According to news sources, a man suspected of drinking and driving reportedly lost control of the vehicle Thursday while driving on Highway 150 in Ojai. The 32-year-old man and his 29-year-old female passenger both sustained serious injuries in the crash. The accident took place as the man was driving on Highway 150 at Topa Lane and reportedly lost control of the vehicle before colliding with a power pole, the California Highway Patrol said. Both occupants of the vehicle were trapped (read more)
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04
Nov
2011
DUI Suspect Crashes In Serious Injury Accident
02
Nov
2011
Distracted Driver Crashes Vehicle
According to news sources, a man who was reportedly “fooling around” with his girlfriend while driving on Highway 101 rear-ended another vehicle on the roadway and went plummeting down an embankment. The 26-year-old man was driving a pickup truck traveling northbound on Highway 101 when he crashed into the rear of another vehicle on the roadway, the California Highway Patrol said. The man was reportedly “fooling around” when the accident took place, the CHP said. The accident sent the 24-year-old (read more)
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31
Oct
2011
CHP: Man Arrested After High Speed Pursuit
According to news sources, a man was arrested Sunday after leading authorities on a dangerous high speed pursuit along Highway 1. The 23-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of felony evading and driving under the influence, along with other charges, a California Highway Patrol official said. A California Highway Patrol official attempting a traffic stop after noticing expired registration tags was forced on a high speed pursuit after the suspect sped off on the highway. The man was reaching speeds (read more)
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27
Oct
2011
Woman Suspected of DUI Crashes Motorcycle
According to news sources, a woman who was allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol was arrested Sunday after she crashed the motorcycle into the center median on Highway 1 near Vandenberg Air Force Base. The accident took place north of Firefighter Road when the woman crashed the 2011 Harley Davidson she was riding into the center median, the California Highway Patrol said. The woman had apparently allowed the motorcycle to drift onto the center median and hit a drainage (read more)
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25
Oct
2011
Man Dies in Severe Bakersfield Car Accident
The truck driver fled the car accident scene on foot but was apprehended and arrested shortly thereafter by Bakersfield police officers. Alcohol use suspected.
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24
Oct
2011
DUI Suspect Arrested In Fatal Crash
According to news sources, a DUI suspected teenager was arrested after a young girl was killed and three others injured in an accident that took place Saturday in Salton City. The 18-year-old driver of the vehicle was traveling southbound on Highway 86 when the accident took place, a California Highway Patrol officer said. The teenager lost control of the 1998 Ford Expedition vehicle and struck a guardrail, causing the vehicle to overturn several times before finally coming to a stop. (read more)
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20
Oct
2011
Man Crashes Car Into Santa Maria Home
A man who crashed a vehicle into a Santa Maria home and attempted to drive away from the scene was reportedly drunk and driving when the collision took place, according to news sources. The man was allegedly driving under the influence when he seemed to have lost control of his 2003 GMC Yukon and crashed into the front door of a house on Camelot Drive. The SUV reportedly went over the front lawn, crashed through the front door and entered (read more)
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19
Oct
2011
DUI Suspect Injures 2 People in Major Car Crash
A woman suspected of drunk driving collided head-on with another vehicle on Highway 20, inflicting serious injuries on the other car’s occupants. According to news reports, the alleged drunk driver was not wearing a seat-belt at the time of the crash and was ejected from her vehicle. She was transported by helicopter to Sutter Roseville Medical Center where she is listed in critical condition. The other vehicle involved in the crash was driven by a woman traveling with three high (read more)
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13
Oct
2011
Train Collides Into a Vacated Vehicle
A train collided into a vacated vehicle parked on the railway tracks in Davis when a DUI suspect reportedly exited the car before the train crashed into it Wednesday night, according to news sources. The woman parked the Honda on the County Road 32A and County Road 105 railroad tracks when an Amtrak train crashed into it, a California Highway Patrol official said. The car was set ablaze as a result of the collision, with the fire being later extinguished (read more)
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12
Oct
2011
Fatal Car Crash Claims Two Lives
According to news sources, two Carlotta men were killed in a car crash that occurred Tuesday evening when their vehicle crashed into a tree. The California Highway Patrol said that alcohol seemed to be a contributing factor in the collision. The two men inside the vehicle when it crashed were both reportedly wearing seat belts but sustained fatal injuries and were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, the CHP said. The 41-year-old driver of the 1996 Volkswagen Jetta (read more)
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