Automobile Accidents

• ATV crash kills teenager

  IB Contributor | March 31, 2007 8:47 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  An 18-year-old man died earlier this month in an all-terrain vehicle accident in Conoy Township in rural Pennsylvania, according to a news report posted on LancasterOnLine.The man, whom police did not identify, was a passenger on the back of a Honda ATV driven by his 18-year-old male friend prior to the accident, according to police officials. The driver was seriously injured in the crash,...

• Another street racing death?

  IB Contributor | March 27, 2007 11:03 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  The drivers of two vehicles that appeared to be racing are apparently responsible for the death of one man and injuries to four other people in a multi-vehicle auto accident in downtown Los Angeles yesterday according to police. The driver of an involved passenger car died at the scene when his vehicle was struck by a SUV, according to Officer Mike Lopez of the Los Angeles Police Department's...

• Woman Dragged on Hood in Hit-and-Run Accident

  Christina Cole | March 26, 2007 11:55 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Hit-and-Run driver doesn't stop as he hits woman, dragging her a block.A woman was killed by a hit-and-run motorist as she was pushing a cart across the street in Avalon Gardens of South Los Angeles.The accident occurred on Saturday at 7:30pm near Avalon Boulevard. The car was gray, either a Toyota Corolla, Camry or Tercel with a black hood.The woman was caught on the roof of the car and dragged...

• Ford Recalls 2008 Trucks

  Christina Cole | March 22, 2007 10:33 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Ford halts sales of Big Super DutyFord Motor Company is ordering dealers to stop the selling of the new Super Duty pickup with the 6.4-liter diesel engine, until further notice. The Ford recall involves over 37,999 of the 2008 F-Series trucks after receiving reports about tailpipe fires in the diesel version of this truck.According to a Ford spokesman, Ford has received three reports of flames...

• Teen charged with vehicular homicide

  IB Contributor | March 22, 2007 12:43 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Street racing turns into fatal car accident.A Washington teenager, has been charged with vehicular homicide and felony hit-and-run due to a fatal auto accident early last month, according to a story in the Bellingham Herald. It was at least the third fatal auto accident in Bellingham in the last twelve months involving teen drivers and high speeds.The 17-year-old teenager was driving an Acura...

• Speeding and alcohol takes another young life in Orange County

  IB Contributor | March 21, 2007 12:49 PM | 1 CommentOrange County, CA

  Speeding and alcohol may have left an 18-year-old Buena Park man dead and a teenage passenger hurt this morning in a single-vehicle auto accident near Merten Avenue and Moody Street, the Orange County Register reported on today.According to the article, Philip Na was driving a Toyota Camry about 1:40 a.m. Wednesday when it careened off the road and hit a light pole, police officials said.Na died...

• Husband of woman crushed by bus filed $100-million lawsuit

  IB Contributor | March 20, 2007 10:04 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Public transportation bus accident kills two women.The husband of an Virginia woman who was struck and killed by a Metrobus in downtown Washington D.C. last month filed a wrongful death lawsuit in federal court Monday, seeking $100 million in damages from the transit agency, according to an article in the Washington Post.The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, was brought by...

• Another fatal rollover auto accident

  IB Contributor | March 19, 2007 9:42 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Neither of the deceased were wearing seat belts.An unsafe lane change Friday lead to two deaths and five injuries in an multi-car accident on Highway 99 according to the California Highway Patrol, as reported by ABC News.Lauro Aguliar Juarez, 28 apparently struck a Ford Taurus with his Nissan Altima while making a lane change, causing the Ford to rollover. The accident killed one person...

• Another teenage auto fatality

  IB Contributor | March 18, 2007 10:29 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Is this a case of seat belt failure or failure to use a seat belt?The Orange County Register reported that a Lake Forest man, who was not seat belted, was ejected from the rear-passenger seat of the vehicle he was traveling in and died from his injuries. The accident occurred along the shoulder of the northbound Mohave (I-15) Freeway near Hesperia late Saturday night.According to California...

• 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...