According to a series of news sources, a vehicle drove off the Thousand Palms Canyon Road on Tuesday where it ended up overturning. According to the report, the driver ended up dying as a result of the crash. Reports show that the vehicle was traveling on the southbound lanes of the road when she allowed her vehicle to veer off before it crashed. Three children who were properly restrained in the vehicle were not injured as a result of the (read more)
Read MoreInvestigators are trying to determine if a trucker died before or after the big rig he was driving crashed in Fresno on Wednesday morning. According to the California Highway Patrol, the 53-year-old man from the San Bernardino County community of Adelanto did not appear to have died of injuries stemming from a crash in which the semi he was driving collided with a concrete pillar on Highway 99. The cause of the trucker’s death remains under investigation. A 41-year-old Lancaster (read more)
Read MoreMedia sources report, Father’s Day weekend took a tragic turn for two families in Northern California when two toddlers died after car accidents that occurred in the driveways of their own homes. According the California Highway Patrol, a Stockton man was backing out of his driveway Saturday when his 18-month-old daughter darted behind the van. She was struck by the vehicle and rushed to a local hospital where she later died. In a separate Sunday morning incident, a Roseville father (read more)
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20
Jun
2011
One Dead, Three Hurt in Sanger Area Crash
News sources report, a Sanger area crash left one person dead and three injured Saturday afternoon. According to the California Highway Patrol, at around 4:45 p.m., a Mitsubishi Eclipse was attempting to pass a Chevrolet Blazer while traveling southbound on Newmark Avenue south of American Avenue, when the Eclipse drifted off the east edge of the road. The Eclipse driver, a 50-year-old man, attempted to direct the vehicle back on to the road, causing the coupe to cross into the (read more)
Read MoreNews sources report, at least one person is dead after a head-on collision Friday between two vehicles on Highway 299 near Burney in Shasta County. According to the California Highway Patrol, the crash involved a minivan and a pickup and occurred just west of the Pit 1 Grade. The CHP received a report about the accident at 11:17 a.m. Authorities also report that at least one person was hurt in the midday collision. According to the CHP, the person who (read more)
Read MoreOne man was killed and another injured in Tulare on Tuesday morning when the vehicle they were in collided with a truck, report news sources. According to the California Highway Patrol, a 22-year-old Tulare man was driving a Ford Escort wagon northbound on a local road when he ran a stop sign. The wagon collided with a dump truck. The driver was declared dead at the scene of the crash. The sole passenger of the Ford, another 22-year-old Tulare man, (read more)
Read MoreA Castro Valley toddler was killed and her 7-year-old sister injured when the car they were riding in when off the road and hit a tree Monday afternoon, report news sources. According to the California Highway Patrol, around 2:15 p.m. the girls’ 27-year-old father was driving a maroon 2010 Honda Pilot southeast of Castro Valley when the vehicle drifted across center line and into the opposing traffic lane before going off the road on to the northbound shoulder and striking (read more)
Read MoreAccording to news reports, a Solvang woman was killed after her vehicle went over a cliff Monday. Around 10:30 p.m., the 24-year-old woman was driving a 2002 Jeep belonging to her father when she lost control of the vehicle, say California Highway Patrol sources. Authorities believe the Jeep lost traction around a sharp curve, began to fishtail and went off the roadway. The SUV plunged 350 feet off the embankment. When rescue crews arrived, emergency workers were initially unable to (read more)
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16
May
2011
Burnson Man Crushed to Death by Ice Cream Truck
ANGELS CAMP — The operator of an ice cream truck was crushed to death when the vehicle inexplicably began to roll on an incline at the Calaveras County Fairgrounds on Sunday morning, say news reports. The 73-year-old Burnson man parked his 1980 International box truck near the fairgrounds parking lot and had disembarked the vehicle to get into a pickup parked in front of it, report California Highway Patrol sources. For unknown reasons, the ice cream truck came out of (read more)
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09
May
2011
Gonzales Man Dies in Car Crash Near Salinas
According to news reports, a Gonzales man died Sunday in a solo car crash when his vehicle struck a tree near Salinas. The 30-year-old man was traveling southbound when he lost control of his car. The vehicle went of the road and collided with a tree on the driver’s side of the 1999 Acura, say police reports. The crash occurred around 12:10 p.m. The driver, who was found wearing a seatbelt, was pronounced dead at scene. The California Highway Patrol (read more)
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