Automobile Accidents

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 4-Car Crash Shuts Down San Diego Freeway

  Christina Cole | March 09, 2007 6:33 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Two injured in accident that blocks lanes for 20 minutes.The northbound lanes of the San Diego (I-5) Freeway were closed for twenty minutes after a multi-vehicle accident that left one vehicle overturned and another engulfed in flames.The four-car crash that happened at 12:49, blocked off lanes next to Crown Valley Parkway while the Orange County Fire Authority and California Highway Patrol...

• Ford Recall to Fix Fire Hazard

  Christina Cole | March 07, 2007 10:19 AM | 1 CommentOrange County, CA

  Ford recalling 155,000 pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles.Ford Motor Company is recalling 155,000 sport utility vehicles and pickup trucks which includes the following models: 2003 F-150, F-250, F-350, F-450 and F-550 Super Duty truck, the Ford Excursion SUV and the Lincoln Blackwood pickup.The recall involves a defective cruise control switch that is potentially causing fires in older...

• Ford Fatal Fire Case Settled

  IB Contributor | March 06, 2007 10:04 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Ford denies fault, settles anyway.An Iowa man whose wife died in a fire he said was caused by a Ford pickup truck, has settled a lawsuit with the auto manufacturer, according to an Associated Press news report posted on the Business Week Web site..The 78-year-old Earl Mohlis' wife, Darletta, died May 2, 2005, after a fire spread from their attached garage to their home.Mohlis and his three grown...

• Pomona Police Seek Witnesses To Deadly Auto Accident

  IB Contributor | March 02, 2007 6:12 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Teenager dies. Irvine man hospitalized.A two-vehicle auto accident at Arrow Highway and Fulton Road at about 10 p.m. on Thursday night, claimed the life of a 17-year-old boy and sent the passengers of the other vehicle to the hospital according to the Pomona Police Department, as reported by the Orange County Register. The condition of the two injured men was not known. The deceased boy's...

• Tustin Boy Critically Injured in Car Crash

  Christina Cole | March 01, 2007 11:22 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Man Arrested on Suspicion of DUI after Broadsiding a SedanA two-vehicle car accident, Wednesday, has left a seven year old boy in critical condition. The car he was traveling in was hit by a pickup truck. The driver was later arrested on suspicion of driving while under the influence.The Father of the boy, and his other son were also transported to the hospital for moderate injuries. A 2000...

• Automotive Child Safety Regulations Proposed

  IB Contributor | March 01, 2007 11:23 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Bill addresses a continuing source of child deaths and injuries.Lawmakers and safety advocates in Washington called for new safety upgrades Tuesday that would require rear view cameras for drivers and power windows that automatically reverse as a way to protect young children around vehicles.According to an Associated Press news report posted on the Kansas City Star's Web site, Senator Hillary...

• Distraction Causes Driver's Death?

  IB Contributor | February 27, 2007 8:01 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Did computer use while driving cause fatal auto accident?California Highway Patrol officers found a computer plugged in and still running, even though the screen was shattered, in an auto accident Monday, after they discovered the 28 year-old driver dead. It appeared to the officers that the Chico, California computer tutor had been using his computer when his car crossed into oncoming traffic...