According to news sources, a 10-year-old boy was seriously injured Thursday afternoon after a truck ran him over as he left his south Sacramento elementary school. The FedEx truck was traveling northbound on Caymus Drive near Beitzel Elementary School, where the boy attends school. Upon turning left on Chantal Way the boy reportedly ran onto the crosswalk and was struck by the vehicle, according to a California Highway Patrol officer. Classes at the school were cancelled for the day. The (read more)
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07
Oct
2011
Young Boy Injured In Truck Accident
04
Oct
2011
Man Killed In Fatal Freeway Accident
A man helping a friend with a tire change on the Ventura Freeway was killed Saturday night after a car traveling on the road drifted towards the right shoulder of the roadway where the man was standing and struck him, according to news sources. The 55-year-old man was killed at the scene of the crash. The 27-year-old man driving the vehicle that struck the man was reportedly traveling at speeds of around 65 mph at the time. The collision caused (read more)
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21
Sep
2011
Arroyo Boy Injured In Accident
According to news sources, an Arroyo Grande boy was seriously injured when a pickup truck struck him on Valley Road. The California Highway Patrol said that the 14-year-old boy suffered major injuries after a 1994 Dodge pickup truck traveling on Valley Road struck him Tuesday night. The CHP is currently investigating the cause of the accident and why the driver reportedly drove onto the east shoulder of the road. It has also been reported that it is as of yet (read more)
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16
Sep
2011
U.S-Mexico Border Crossing Collapses
The San Ysidro point of entry crossing between San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico collapsed during structural repair construction work that left 11 people injured and thousands of travelers facing unusually long commutes, according to news sources. The border crossing is the busiest in the U.S, with an estimated 50,000 vehicles and 25,000 pedestrians reportedly crossing every day. Traffic however was ground to a halt when construction work overhead on a section of scaffold designed to keep cars safe from the (read more)
Read MoreAccording to news sources, 35-year-old actress Reese Witherspoon was seen sporting a black eye and a bandage on her forehead yesterday, injuries she had sustained in a reported car accident last Wednesday. In her first public appearance since she was hit by a car last Wednesday while jogging in Santa Monica, actress Reese Witherspoon was reportedly seen with a bandage that covered a forehead gash she sustained during the accident, along with a black left eye. The Oscar-winning actress, who (read more)
Read MoreAccording to news sources, a Los Gatos police officer was dispatched to assist a 25-year-old man reportedly laying down on Highway 9 when he accidentally crashed into him. Police Sgt. Kerry Harris reported that the officer involved in the collision will not be placed under administrative leave of any sort especially considering that the officer according to Harris is “an outstanding officer with a clean driving record. This appears to be an accident.” The incident began when someone called 911 (read more)
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08
Sep
2011
Reese Witherspoon Injured While Jogging
According to news sources 35-year-old actress Reese Witherspoon was struck by a car on Wednesday while jogging in Santa Monica, California. The Oscar-winning actress is known to be quite the avid jogger and presumably knows the area she was jogging in Wednesday well. However, while running through an unmarked crosswalk she was struck by a car travelling at approximately 20 mph. The vehicle was operated by an 84-year old woman. The woman was cited for failing to yield to a (read more)
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02
Sep
2011
Hit-and-Run Attempts to Flee Via Skateboard
A driver tried to flee an accident on his skateboard, after running his SUV into a house in South Los Angeles on Thursday morning, according to news sources. The collision occurred at the 4500 block of Wesley Avenue in Vermont Square at 7:43 a.m. Police found the vehicle was lodged between the house and a telephone pole. After attempting to skate away and being stopped by onlookers, the driver of the SUV used his skateboard as a weapon to fight (read more)
Read MoreNews sources report, a man walking with a bicycle was injured Wednesday night in San Bernardino when he wandered into traffic. According to a San Bernardino Police Department news release, at approximately 9:15 p.m., the man was walking with the bicycle on 40th Street near Harrison Street when, for unknown reasons, he walked into traffic and into the path of an oncoming motor vehicle. The vehicle struck the 51-year-old San Bernardino man. Paramedics reported to the scene of the accident (read more)
Read MoreA woman died Friday after being struck by a vehicle in Bakersfield the previous day, report media sources. According to police and witness reports, on Thursday, the 39-year-old woman was dialing her cell phone while walking in a southeasterly direction in the 4600 block of California Avenue, when at about 1:20 p.m., the woman stepped into No. 3 westbound lane of California Avenue as she placed the phone to her ear. To avoid hitting the woman, the driver of an (read more)
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