San Diego Personal Injury Attorney Alicia Slaughter

An unfortunate trolley accident resulted in the death of a bicyclist in the Mountain View area.  The collision occurred early Tuesday evening just after 5 p.m. near Greenwood Memorial park and Mortuary on Imperial Avenue.  The cyclist was struck on a stretch of tracks near the Park and died at the scene.  The gender, name, [...]

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A car accident in San Diego this morning resulted in the death of a woman who may have been a military officer. The incident occurred at 5:45 a.m. in the Torrey Highlands area when the 23-year old’s car drifted off State route 56, overturned and tumbled down an ice plant covered embankment. The driver  was  [...]

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In Newport Beach today a repeat DUI offender was denied a plea bargain in a vehicular homicide case involving Charles David Lewis Jr., one of the founders of the clothing company TapouT.  Lewis Jr., a famed mixed martial art entrepreneur, was killed in March after defendant Jeffery David Kirby hit the victims’ Ferrari with his [...]

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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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A car accident resulted in a fatality Tuesday night when a man crossing the Harbor (110) freeway in Wilmington was struck by a car.  The accident occurred at around 8:50 p.m. in the No. 2 lane of the southbound freeway, which was south of Pacific Coasts highway.  The man died on the scene shortly after. [...]

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There are numerous places where a bicycle accident can happen and why.   Of course, the most deadly often occur on our nations roadways, in fact, 716 bicyclists were killed in traffic accidents in 2008. This was a slight  increase from 2007 statistics which indicated that 698 bicyclists were among the 41,059 fatalities that happened  from [...]

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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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The woman who was killed on U.S. Highway 395 Monday evening has been identified as 26-year-old Jessica Blass.  Blass was traveling southbound on 395 in a white Toyota Yaris at around 8 p.m. when she crossed the center divider and crashed head-on into a Dodge Dakota pick up truck. The Dodge driver was taken to [...]

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A three vehicle collision in Anaheim that involved  a red Montero Sport SUV, a white Volvo 4-door and a green Ford Ranger ended with few serious complaints after the Ranger rolled over.  The accident occurred at 10:17 a.m. at Gilbert Street and Lincoln Avenue but the only injury sustained was to the driver of the  [...]

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