San Diego Personal Injury Attorney Alicia Slaughter

A group of passengers and crew involved in a boat accident off San Diego Harbor were rescued by the Coast Guard and San Diego Police this past weekend. In total, 26 were rescued off board of the boat, a fishing charter vessel. The passengers and crew became stranded on Friday when the fishing boat crashed into a rock mid-sea. The [...]

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A 5-year-old boy of San Diego died yesterday of drowning injuries, authorities report. After being found floating in his neighbor’s pool, the boy was taken to a nearby hospital, where he later was pronounced dead. The drowning accident took place on the 400 block of Loma Alta Drive on Father’s Day Sunday. At this point, [...]

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A 15 Car Pileup In San Diego last week ended in three injuries, according to reports from the San Diego Police Department. The multi-vehicle accident that began as a police chase ended in a crowded parking lot, where both the patrol car and the suspect’s vehicle crashed into as many as 13 other cars. Around [...]

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Just last week, it was revealed that a $27 million dollar pedestrian suspension bridge project near the San Diego convention center and Petco Park may not be completed on schedule.  Original estimates put the  bridge’s completion  to early next year but  the committee overseeing the venture indicated it may be as late as Spring or [...]

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A Tustin area car  accident involving 3 vehicles and resulted in  injuries yesterday, sending 2 people to the a local area hospitals.  The  collision, which involved a red Honda Accord, a black Scion and a gray Mercedes-Benz sedan occurred at the intersection of of Tustin Ranch Road and Bryan Avenue. The male driver of the [...]

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Multiple residents were evacuated when a fire ignited in the generator room of an apartment complex. In the four-story building, known as Archstone Presidio View, the fire began for unreported reasons on the first floor at around 9:07. San Diego fire rescue officials were called to the scene, extinguishing the fire in half an hour. [...]

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A Lake Forest car accident prompted authorities to arrest a 20-year-old man  for suspicion of drunk driving after the motorist  emerged from a crashed  car  holding a 12-pack of beer. Police arrived at the scene of the accident  near Serrano Road and Lake Vista after a 911 call came in at around 12:18 a.m.  The [...]

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Everyday the newspaper details an accident involving a pedestrian that is seriously injured or killed in a car accident. Little wonder, since nearly 11 percent of motor vehicle fatalities involve pedestrians.  Recent calculations also indicate that a pedestrian is injured in traffic every 8 minutes and killed ever 111 minutes.  Many of these accidents occur [...]

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Some 120,o0o bottles of  Vicks Sinex nasal spray  was recalled after the company discovered  B. cepacia bacteria  in primary test batches.   The bacteria can cause illness in people with lung problems or weakened immune systems. Proctor and Gamble, a Cincinnati based company, voluntarily alerted the proper authorities in  the United States, Germany and the Untied [...]

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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 that [...]

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