A man was killed Saturday night when the car he was driving crashed into a walnut tree south of the Yolo County community of Madison, report news sources. According to a California Highway Patrol news release, at approximately 11:35 p.m. the 21-year-old Brooks man was driving a 2010 Chevrolet Camaro westbound on County Road 23. The Chevrolet was traveling at a high rate of speed, just west of County Road 89, when the car crashed into the tree. The motorist (read more)
Read MoreA Temecula woman sustained minor to moderate injuries Monday night in a single-vehicle rollover crash in Murrieta, report media outlets. According to the California Highway Patrol, at 11:18 p.m. a Suzuki Forenza was traveling southbound on Winchester Road just south of Benton Road when, according to witness reports, the car swerved when the woman attempted to avoid hitting an animal. The sedan went off the road and on to the embankment at the right shoulder of the road. The car (read more)
Read MoreMedia sources reported that a woman drove her vehicle into the front of a popular Sherman Oaks clothing store Monday because her sandals became caught on the accelerator. According to a Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman, the woman drove red Jaguar sedan into Dr. Blue Jeanns on Van Nuys Blvd. The driver told police that her sandals began to come off while she was driving and she was unable to stop the car from accelerating. The store is closed on (read more)
Read MoreA Santa Rosa woman died Monday night after her car crashed into a vineyard in the Sonoma County community of Geyserville, report media outlets. According to the California Highway Patrol, on Monday night, a 2005 Honda Accord, driven by the 39-year-old Santa Rosa resident, was traveling westbound on Highway 128 when the vehicle crossed the double yellow line to pass slower moving traffic through series of curves in the roadway. At approximately 8:30 p.m., as the Honda traveled 45 to (read more)
Read MoreAuthorities are saying that a Soquel man purposefully drove his sport utility vehicle against opposing traffic and crashed head-on into another vehicle, killing a woman in Santa Cruz on Monday afternoon, report news sources. According to the California Highway Patrol, at 3:09 p.m., the 29-year-old Soquel man was driving his 2001 silver Acura MDX SUV in the wrong direction on southbound Highway 17 near the fishhook where the Highway 17 connects to Highway 1. The SUV smashed head-on into a (read more)
Read MoreA man was killed in a single-vehicle rollover accident early Saturday, morning report media sources. According to witness reports, just before 2 a.m. a 1996 Mitsubishi Eclipse was traveling erratically, weaving back and forth on Country Club Drive. The driver of the car, a 48-year-old Madera man, appeared to lose control of the vehicle around Avenue 21 and Road 28 1/2 when the vehicle went off the south shoulder of Avenue 21, causing the vehicle to overturn several time. The (read more)
Read MoreMedia sources reported that a woman was injured in a single-vehicle accident Friday in Springville, then arrested on suspicion of DUI. The California Highway Patrol stated that the accident happened around 1:55am Friday when the 25-yer-old woman made an unsafe turning movement while driving her 2002 GMC northbound on Balch Park Road, north of Highway 190. The woman was estimated to be traveling at around 35 to 40mph when the unsafe turning movement caused her vehicle to veer off the (read more)
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06
Jul
2011
Freeway Transition Crash Kills 1, Injures 7
News sources reported that a man was killed and “seven or eight” of his passengers were injured when their vehicle struck a pole on the transition road from the 55 Freeway to the Garden Grove Freeway and burst into flames early Monday morning. According to California Highway Patrol Officer Denise Quesada, the single-car accident happened on the transition road from southbound 55 Freeway to the westbound Garden Grove Freeway at around 1:20am. The vehicle burst into flame after striking a (read more)
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06
Jul
2011
Suspected DUI Driver Fights Police near Windsor
News sources report that a Santa Rosa man was taken into custody after allegedly fighting with Windsor, Sonoma County and California Highway Patrol officers after a single-car accident outside of Windsor Tuesday morning. The incident happened around 6:20am on southbound 101, just north of Shiloh Road, when CHP motorcycle officer Robert Powers responded to a car accident report. When he arrived on scene, Powers discovered a 1996 Toyota Camry that had run off the road and was stuck in a (read more)
Read MoreAuthorities are treating a fiery multi-vehicle crash that killed one person in Richmond as a hit-and-run accident because one of the involved drivers allegedly fled the scene of the incident, report news sources. According to reports, just after 5 a.m. the three-vehicle crash occurred on eastbound Interstate 80 on the Carlson Avenue on-ramp. A Pontiac sedan involved in the crash burst into flames on impact, said a Richmond Fire Department official. Bystanders pulled some of the victims of the pile-up (read more)
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