89-year old Vista resident Maximino Carapia died shortly after a recent accident at The San Diego Wild Animal Park. The widower, who lived alone with his son, had jaunted off through the back country area of the park on a mule when he fell off the animal. He was taken to the Palomar Medical Center [...]
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Two solo car accidents in the Long Beach area occurred on the same day and resulted in fatalities. The first accident happened at 2 a.m. early Friday morning near Davies Bridge over Appian Way. It involved 27-year-old Humberto Sanchez of Downey. The Man had been driving eastbound on 2nd street when his gray 2001 Lincoln [...]
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Posted in Car Accidents, Product Liability on Aug 17th, 2009
A car rollover on the 10 Freeway in eastern Riverside County resulted in three deaths and three injured car occupants. The car crashed after going westbound on the 10 at around 12:30 p.m. near Mesa Drive, 10 miles west of Blythe. Three people were pronounced dead at the scene while one critically injured passenger was [...]
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Emergency vehicles like fire trucks, police cars and ambulances legally have the right -of-way when they are en route to an urgent call and with good reason. The drivers have to get to people who may be in desperate need of medical assistance or have to be rescued from potential danger. It is for this [...]
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Posted in Car Accidents, Wrongful Death on Aug 10th, 2009
A hit-and-run driver who was responsible for killing an Inglewood teen has turned himself in and was arrested for the young man’s death. The 40-year-old south Los Angeles man was charged Thursday with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter, driving on a revoked license and a felony count of leaving the scene of an accident. The incident occurred [...]
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Posted in Wrongful Death on Jul 30th, 2009
Gay teen Larry King was gunned down in cold blood the morning of February 12, 2008 by a fellow classmate at E.O./Green Junior High in Oxnard. Compounding the tragedy is the fact that King’s shooter, Brandon McInerney, was overhead bragging that he could kill someone if they offended him because his dad had a cache [...]
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Posted in Car Accidents, Wrongful Death on Jul 30th, 2009
A fifty-year-old pedestrian that was struck down and killed by a hit-and-run driver remains unidentified. The man was hit by a truck while traveling on Laguna Canyon Road in the early morning hours. The crash was first reported at 3:25 a.m. in the northbound lanes of 133. Police searched an area that included the 73 [...]
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Posted in Car Accidents, Wrongful Death on Jul 22nd, 2009
A tragic car accident in San Bernardino this past Tuesday night has left one woman dead authorities reveal. The incident occurred when a car traveling east on Bear Valley Road in Victorville crossed into westbound lanes. Shortly after entering opposing traffic, the wayward vehicle colliding into another automobile. A witness reported the wreck at 5:39 [...]
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Posted in Property Damage, Wrongful Death on Jul 22nd, 2009
An apartment fire that killed two men in Huntington Beach may have been caused by a spark from a barbecue grill. Witnesses say that they believe the grill started the blaze which occurred just after 1:30 a.m. Sunday morning in the Ocean Villas apartments on Warner Avenue and Edwards Street. Firefighters were able to put [...]
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Posted in Car Accidents, Wrongful Death on Jul 16th, 2009
A 6 a.m. car crash resulted in a tragic fatality in Wilmington this morning after an unidentified woman collided with a garbage truck, The accident occurred near the Pacific Coast Highway and Figueroa Street at the Harbor Freeway overpass. The driver of the garbage truck’s condition was not known at press time and the cause [...]
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