A Santa Rosa man died Tuesday night when the car he was driving was hit by a gasoline tanker in southern Mendocino County, report media sources. According to the California Highway Patrol, at approximately 8 p.m. the 23-year-old was driving a 2005 Toyota eastbound on Highway 128, when a the driver of a 2007 Peterbilt truck heading westbound and hauling 4,400 gallons of gasoline lost control of the vehicle, causing the the trailer to overturn and strike the Toyota. The (read more)
Read MoreA livestock trailer carrying four cows overturned Tuesday afternoon in a single-vehicle accident near Corning, report news sources. According to the California Highway Patrol, at 3:45 p.m., a 2009 Dodge pickup truck hauling the livestock trailer was traveling southbound at about 45 mph in the slow lane of Interstate 5 when the trailer began to fishtail. The movement of the trailer caused the truck’s driver to lose control of the pickup and trailer. The trailer flipped on to its right (read more)
Read MoreNews sources report, a Laytonville man was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and hospitalized with moderate injures on Saturday following a single-vehicle accident in Mendocino County. According to the California Highway Patrol, at about 9:20 a.m., the 54-year-old man was driving southbound on Highway 101 just north of Tan Oak Park when he lost control of the vehicle. The vehicle went off the west side of the roadway and down a steep embankment, overturning multiple times before (read more)
Read MoreA Woodland woman was cited for driving without a license Wednesday after the vehicle she was driving collided with a Woodland police car in that city, report news sources. According to the California Highway Patrol, at approximately 7 p.m. the 31-year-old Woodland Police Department officer was driving eastbound on West Beamer Street en route to a call in the 500 block of Kentucky Avenue when a 1996 Jeep Cherokee turned left on to West Beamer from California Street. The Jeep’s (read more)
Read MoreA driver was injured in a single-vehicle crash east of Willow Creek on Sunday when his car went off the road and landed in the Trinity River; authorities suspect the motorist was driving under the influence, report news sources. According to the California Highway Patrol, the man was driving a 1996 Saturn four-door vehicle on Highway 299 when the vehicle veered off the road and over a raised dirt curb. The vehicle hit a wooden signpost then went over an (read more)
Read MoreA woman and her two grandchildren suffered injuries Tuesday in a solo vehicle rollover crash in Healdsburg, report media outlets. According to the California Highway Patrol, at 8:38 a.m., the 51-year-old Healdsburg woman was driving a 2002 Ford Expedition southbound on Highway 101 north of Arata Lane when she attempted to change lanes and lost control of the sport utility vehicle. The SUV hit the center divider and flipped several times before coming to rest on its roof and blocking (read more)
Read MoreOver the past decade, American cars have gotten heavier and heavier due to features like more powerful engines, safety features, nicer seats and more legroom. Unfortunately, as one columnist points out, the added bulk may be contributing to an increase in fatal traffic accidents. While the weight of a heavy car helps protect the driver, but that same bulk poses a greater safety risk to other vehicles and people on the road. Two questions arise from the increased weight of (read more)
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Jun
2011
Petaluma Man Dies After Car Overturns in Creek
A man apparently drowned Wednesday morning after the vehicle he was riding in went off the road and overturned in a creek south of Petaluma, report news sources. According to the California Highway Patrol, the 84-year-old Petaluma man was a passenger in car being driven by his 57-year-old daughter. The woman told officials, at approximately 11:50 a.m. she fell asleep behind the wheel while driving eastbound on D Street near Windsor Avenue. The woman reported that she awoke when the (read more)
Read MoreA big rig crashed on the San Mateo Bridge on Wednesday morning and the oxygen tank it was towing burst into flame, report media sources. According to the California Highway Patrol, around 10:13 a.m., the semi hauling an large empty oxygen tank and several plastic chairs was traveling eastbound on the bridge with the tractor-trailer’s driver lost control of the vehicle, causing the 18-wheeler to slam into a wall next to the far right-hand land. The oxygen tank, which was (read more)
Read MoreNews sources report that a San Francisco Bay Area woman was struck by a vehicle and died Thursday morning after she pulled over to help another motorist who had become stranded on the shoulder of Highway 156 near Castroville. According to the California Highway Patrol, at around 11 a.m. the 36-year-old mother, was driving westbound when she stopped to assist another motorist who was stuck on the eastbound shoulder of the freeway, and who’s car had run out of gas. (read more)
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