Automobile Accidents

• Chrysler Recalls 400,000 Minivans

  Christina Cole | May 11, 2007 11:06 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Chrysler has recalled over 400,000 - 2005 Dodge Caravan and Chrysler Town & Country minivans for defective airbags that may not deploy on impact due to corrosion on the sensors.Chrysler will be notifying customers of the auto defect and fixing all the faulty air bags. The recall affects only vehicles that were sold or registered in those states that use large amounts of road salt.Approximately...

• Gridley Woman Killed in Car Crash

  Christina Cole | April 24, 2007 5:32 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  A woman was killed, on Sunday, in a fatal car accident when her vehicle went through an iron gate and overturned.The woman, 70, was driving her Toyota eastbound at 12:45pm on Railroad Avenue when she failed to stop at a stop sign, according to California Highway Patrol.After failing to stop, she went through the intersection, crashing through an iron gate and overturning. Her vehicle landed in...

• 7 People Killed in 5 Accidents

  Christina Cole | April 17, 2007 4:23 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Seven people lost their lives on Sunday, in five car accidents from Los Angeles to Orange County to Riverside County. The first accident happened at 1am when a man, driving eastbound on Jefferson Boulevard in Los Angeles, was hit by an oncoming car as he made a left turn in its path, Los Angeles Police said. He was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. His name has not been...

• Three Killed in Contra Costa Levee Accident

  Christina Cole | April 09, 2007 3:53 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  In a car accident on Sunday, the driver of an SUV traveling with six occupants, lost control of his vehicle near Discovery Bay. The accident caused the SUV to roll down a 25-foot embankment into the water, according to California Highway Patrol.The 25-year-old driver was killed, as well as a four-year-old and five-year-old. Two older children also in the car at the time of the accident were not...

• Woman Killed in Hit-and-Run Accident

  Christina Cole | April 04, 2007 10:18 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  A 25-year-old man has been arrested after a hit-and-run pedestrian accident. The driver was allegedly driving while under the influence and then fleeing the scene of the accident, according to California Highway Patrol.The driver, whose license is issued from Colorado, faces charges that include gross vehicular manslaughter and felony DUI, according to a California Highway Patrol spokeswoman.The...

• Car Crash Takes out Power Pole

  Christina Cole | April 02, 2007 10:03 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  A Volvo involved in a car accident crashed into a power pole near Bent Tree Lane and Lower Lake Drive potentially leaving over one hundred people without electricity.The crash that occurred at 4pm, cracked the power pole in half, dumpling live wires onto the car while knocking out the power to approximately 700 Southern California Edison customers, confirms a Edison spokesman.As of 9:30pm...

• Bentley Recall

  Christina Cole | April 01, 2007 9:12 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is ordering a recall of 222 Bentley Arnage R, RL land T luxury automobiles due to an auto defect that may cause the wheels to fall off.According to the NHTSA, "on certain automobiles, the road wheel fixing bolts might be dimensionally incorrect. There is a risk of the bolts loosening."The NHTSA further warns that loose dimensionally...

• Government to mandate anti-rollover technology

  IB Contributor | March 31, 2007 11:44 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  The federal government plans to issue requirements next month that new vehicles include anti-rollover technology, officials said Thursday, according to a news report in the Los Angeles Times Friday. Nicole Nason, administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, told a congressional budget panel that electronic stability control technology would be mandated on all new...

• Soldier involved in deadly crash arrested

  IB Contributor | March 31, 2007 11:34 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  He's charged with two counts of vehicular manslaugher. A man who triggered a January car crash in Rialto that claimed the lives of two teen girls was captured in Kentucky and is expected to be returned to California soon, according to an article in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (http://www.dailybulletin.com/search/ci_5553373)David Ponce Ledezma, 21, of Colton, who is in the U.S. Army and was...

• A "dangerous" California Highway

  IB Contributor | March 31, 2007 11:18 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  The death of Gillian Cichowski-a teacher; an active community leader; and, mother of two children, who died in February of 1992, while attempting to make a left hand turn on Route 17 prompted the California Senate to pass a resolution naming a bridge over Route 17 the 'Gillian Cichowski Memorial Overcrossing Bridge', and her death gave impetus to the building of the overpass that replaced the...