A 46-year-old woman was rushed to the UCSD medical center after she was struck by a van in a Chula Vista parking lot this past Thursday. She suffered a skull fracture and was stated to be in critical condition late Thursday night.
The woman was hit by a 43-year-old man who was driving a van [...]
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In Fullerton, a 12-year old child was struck by an SUV on her way to school. The accident occurred just after 8:00 a.m. after the girl, who had been walking in the street to avoid getting wet by a sprinkler was hit by the sports utility vehicle. Accompanied by a female friend, the girls [...]
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A woman that was killed when her car drifted off state route 56 was identified as Jacqueline O’ Day of San Diego. Since her 2002 Volkswagen Jetta flipped over and traveled down an icy embankment early Thursday morning near Camino del Sur , authorities have attempted to identify her. During the investigation, they noted [...]
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Posted in Car Accidents, Personal Injury on Oct 7th, 2009
A multiple vehicle accident in Anaheim this morning prompted a temporary SigAlert after three cars collided near Lincoln avenue. The automobiles involved were a gray Chevrolet Aveo LT, a brown F150 Ford Pickup, and another unidentified pick up. According to an eye witness, the accident was instigated by a wrong way driver. Investigators were called [...]
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A car-versus-bicycle accident in San Diego left a 9-year-old bloodied and subsequently hospitalized. The accident occurred when the boy, who had been riding his bike in the 1300 block of Tarbox Street, was hit by an oncoming car. The accident itself was reported at 4:45 p.m. in the afternoon. When authorities arrived on the scene [...]
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33-year-old Gustavo Garcia was killed 6:50 am Thursday morning after a tractor-trailer overturned on a North County freeway interchange crushing the sedan he was driving. The rollover accident transpired in Oceanside California shortly after Garcia drove onto the curving ramp from Southside Interstate 5 to eastbound route 78. The Mexican national, who had been [...]
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A one-year-old girl was struck and killed by an Dodge Durango SUV in Long Beach late Friday night and was dragged nearly a mile down Redondo Avenue before the driver finally stopped. SUV driver Neely Dinkins, 33, was charged with vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence, driving under the influence, hit and run and driving with [...]
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Posted in Car Accidents, Personal Injury on Sep 13th, 2009
A teen driver who had become trapped within his vehicle was fortunately pulled to safety by CHP officers yesterday morning, September 11. Connor Hicks, a 19-year-old teenager, was unconscious when reached by the California Highway Patrol officer, who saved him from car accident injuries which could have been life-threatening.
Hicks was traveling southbound on Interstate 5 [...]
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Posted in Car Accidents, Personal Injury on Sep 13th, 2009
Two suspects involved into a pursuit have been taken into custody after crashing into a another car, causing their own capture by the police and their eventual demise. At around 3:15 in the afternoon, the suspects presented a stolen check to a merchant on East Mission. The two were later spotted speeding from the parking [...]
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Dire statistics make it clear that anyone who drives under the influence is not only putting themselves at risk but others. Mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, all have been take away due to someone else’s desire to drive while inebriated.
And there really is no excuse—the statistics are clear. In 2007 alone 12, 988 people were killed [...]
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