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Posted on May 26, 2014
A California Highway Patrol Officer was injured when he was struck by a car Sunday morning. The officer sustained two broken legs. The vehicle, driven by a woman leaving the Graton Resort & Casino, drifted onto the shoulder and struck the officer and the patrol car. The officer, named Steven Rutledge, was standing on the […]
Posted on April 30, 2014
A police chase ended violently Tuesday with the suspect’s vehicle colliding into a pedestrian and other vehicles. The incident happened Tuesday evening in Inglewood. The chase, which lasted just four minutes, started when an SUV, driven by the suspect, was caught following a vehicle too closely. The California Highway Patrol then pursued the SUV that then […]
Posted on April 19, 2014
A 40-year-old mother and her 4-year-old son were killed Friday in a single-vehicle crash Friday. The accident happened on Interstate 80 in Sacramento. The woman, identified as Carrie Tricia Sears, was driving a 2005 Nissan Pathfinder with her son Skylar Eubanks in a child safety seat in the back seat. Sears’ 9-year-old daughter was also […]
Posted on February 24, 2014
An 18-year-old was pulled from a white BMW after a high-speed chase ended on Pacific Coast Highway Thursday night. The chase allegedly exceeded 100 mph. The incident began around 8:30 p.m. when police tried to stop the white BMW 7-Series on the 5 Freeway near Indiana St, according to the California Highway Patrol. The 18-year-old […]
Posted on September 27, 2013
Authorities say they believe a motorcyclist who died in a vehicle crash on the 134 Freeway early on Tuesday morning suffered fatal injuries when he was run over by a big rig. The weight and force of the big rig instantly killed the man. Ozer Ozyildirim, 42-years-old, of Los Angeles died at the scene of […]
Posted on September 20, 2013
A collision with a van Wednesday in rural San Mateo County killed bicyclist Joy Covey, former revolutionary tech executive and chief financial officer of online retailer Amazon.com. California Highway Patrol officer Arturo Montiel confirmed Thursday that Joy Dianne Covey, 50, of Woodside was the bicyclist that died Wednesday afternoon. The Natural Resources Defense Council, for […]
Posted on September 17, 2013
Authorities say a driver was intoxicated and speeding when he crashed his car into a guardrail on the 10 Freeway in Santa Monica, killing himself and injuring his two teenage passengers. The drunk driving accident was one of the worst in the past month in the Los Angeles area. The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office […]
Posted on September 16, 2013
Monday saw crews finish capping a South Bay well leaking methane gas that has forced dozens of residents to leave their homes. The well is located on Imperial Highway in Hawthorne, and Golden State Water workers were in the process of capping it when an a water-gas mixture flowed out unexpectedly, according to the company. […]
Posted on September 13, 2013
Two separate accidents in Silverado Canyon on Monday killed a 17-year-old girl and left six other young people with injuries. The accidents occurred at approximately 2 a.m. near the intersection of Silverado Canyon Road and Santiago Canyon Road. A Honda Civic Coupe and a Honda Civic Sedan were involved. According to the California Highway Patrol […]
Posted on September 13, 2013
A transit bus careened out of control on a Southern California Freeway on Tuesday night. The incident turned into a horrible accident that injured eight people, one of them seriously, according to authorities. The bus was traveling west on the 10 Freeway shortly before 9 p.m. when the driver lost control and the vehicle hit […]
Posted on September 6, 2013
The driver and nine passengers of a tour bus on its way to a casino in northern San Diego County were taken to a local hospital Sunday night after the bus careened off the road and crashed into trees on the side of the highway, the California Highway Patrol said. The accident occurred as the […]
Posted on September 5, 2013
Ten people were sent to the hospital late Sunday night when a tour bus crashed on its way from Los Angeles to Casino Pauma near Pala. The company that operates the tour bus has failed California Highway Patrol safety inspections four times in the last two years. The CHP said the “Polar Express” company earned […]
Posted on August 15, 2013
At approximately 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, a fuel truck blew out a tire in a Glendale (2) Freeway connector tunnel on the Golden State (5) Freeway, closing all lanes. The big rig was hauling upwards of 8,500 gallons of fuel when the tire blast caused it to crash into the side of the tunnel. It […]
Posted on July 21, 2013
Two people were injured in an accident in Irvine in the night on Friday. Authorities stated that two people sustained broken bones and that a third was hurt in an unspecified manner. All three were taken to local area hospitals. The Irvine Police Department said the call about the accident came in around 10:18 p.m. […]
Posted on July 12, 2013
The southbound 215 Freeway was shut down Tuesday morning and afternoon after an accident. A motor home trailer was involved. The accident happened around 7:30 a.m. and it was in an area with a bridge that is currently under construction. According to California Highway Patrol, D Street in Perris was the site of the accident. […]
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