Automobile Accidents

• Police Officer Pulls Driver from Burning Vehicle

  Chrissie Cole | August 17, 2007 7:22 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  A driver traveling on the Southland Freeway struck the center divider causing his engine to catch fire in a car accident on Friday. Trapped in the vehicle, the man owes his life to an L.A. police officer who pulled him from the burning vehicle. To rescue him, the officer had to break the passenger window of the burning vehicle. Fortunately, the man only suffered a broken collar bone in the...

• Infant Killed in Driveway Accident

  Chrissie Cole | August 03, 2007 7:55 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  A one-year old boy was tragically killed in a driveway accident, on Thursday, when a car backed over him, according to hospital officials. The boy's grandmother was a passenger in the car at the time of the accident."We just heard a thump," said the sobbing Grandmother. The infant was killed in an alley located behind the Grandmother's home at 8 p.m., Thursday, said an officer with the...

• UIC Professor, Wife Killed in California Accident

  Chrissie Cole | July 25, 2007 1:04 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  A speeding car hit and killed a University of Illinois Physics Professor and his wife while they were taking a walk Monday evening.The professor, 65, and his wife, 57, were killed Monday in San Jose, California, when the driver of a speeding car lost control and struck them in a car accident.California Highway Patrol reports they were pronounced dead at the scene. The teen driver and his...

• A Defective Tire? An Unstable SUV? Defective Seat Belts?

  IB Contributor | July 22, 2007 2:14 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  What to do now? Here is another one of those tire blowout, SUV rollover accidents with people ejected stories that may need a much closer look by the attorneys for the people involved.According to a story reported on Sun-Herald.com an Isuzu Rodeo SUV blew a tire, flipped over and three people were ejected on I-75 in North Port, Florida, last Friday. The driver, Petr Jakoubek, 39, was extricated...

• JanSport President Killed in Car Accident

  Chrissie Cole | July 19, 2007 7:19 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  The president of JanSport, one of the most popular names in backpacks, died in a car accident Saturday when he crashed into a tree.Michael Corvino, 66, was driving his 1970 Dodge Charger when he veered off the road, striking a tree, said California Highway Patrol.In the car with Corvino were three passengers including his 16-year-old daughter, who suffered minor injuries and was transported to...

• Nissan Altimas Recalled for Fire Hazard

  Chrissie Cole | July 13, 2007 7:31 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  More than 140,500 Nissan Altima sedans are being recalled for an auto defect in the air filter that could catch fire if they come in contact with hot objects. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) they launched an investigation after four compartment fires in February and March.The recall involves 2007 Altimas with four-cylinder, 2.5-liter engines produced...

• Rollover Accidents and Seat Belts

  IB Contributor | July 12, 2007 8:54 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  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...

• Girl, 11, Charged with DUI

  Chrissie Cole | July 06, 2007 11:59 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  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....

• California Freeway Fatalities

  IB Contributor | July 06, 2007 11:14 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  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...

• Jeep Wrangler, Dodge Nitro Recall

  Chrissie Cole | July 04, 2007 3:39 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  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...