Posts tagged motor vehicle accidents

• Distraction Causes Driver's Death?

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

  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...

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

  John Bisnar | February 26, 2007 7:20 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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...

• Man Receives Maximum in Hit-and-Run

  Christina Cole | February 25, 2007 5:21 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Judge Sentences Man to Maximum in Hit-and-Run Case.A judge has sentenced a homeless man to four years prison time for fleeing the scene of a car accident that has left two Orange County women permanently disabled. The judge issued the maximum sentence despite both women's pleas for leniency.Both women, through their attorney, say they forgive Bradshaw for the accident and also noted his decision...

• Auto Accident Closes San Diego Freeway Lanes

  John Bisnar | February 24, 2007 7:06 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Two people injured in overturned automobile accident.An auto accident involving a pair of overturned vehicles blocked portions of southbound Interstate 5 (San Diego) Freeway just before 6:00 a.m. in San Clemente yesterday, north of the Calafia exit, according to the Orange County Register.According to the California Highway Patrol passengers were trapped inside one of the overturned vehicles. ...

• Tram Accident At Disneyland

  IB Contributor | February 24, 2007 12:35 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Two park patrons hospitalized after fall.Two people were injured and taken to Anaheim area hospitals after falling off the slow moving tram in the Disneyland parking lot yesterday at approximately 10:30 p.m. according to an article in today's Orange County Register.The tram was moving at about five miles per hour at the time of the incident according to Bob Tucker, a Disney spokesman. He did...

• Program Results In Safer Teenage Drivers

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

  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 Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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...

• Car Seat Saves Baby's Life

  IB Contributor | February 16, 2007 12:52 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  One of mom's last acts saves here child's life.Here is a heart-rending story that clearly tells you why your infant should be in a car seat.On Valentine's Day, 21-year-old Natalie Canton and her 10-month-old son, Aiden Koch, were traveling on the 91 Freeway. According to various news reports, the woman's car flew off the freeway before it plunged nearly 100 feet. Canton died on the spot, but the...

• Parents Sued For Babysitter's Auto Accident

  John Bisnar | February 11, 2007 3:45 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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...

• Brandy Faces $50 Million Wrongful Death Lawsuit

  IB Contributor | February 06, 2007 12:47 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Last week, the family of a woman who died after being rear-ended on the freeway by singer-actor Brandy Norwood, filed a $50 million civil lawsuit against the entertainer, according to an article in E Online.The civil complaint accuses Brandy of "driving recklessly when her Land Rover struck the back of a Honda driven by Awatef Aboudihaj" on Dec. 30.The deceased woman, a 38-year-old wife and...