Automobile Accidents

• 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...

• New Law Restricting Cell Phone Use in Automobiles

  IB Contributor | December 15, 2006 12:00 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  With the stated intended purpose of reducing automobile accidents caused by driver distraction, California Governor Schwarzenegger signed into law The California Wireless Telephone Automobile Safety Act of 2006. Generally the Act prohibits drivers from using a wireless phone while operating a vehicle, unless the phone is specifically designed and configured to allow hands-free operation and is...

• One Person Killed, 4 Injured in Freeway Accicent

  Chrissie Cole | October 05, 2007 9:53 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  A car accident today on Harbor Freeway, in Los Angeles, claimed the life of one person and injured four others, according to authorities.A vehicle with four men was heading southbound on 110 Freeway at 5:20 a.m. when the car was involved in a multiple-car collision, according to a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Fire Department.The vehicle caught on fire and one person was unable to exit until...

• Tragic Car Accident Claims the Lives of Three Small Children

  Chrissie Cole | September 24, 2007 12:48 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Three children were tragically killed in a car accident today, when the Ford Expedition they were driving in crashed with a Chevy Truck, driven by an off-duty Sheriff Deputy, according to the California Highway Patrol (CHP).The Expedition driven by the mother, 26, of Visalia, was traveling north on Road 172, according to an officer at the scene. The driver of the truck, 27, of Exeter, was...

• Ford SUVs Recalled for Fire Hazard

  Chrissie Cole | October 08, 2007 5:04 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Ford Motor Corporation announced an automobile recall of approximately 1,500 SUVs. The recall includes: 2008 Explorers, Explorer Sport Tracks and Mercury Mountaineer Sport Utility Vehicles that are equipped with 4.6 liter engines and 6R transmissions due to a fire hazard.A bolt that is used to secure the oil cooler line fittings within the transmissions may not have been properly tightened...

• JanSport President Killed in Car Accident

  Chrissie Cole | July 19, 2007 7:19 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  The president of JanSport, one of the most popular names in backpacks, died in a car accident Saturday when he crashed into a tree.Michael Corvino, 66, was driving his 1970 Dodge Charger when he veered off the road, striking a tree, said California Highway Patrol.In the car with Corvino were three passengers including his 16-year-old daughter, who suffered minor injuries and was transported to...

• 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...

• Parents Sued For Babysitter's Auto Accident

  IB Contributor | February 11, 2007 3:45 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Most of us have hired a babysitter to watch our children at one time or another. Even one of the neighborhood kids, right? But, what happens when the babysitter causes an automobile accident? You could be liable, according to a recent decision by the 3rd District Court of Appeals.Babysitter, eighteen year-old Michael Ruhland, driving his father's car, had just picked up William and Lori...

• Teen Age Driver Accidents

  IB Contributor | January 29, 2007 7:45 PM | 1 CommentOrange County, CA

  How can we prevent the carnage?Car accidents are the number one killer of teenagers in the United States. Promising and precious lives can be lost, or forever changed, when our teenagers take the wheel. Speeding while distracted seems to be more common among teenage drivers, and this behavior often results in permanent disfigurement, or even worse, a fatal car crash. Consider the case of...

• California Freeway Fatalities

  IB Contributor | July 06, 2007 11:14 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Since 1968, California has had only three days without a freeway traffic fatality on its freeways. There have only been three fatal-crash-free days on California freeways since 1968. Thirty-nine years and only three fatality accident free days.The last time California saw a "fatal free day" was Sept. 12, 2000.Since statistics have been kept, the state has never gotten through a major holiday...