---- A woman on a bicycle was fatally struck by a motorist who then fled the scene on Highway 101 Friday, authorities said. The driver was later found and taken into custody in Escondido, a...

• Two wrecks on the 5 Freeway leave one dead

  IB Contributor | March 16, 2007 6:11 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Lagnua Niguel man charged with vehicular manslaughter.Two Orange County auto accidents, occurring nearly simultaneously about 11:15 p.m. Thursday, left one woman dead and four others injured - two critically - on the southbound San Diego (I-5) Freeway near the Alicia Parkway exit., the Orange County Register reported Friday.The collisions, which the CHP is treating as unrelated, also led to the...

• Chrysler Group Recalling Vehicles

  Christina Cole | March 15, 2007 3:39 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Thousands of vehicles recalled by Chrysler.The Chrysler Group is recalling over 489,000 vehicles for various auto defects. Some of the models being recalled include: Dodge Durango, the new Dodge Avenger Sedan and the Jeep Liberty.Chrysler is recalling approximately 328,424 Durango SUVs because of a risk hazard associated with overheating that has been linked to an integrated circuit within the...

• Yankees' pitcher sued over auto accident.

  IB Contributor | March 15, 2007 9:01 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Pavano hide auto accident and injury from his team. A Florida man involved last year in an auto accident with a Porsche driven by Carl Pavano has sued the New York Yankees pitcher for injuries allegedly sustained in the crash, which the player initially tried to hide from his team, according to an article posted last week on CBS SportsLine.Ernest DeLaura, 47, who filed the lawsuit two months...