Posts tagged motor vehicle accidents

• Teen Ejected in Car Accident Involving Drunk Driver

  Chrissie Cole | August 31, 2007 6:57 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The driver of a speeding car suspected of driving while under the influence, veered off the road and struck a sign, causing his 17-year-old passenger, not wearing a seatbelt, to be ejected from the backseat , authorities said.The passenger sustained serious injury in the car accident, according to California Highway patrol.The accident occurred on Friday, at 2:45 a.m. when the 23-year-old driver...

• Street-racing crash in Yorba Linda kills 68-year-old woman

  IB Contributor | March 26, 2007 10:17 PM | 4 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 68-year-old Orange County woman was fatally injured in an auto accident Sunday when she attempted to make a left turn from a residential neighborhood, The Orange County Register reported Monday. Police officials suspect that street racing may have caused the crash.Witnesses told Brea Police officials that two cars were seen speeding side-by-side, southbound down the hillside street of Fairmont...

• Three Killed in Tragic Car Accident after Crashing into Light Pole

  Christina Cole | June 04, 2007 5:48 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Three men, in their 20s, were killed in a tragic car accident when their Lincoln Town Car rear-ended a vehicle, bounced off another and crashed into a light pole. A fourth passenger was hospitalized, police said.One of the victims was decapitated in the accident that occurred on Victoria Street near Canyon Drive at 8:45 p.m. Two of the men were thrown from the vehicle and killed, as was a...

• Second Fatal Street Racing Accident In A Month

  IB Contributor | March 12, 2007 11:30 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Another teenage street racing death.Two illegally street racing vehicles collided last Friday night about 9:15 p.m. killing an 18-year-old Fontana woman passenger, according to Fontana police as reported by the Press Enterprise.Monica Molina was a passenger in a Nissan being driven by Juan Barajas, 19. Barajas was racing Jose Alcantar, 23 who was driving a black Ford. The were racing westbound...

• Two wrecks on the 5 Freeway leave one dead

  IB Contributor | March 16, 2007 6:11 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Lagnua Niguel man charged with vehicular manslaughter.Two Orange County auto accidents, occurring nearly simultaneously about 11:15 p.m. Thursday, left one woman dead and four others injured - two critically - on the southbound San Diego (I-5) Freeway near the Alicia Parkway exit., the Orange County Register reported Friday.The collisions, which the CHP is treating as unrelated, also led to the...

• New Law Restricting Cell Phone Use in Automobiles

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

  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 Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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 Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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...

• JanSport President Killed in Car Accident

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

  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 Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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...