A man died Friday in a single-vehicle rollover crash in Monterey County, state news reports. According to the California Highway Patrol, the 53-year-old Arroyo Grande man was driving southbound when he turned his vehicle hard to the right. The 1995 Toyota minivan exited the roadway, crashed through a fence and tumbled down an embankment, coming to rest in a dry creek bed. The driver was ejected from the minivan during the accident. A witness reported the crash around 7:45 a.m. (read more)
Read MoreNews sources report that a parametric was killed and another injured Sunday when the ambulance in which he was riding collided with a guardrail in Ontario. The 2007 Ford ambulance was traveling westbound on Interstate 10 when the 23-year-old rescue worker from Rialto was injured around 6:10 a.m. according California Highway Patrol reports. CHP officers say the paramedic was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the accident. He died at 9:07 a.m. at an area hospital. According to (read more)
Read MoreNews sources report that a man was killed early Friday morning after his car raced off the road and over a steep embankment. The California Highway Patrol reports that, according to witnesses, the silver car was going about 100 mph when, for unknown reasons, it went into the median and started to spin out. The vehicle then plunged over the cliff, dropping 100 feet. Before going over the cliff, the car damaged a sign, 50 feet of fencing and about (read more)
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11
Jan
2011
Merging Driver Hits Stalled Car on Highway 50
A crash on westbound Highway 50 at 11:36am between Mather Field and Zinfandal Road exits in Rancho Cordova killed one driver.
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10
Jan
2011
Unlicensed Teenager Wrecks Car, Four Injured
A teenager from Bakersfield was killed on Friday illegally driving in an early morning crash. Four others were hurt.
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04
Jan
2011
Man Crashes Into Fence Post in Upper Lake
A man from Lakeport is dead after he smashed his car through a fence in Upper Lake. A piece of wood fell through the windshield, causing fatal injuries.
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30
Dec
2010
Drunken Driver Crashes Into Home’s Backyard
A 57-year-old man from Porterville crashed into the backyard of a nearby home and was arrested for suspected drunken driving. A Porterville resident was stopped at an intersection headed east on Westfield Avenue when a 28-year-old man rear-ended him. The suspect immediately went into reverse after the car collision, backing through a fence speeding at 50mph and rolling into an area resident’s backyard. When his vehicle was in the backyard, he tried to escape but was trapped by other parked (read more)
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29
Dec
2010
Attempted U-Turn Results in Fatal Car Crash
A Tuesday afternoon car accident took the life of a woman from San Roman and caused personal injury to another after she hit an oncoming pickup truck.
Read MoreTraffic along Interstate 80 in Vacaville was halted on Monday due to a truck losing control and hitting a guardrail east of Leisure Town Road.
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