Automobile Accidents

• Garden Grove man dies in rollover accident

  IB Contributor | March 25, 2007 3:47 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  A 37-year-old Garden Grove man died in a surface street two-car auto accident this morning in Santa Ana, California, according to a report by CBS News.A Ford F-150 pickup truck, driven by Juan Uriostegui of Garden Grove, was traveling westbound on First Street when it collided with a Mitusbishi Eclipse traveling southbound on Euclid about 1:30 a.m., Sgt. Pete Bollinger of the Santa Ana Police...

• Judge Orders New Trial in Ford Lawsuit

  IB Contributor | March 24, 2007 2:49 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  A U.S. federal judge has thrown out a $15 million jury verdict and ordered a new trial for a lawsuit against Ford Motor Co. by a Tulsa couple whose 18-year-old son died in a rollover auto accident in November 2003, according to a news report by the Associated Press published in the Chicago Tribune.Tyler Moody lost control of a 1995 Ford Explorer sport utility vehicle while he was passing another...

• Tailpipe fires in 2008 Ford trucks spur recall

  IB Contributor | March 22, 2007 10:37 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Ford Motor Co. has ordered dealers to stop selling the new 2008 Super Duty pickup trucks with the 6.4-liter diesel engine and is recalling more than 37,000 of those vehicles after tailpipe fires were reported in the diesel version of the pickups, according to an article posted on consumeraffairs.com.Company officials say they have received three reports of flames shooting out of tailpipes after...

• Ford Recalls 2008 Trucks

  Christina Cole | March 22, 2007 10:33 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Ford halts sales of Big Super DutyFord Motor Company is ordering dealers to stop the selling of the new Super Duty pickup with the 6.4-liter diesel engine, until further notice. The Ford recall involves over 37,999 of the 2008 F-Series trucks after receiving reports about tailpipe fires in the diesel version of this truck.According to a Ford spokesman, Ford has received three reports of flames...

• Teen charged with vehicular homicide

  IB Contributor | March 22, 2007 12:43 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Street racing turns into fatal car accident.A Washington teenager, has been charged with vehicular homicide and felony hit-and-run due to a fatal auto accident early last month, according to a story in the Bellingham Herald. It was at least the third fatal auto accident in Bellingham in the last twelve months involving teen drivers and high speeds.The 17-year-old teenager was driving an Acura...

• Car seat tests confirmed flawed

  IB Contributor | March 22, 2007 12:15 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Consumer Reports magazine announced Wednesday that its botched investigation into infant car seats was the result of a major misunderstanding between the magazine and the laboratory that conducted the tests.The complete report of the magazine's investigation into the matter may be read on the magazine's Web site.Test findings released in January said that most brands of infant car seats "failed...

• Husband of woman crushed by bus filed $100-million lawsuit

  IB Contributor | March 20, 2007 10:04 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Public transportation bus accident kills two women.The husband of an Virginia woman who was struck and killed by a Metrobus in downtown Washington D.C. last month filed a wrongful death lawsuit in federal court Monday, seeking $100 million in damages from the transit agency, according to an article in the Washington Post.The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, was brought by...

• 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...