Automobile Accidents

• 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...

• Cars Against Drunk Driving

  IB Contributor | March 14, 2007 10:35 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  New technologies designed to save lives.According to a recent Health & Science report, Toyota Motor Corporation is in development of a car that will detect signs of drunk drivers before they get on the road with the rest of us. This type technology should be a prerequisite for the return of a driver's license to anyone convicted of driving under the influence. How many lives would be saved by...

• Vacuum Truck Driver Killed in Explosion

  Christina Cole | March 13, 2007 8:32 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Man Killed in a deadly oil field explosion.A man is dead after the vacuum truck he was driving hit an oil well triggering a horrendous explosion, this morning.He was found dead two hours after the fire was reported, according to Fire Department officials. At first, officials were under the assumption that it was a natural gas fire with no injuries. Fire Rescue had to stay a good distance away...

• Six-year-old Hero Rescues Sisters in Rollover Accident

  IB Contributor | March 13, 2007 9:22 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Victim attributes seat belts and infant car seats to saving family's lives.Last Monday morning, Patrick Bishop, a six-year-old, rescued his ten-month-old sister, Taylor, from her car seat, through a broken out window and pulled his two-year-old sister, Megan, through another broken window of their rolled over vehicle, while their mother, Kaci Harrison was trapped inside according to a KHAS-TV...

• Second Fatal Street Racing Accident In A Month

  IB Contributor | March 12, 2007 11:30 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Another teenage street racing death.Two illegally street racing vehicles collided last Friday night about 9:15 p.m. killing an 18-year-old Fontana woman passenger, according to Fontana police as reported by the Press Enterprise.Monica Molina was a passenger in a Nissan being driven by Juan Barajas, 19. Barajas was racing Jose Alcantar, 23 who was driving a black Ford. The were racing westbound...