A woman was injured Saturday and her brother was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after an all terrain vehicle crashed in Grass Valley, report news sources. According to the California Highway Patrol, at approximately 8:10 p.m. a 33-year-old Lacey, WA, man was driving an ATV westbound on Cottage Hill Drive west of Erin Place when he lost control of the vehicle, and the ATV went off the road. The man’s sister, a 37-year-old Olympia, WA, woman was (read more)
Read MoreNews reports indicate that a McKinleyville woman was injured and arrested for driving under the influence after being in a car accident near Arcata Tuesday night. A report from the California Highway Patrol stated that the 38-year-old woman was traveling north on US Highway 101 just south of Arcata when she lost control of her 1992 Isuzu Rodeo around 9:30pm. For causes unknown, the vehicle flipped over the center freeway divider and across all southbound lanes before coming to rest. (read more)
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06
Jul
2011
Suspected DUI Driver Fights Police near Windsor
News sources report that a Santa Rosa man was taken into custody after allegedly fighting with Windsor, Sonoma County and California Highway Patrol officers after a single-car accident outside of Windsor Tuesday morning. The incident happened around 6:20am on southbound 101, just north of Shiloh Road, when CHP motorcycle officer Robert Powers responded to a car accident report. When he arrived on scene, Powers discovered a 1996 Toyota Camry that had run off the road and was stuck in a (read more)
Read MoreNFL Hall of Fame nominee Lorenzo Neal was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol after a fender bender in Fresno County on Monday, report media sources. According to the California Highway Patrol, the former NFL star was driving on Copper Avenue and failed to negotiate a right turn on to Minnewawa Avenue. Neal’s Ford F150 ran off the road and struck a pole. There were no passengers in the truck, and Neal was uninjured in the (read more)
Read MoreMedia sources report that a driver suspected of driving under the influence died shortly after being involved in a car collision that injured two children and another driver in Fallbrook Sunday. According to reports from the California Highway Patrol, a 48-year-old man was driving a 1994 Toyota Paseo north on Main Avenue in Fallbrook with two children as passengers when he veered into southbound traffic near the intersection of College Street and collided with a 1994 Toyota Camry driven by (read more)
Read MoreNews sources state that a 16-year-old girl from Ross was arrested on the suspicion of driving under the influence of marijuana Sunday in Greenbrae. According to the California Highway Patrol, the girl was driving on a provisional license when she drove past police and firefighters that were investigating a two-vehicle collision on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard at Bon Air Center. As firefighters were removing a victim from a car, the girl’s westbound SUV approached the accident scene without showing signs (read more)
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01
Jul
2011
Safety Tips for July 4th Weekend
News sources reported on the latest National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) statistics in the hopes of keeping the roads a little safer over the holiday weekend. They include some helpful tips on how to avoid traffic incidents when you’re out having fun this weekend. According to the NHTSA, 10,839 people died as a result of drunken-driving crashes nationwide in 2009. The same year, drunken-driving accidents accounted for 32 percent of all traffic fatalities, but were still down 7.4 percent (read more)
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23
Jun
2011
CHP Releases Details of Avila Beach Car Accident
Media sources reported that the California Highway Patrol released the details of an alleged drunken driving accident the happened Friday morning and killed two people in Avila Beach. The driver of the 2004 Saturn Vue involved in a single-car crash on Avila Beach Drive one week ago is being held at the San Luis Obispo County Jail without bail following his arrest. He was booked on charges of drunken driving and may face two counts of second-degree homicide. The CHP (read more)
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