A man died Tuesday night in a fiery collision between a pickup truck and a construction vehicle in Escondido, report news sources. According to the California Highway Patrol, the man was driving a 1994 Toyota Tercel passenger car southbound on Interstate 15 before the vehicle moved on to the transition ramp to Old Highway 395 at a high rate of speed. The car veered to the east edge of the ramp, collided with the back of a Caterpillar Roller construction (read more)
Read More
01
Aug
2011
One Dead, Four Hurt After Collision in Fallbrook
A Murrieta man was killed Sunday morning in a two-vehicle collision in Fallbrook after he lost control of the car he was driving, report news sources. According to the California Highway Patrol, at approximately 9:50 a.m., the 19-year-old motorist was driving a black Mazda Protege at a high rate of speed eastbound on a two-lane stretch of Highway 76 east of Sage Road when he attempted to navigate a curve in the road and lost control of the car. The car (read more)
Read MoreA big rig hauling 41,000 pounds of avocados forced a road closure in the San Diego County community of Valley Center on Tuesday morning when the semi flipped on to its side, report news sources. According to the California Highway Patrol, at approximately 7 a.m., the driver of the 53-foot long truck attempted to make a sharp turn on Lilac Road south of the Lilac Road Extension, causing the tractor-trailer to get stuck. One wheel of the truck was hanging (read more)
Read MoreA big rig hauling dirt to a landfill overturned Thursday, spilling its contents on the road and blocking traffic just northwest of Ramona, report news sources. According to the California Highway Patrol, at approximately 2:30 p.m. the truck pulling two trailers was traveling eastbound on Highway 78 when the driver of the semi failed to negotiate a left-hand turn on to Haverford Road. The truck and the first trailer overturned, spilling the trailer’s load of dirt across 12 yards of (read more)
Read MoreA National City man was killed, and another person injured, in a single-vehicle crash Saturday morning in Chula Vista, report media sources. According to the California Highway Patrol, at the crash occurred at 5:40 a.m. on the shoulder of northbound Interstate 805. A 2008 Toyota Scion veered on to the freeway shoulder just north of the J Street overpass. The car struck a power box with enough force to eject the driver, a 23-year-old National City man, and then hit (read more)
Read MoreMedia outlets report that a three-vehicle collision shut down southbound Interstate 15 and caused minor injures Friday morning in San Diego County. According to the California Highway Patrol, the multi-vehicle crash occurred just south of state Route 76 in Pala, a small community in the East County area of the Southern California county. Only minor injuries were reported, said the CHP. Authorities issued a Sig alert just before 6:30 a.m. All lanes of the southbound freeway were blocked, and traffic (read more)
Read MoreFour people were injured, one seriously, in an SUV crash on Interstate 5 Thursday as they headed to San Diego for Memorial Day weekend, report news sources. According to the California Highway Patrol, the driver of the SUV, a 26-year-old Portland, Ore., woman, lost control of the southbound vehicle. It went into the center divider, recrossed both southbound lanes and overturned on its way to resting on it’s wheels in a ditch on the rest side of the freeway. One (read more)
Read MoreFour people, including two minors, were injured in a hit-and-run accident Saturday in El Centro, report news sources. According to the California Highway Patrol, a 28-year-old Brawley man ran a red light and hit a car carrying four people. The accident occurred Saturday morning on SR-111. All of the people, including a teenager and two kids, sustained injuries. One of the kids, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was thrown from the car and suffered severe injures. Emergency crews reported (read more)
Read More
13
May
2011
Easy Tips to Keep Your Kids Safe on the Road
As a San Diego car accident attorney, I encourage parents to practice safe habits and take measures to keep their kids safe while driving. There are several resources online that can help you and your kids stay safe on the road. Here are five easy tips to help keep your family safe during rides. Buy an appropriate car or booster seat. Make sure the car seat or booster seat is appropriate for the age of your child. According to the (read more)
Read MoreA man died Wednesday after driving backward across four lanes of traffic and colliding with a cement truck, news sources report. The 30-year-old man was traveling in the No. 1 lane on northbound Interstate 5 when he reversed his 2004 Suzuki vehicle and began driving against traffic. The motorist crossed into the No. 4 lane where he collided with a Peterbilt cement truck at 1:29 a.m. The cement truck pushed the Suzuki back across the freeway into the center median, (read more)
Read More