News sources report that an Ontario man was charged with gross vehicular manslaughter after allegedly losing control of his vehicle and crashing into another car while driving drunk in Rancho Cucamonga in mid-May. The 18-year-old Ontario man’s blood-alcohol level was 0.10 percent at the time of the accident, according to a police report. Witnesses to the accident stated that the accident happened as the 18-year-old attempted to make a right turn, or U-turn, from southbound Euclid Avenue onto Philadelphia Street. (read more)
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30
Jun
2011
Woman Killed in Ontario Train Accident
News sources stated that a woman was struck and killed by a Union Pacific freight train Wednesday in Ontario as she was crossing the tracks on foot. Authorities say the accident happened around 12:30pm near the 400-block of East State Street and Euclid Avenue. Ontario police officers and firefighters responded to the scene and discovered a woman’s body lying on the ground next to the stopped train. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. Union Pacific Spokesman Tom Lange (read more)
Read MoreAn unidentified person was hospitalized Monday after the car he was riding in crashed into a tree in Ontario, report news sources. According to investigators, the vehicle exited Interstate 10 near Holt Avenue, landed in the center divider of the Holt Avenue transition ramp then struck a tree. At approximately 5:40 p.m., Ontario Fire Department firefighters reported to the scene of the accident where the passenger was alert but trapped in the vehicle. He was wearing a seatbelt at the (read more)
Read MoreTwo people were injured, one of whom was hospitalized, Tuesday afternoon after a three-car accident on Interstate 15 in Ontario, report news sources. According to the California Highway Patrol, at about 1:20 p.m. a Toyota Corolla was traveling southbound in the slow lane when the driver attempted to change lanes to allow other vehicles to merge on to the freeway from the Jurupa Avenue onramp. During the maneuver, the Toyota driver lost control of the vehicle, triggering a three-car pile-up (read more)
Read MoreA trucker is dead after a Monday morning accident at an Ontario railroad crossing that involved three other vehicles including another big rig, report news sources. According to a written coroner’s statement, the 67-year-old Visalia man was driving northbound in a 1995 Kenworth tractor-trailer, which slowed as the truck approached a railroad crossing. The big rig then edged forward, slowly shoving two vehicles in front of it through the crossing arms and on to the railroad tracks. As a train (read more)
Read MoreA motorcyclist was killed and a motorist arrested in connection with the death after an Ontario crash Wednesday night, report news sources. According to coroner’s officials, at 5:24 p.m. the 38-year-old was riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle when he collided with a Chevy Suburban being driven by a 33-year-old Montclair man. The Upton motorcyclist died at a Loma Linda hospital early Thursday morning at 12:23. The driver of the SUV, which was also carrying two children as passengers, was arrested Wednesday (read more)
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