Automobile Accidents

• CHP Offier Killed in Car Accident

  Christina Cole | June 10, 2007 8:07 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  A California Highway Patrol Officer (CHP) was killed ina tragic car accident, Sunday, when his patrol car veered off the side of the road and crashed.The single vehicle crash happened at approximately 9 a.m. on Interstate 8, according to CHP officials.The officer, of Winterhaven's CHP Office, was traveling eastbound in the right lane when his tired blew out on the left side of his car. The...

• DUI driver convicted of murder

  IB Contributor | March 31, 2007 10:30 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Possible sentence is five to 99 years in prison.A repeat drunken driver was found guilty of murder Thursday in the death of a Houston women in a fatal automobile accident last year in Clute, Texas. The sentencing phase of the trial began yesterday in the Brazoria County Courthouse.According to "TheFacts.com":Elden Lee Carter, 33, was on probation for his third drunken driving conviction May 16,...

• 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...

• 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...

• Alcohol Involved Fatal Head-On Freeway Collision

  IB Contributor | February 27, 2007 8:41 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Wrong way driver dies in Highway 99 auto acciident.A pickup, headed the wrong way on Highway 99 near Atwater, collided head-on into another vehicle before it was hit by a third vehicle. The driver of the pickup, Octavio Garcia Sereno, 34, of Atwater, died in the Saturday night automobile accident. The investigating officers said that Sereno was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the...

• Fatal Auto Accident Claims The Life of a Laguna Hills Man

  IB Contributor | February 26, 2007 7:20 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Hit-and-run driver sought and another driver arrest for DUI after fatal auto collision.A three-car accident that closed portions of the southbound Interstate 405 (San Diego) Freeway for nearly five hours early Friday morning claimed the life of a 24-year old Laguna Hills man according to a story in the Orange County Register.Christopher Laurent was returning to Orange County from Sherman Oaks...

• Program Results In Safer Teenage Drivers

  IB Contributor | February 22, 2007 1:22 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Graduated Driver LicensingThe number of fatal and injury crashes involving 16-year-old drivers is dramatically lower in states that have a graduated driver licensing (GDL) program with at least five of seven common components, according to a study released last week by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. The study states that 16-year-old drivers are involved in 38 percent fewer fatal crashes...

• Five Car Collision In Huntington Beach

  IB Contributor | February 16, 2007 7:39 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Fatal multiple auto accident closes San Diego Freeway for over an hour.An early morning five car auto accident near the Beach Blvd. exit of the I-405 (San Diego) Freeway resulted in the death of an 18-year-old male driver and injuries to at least three others. The accident occurred just after 3:00 a.m. and closed all southbound lanes of traffic for over an hour this morning, according the...

• NHTSA Announces Crash Test Results

  IB Contributor | February 15, 2007 10:11 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  In NHTSA test, everyone passes.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has given five stars for front and side crash tests to 24 passenger vehicles for the 2007 model year. The complete results may be viewed at www.safecar.gov.Five stars is the highest rating available from the federal regulating agency. Recently, officials retooled some of the requirements for a five-star rating,...

• Auto Defect Secrecy Rules

  IB Contributor | February 12, 2007 11:20 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Consumer Auto Defect Complaints To Be Kept SecretThe American Association for Justice, formerly known as the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, is urging federal authorities to withdraw a newly proposed set of rules that endangers consumer safety by restricting their rights to learn about the safety of the automobiles they purchase.The National Highway Transportation Safety...