According to news sources, a man was struck by a vehicle and killed in an accident Saturday night after reportedly leading authorities on a high-speed pursuit that ended with him exiting the vehicle and attempting to flee on foot before being struck on the roadway. The incident took place on Highway 80 in Albany when the California Highway Patrol pursued the suspect after identifying him as suspected of drinking and driving, a CHP officer said. The CHP then chased the (read more)
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Nov
2011
Man Struck By Vehicle After CHP Pursuit
29
Nov
2011
Fog Blamed For Man’s Death on Freeway
According to news sources, a man was killed in an accident early Tuesday when officials received a call about a man reportedly pushing his vehicle on Interstate 5 in the midst of fog. The man was later killed when a vehicle crashed into him on the roadway. The incident took place on Interstate 5 near March Lane when a man reportedly exited his vehicle and began pushing it on the roadway, the California Highway Patrol said. Heavy fog on the (read more)
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28
Nov
2011
Young Girl Dies, Five Injured In I-5 Accident
According to news sources, a young 14-year-old girl died and five people were seriously injured Sunday afternoon in an accident on Interstate 5 when the vehicle they were in veered off the roadway and rolled down an embankment. A 33-year-old woman driving a 1997 Ford Expedition traveling southbound reportedly attempted to merge with the right lane when she noticed a vehicle in her blind spot, the California Highway Patrol said. The vehicle was traveling at about 65 mph when she (read more)
Read MoreAccording to news sources, a parolee led authorities on a dangerous car chase Friday afternoon in Oakland that led to two vehicle collisions and the carjacking of a vehicle before police arrested the man. The suspect was driving a vehicle in the area around Grand Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard when authorities reportedly attempted to pull him over. As the suspect proceeded to speed off, police followed in what fast became a dangerous high speed pursuit. There were reports of two (read more)
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18
Nov
2011
83-Year-Old Woman Injured In Solo Crash
According to news sources, an 83-year-old woman was injured in a car crash Thursday afternoon after losing control of the vehicle she was driving and crashed into a tree. The woman was driving a Toyota traveling westbound on Highway 150 when she reportedly lost control of the vehicle, veered off the roadway and went down an embankment before colliding with a tree, California Highway Patrol officer said. The CHP is currently investigating the cause of the crash. The woman was (read more)
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17
Nov
2011
Pedestrian In Wheelchair Killed on Roadway
According to news sources, a pedestrian on Road 30 was killed in a car collision after being struck by a vehicle traveling on the roadway Tuesday night and subsequently struck by another vehicle after being knocked onto another lane due to the initial collision. The 60-year-old man was on the roadway during nighttime and was reportedly wearing dark clothing when the first of two vehicles struck him. He was heading north when a northbound Ford pickup truck struck him, the (read more)
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16
Nov
2011
Man Struck By Police Car Dies
According to news sources, a man who had just been involved in an accident was struck by a police car after exiting his vehicle on the Capital City Freeway and reportedly walking in the middle of the roadway. The man was driving a Ford Mustang early Wednesday when his vehicle reportedly crashed, causing tit to spin out of control and eaving “doughnut” skid marks on the roadway, the California Highway Patrol said. The man then proceeded to walk in the (read more)
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15
Nov
2011
Man Suspected of DUI Crashes Into Patrol Car
According to news sources, a man suspected of drinking and driving was arrested Monday night in Inverness after crashing into a sheriff’s patrol vehicle. The 47-year-old man had reportedly crashed into a parked car and drove away when witnesses flagged down authorities driving in two patrol cars on the roadway. As the patrol cars made their way up the road the allegedly drunken driver descended on the roadway. Failing to stop the man crashed into one of the patrol cars, (read more)
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14
Nov
2011
Head-On Collision Leaves Two Seriously Injured
According to news sources, two people sustained serious injuries in a head-on collision Wednesday morning on Twentynine Palms Highway after a driver drifted into opposite traffic. A 22-year-old man driving a 2003 black Saab sedan traveling at speeds of about 65 mph was reportedly weaving through traffic before the accident took place, witnesses said. The man Saab proceeded to drift onto opposing traffic, colliding head-on with a 1995 blue Buick LeSabre traveling at about 70 mph, the California Highway Patrol (read more)
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14
Nov
2011
Woman Dies In Solo Wildomar Accident
According to news sources, a woman was killed in a fatal single vehicle collision Friday night after she reportedly lost control of the car, sending it traveling towards the a dirt center media on Interstate 15. The accident took place on I-5 in Wildomar when a 50-year-old woman driving a Ford Explorer traveling southbound lost control of the vehicle and crashed into the center dirt median, authorities said. The cause behind why the woman lost control of the vehicle is (read more)
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