Automobile Accidents

• Infant Killed in Driveway Accident

  Chrissie Cole | August 03, 2007 7:55 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  A one-year old boy was tragically killed in a driveway accident, on Thursday, when a car backed over him, according to hospital officials. The boy's grandmother was a passenger in the car at the time of the accident."We just heard a thump," said the sobbing Grandmother. The infant was killed in an alley located behind the Grandmother's home at 8 p.m., Thursday, said an officer with the...

• Two Killed in Firery Crash, One in Critical Condition

  Christina Cole | May 21, 2007 1:36 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Two people were killed and one seriously injured in a four-car accident, Monday, on Pacific Coast Highway at 6:30 p.m., police said.A Honda was speeding when the driver lost control of the vehicle on Anderson Street, striking three other vehicles. The Honda swerved to the side into oncoming traffic where it was hit by a Ford Expedition, which split the car in half.The front half of the car...

• Three Killed in Contra Costa Levee Accident

  Christina Cole | April 09, 2007 3:53 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  In a car accident on Sunday, the driver of an SUV traveling with six occupants, lost control of his vehicle near Discovery Bay. The accident caused the SUV to roll down a 25-foot embankment into the water, according to California Highway Patrol.The 25-year-old driver was killed, as well as a four-year-old and five-year-old. Two older children also in the car at the time of the accident were not...

• A "dangerous" California Highway

  IB Contributor | March 31, 2007 11:18 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  The death of Gillian Cichowski-a teacher; an active community leader; and, mother of two children, who died in February of 1992, while attempting to make a left hand turn on Route 17 prompted the California Senate to pass a resolution naming a bridge over Route 17 the 'Gillian Cichowski Memorial Overcrossing Bridge', and her death gave impetus to the building of the overpass that replaced the...

• "RoccerMom" sentenced in deadly DUI crash

  IB Contributor | March 31, 2007 11:01 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  A woman who killed her daughter's 16-year-old friend in a crash while driving home drunk from a nightclub was sentenced Friday to at least 16 months in prison, according to an Associated Press new report posted on the Boston Globe's Web site.Ann Marie Ciarcia, 47, who called herself "RoccerMom" and listed nightclubbing as an interest on a MySpace Web page, had pleaded guilty to manslaughter,...

• Mother files lawsuit over faulty SUV tire that caused fatal crash

  IB Contributor | March 31, 2007 4:16 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  The mother of Palm Beach Central High School student last week filed suit against Ford Motor Co., Continental Tire North America and Wayne Akers Ford stemming from a Columbia County rollover automobile accident last summer that killed her 17-year-old, according to a news report in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.Brianna Cox and her family were traveling south on Interstate 75 on July 16, heading...

• Ex-reality-TV star arrested on suspicion of DUI

  IB Contributor | March 28, 2007 10:22 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Jessica Smith, a former star of the MTV reality television show "Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County," was arrested on suspicion of felony driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs after an auto accident on the northbound San Diego (I-5) Freeway on Monday, according to a news report in The Orange County Register.Smith, 19, of Laguna Beach, crashed a 1999 Volkswagen Beetle into the back of...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...