Three women suffered major injuries Monday afternoon in a single-vehicle rollover crash on Highway 4 near Hercules in an unincorporated area of Contra Costa County, report news sources. According to the California Highway Patrol, at about 3 p.m., the vehicle carrying the three unidentified women overturned near Cummings Skyway injuring the trio. Emergency crews including a medical helicopter reported to the accident scene. One of the women was airlifted to a Walnut Creek medical center; the other two women were (read more)
Read MoreSeven people, including two children, were injured Monday afternoon in a head-on crash in Salinas, report media sources. According to the California Highway Patrol, at about 1:40 p.m. the collision occurred on Alisal Road just north of Hartnel Road when, for unknown reasons, a Volkswagen Jetta carrying two people deviated from it’s path on northbound Alisal into the path of an oncoming southbound Ford Explorer that was carrying five people including two children. Emergency crews reported to the scene and (read more)
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2011
“Jackass” Star Ryan Dunn Killed in Car Accident
News sources reported that reality TV personality and co-star of the “Jackass” series and movies Ryan Dunn and a male passenger died in a car accident in West Goshen, PA Monday morning. Dunn, 34, died in a single-car crash near his home in West Goshen around 2:30am following a night out with friends. Upon arriving at the scene, police state that they found Dunn’s 2007 Porsche 911 GT3 “off the road and in the woods… fully engulfed in flames.” According (read more)
Read MoreNews sources indicate a man, who may have been involved in an argument, smashed his SUV into the rear end of a stationary big rig, critically injuring himself and his female passenger Monday morning in Los Angeles. According to Sgt. O. Green of the Los Angeles Police Department’s South Traffic, the accident was reported just before 2:20am and happened near the intersection of 30th Street and Vermont Avenue. Sgt. Green said that the man and woman were possibly engaged in (read more)
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Jun
2011
KHSD Police Chief Killed in Hit and Run Crash
Media sources state that the Police Chief of the Kern High School District was killed in hit and run accident when a vehicle struck his motorcycle Friday night. The accident occurred around 11:20pm Friday night on Highway 99 just south of Pond Road. Officers are searching for an individual that has been described as a Hispanic man with short black hair driving an older model Chevrolet, possibly a brown Cavalier. The Chevrolet allegedly bumped the back of KHSD Police Chief (read more)
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Jun
2011
Two Killed in Nipomo Car Crash
News sources reported that two people died and three were injured in a violent collision in Nipomo Sunday afternoon. The crash happened around 4:20pm on Hutton Road, a frontage road in front of the Santa Maria Speedway, according to the California Highway Patrol. Apparently, one vehicle “spun out of control” and collided with another vehicle. The back end of the out-of-control vehicle was severed, splitting the vehicle in two. The back end was found 100 feet away in a strawberry (read more)
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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 MoreMedia sources reported that four Australian tourists were not seriously injured in a car accident on Interstate 5 in Woodland Sunday. According to California Highway Patrol reports, the tourists were southbound on I-5 near West Street in Woodland when the accident occurred around 4pm. A woman was driving north on I-5 at speeds of around 75-80mph cut across the center divider and drove into oncoming lanes. The driver of the van was traveling at speeds from 60-65mph and saw the (read more)
Read MoreA motorist suffered serious injuries Sunday early afternoon in a single-vehicle crash in Murrieta, report news sources. According to the California Highway Patrol, at about 1 p.m. a white four-door Honda was traveling near Murrieta Hot Springs Road when, for unknown reasons the driver lost control of the vehicle. The automobile crashed, and the driver was ejected from the front of the vehicle. The driver of the vehicle was transported to a local hospital for treatment of serious injuries. At (read more)
Read MoreMedia sources stated that a man and woman were trapped inside their car after crashing their vehicle into a Chevron gas station while fleeing an attempted possible DUI traffic stop in Newhall early Friday morning. The crash occurred shortly before 2am near Newhall Avenue and Sierra Highway, according to Dispatch Supervisor Michael Pittman of the Los Angeles County Fire Department after fleeing an attempted traffic stop. Sheriff’s Detective Jeff Maag said, “(The deputy) came up behind the car and it (read more)
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