Local news sources have announced that a crash involving three vehicles and an AC Transit bus happened at the Bay Bridge early this morning. The crash has allegedly slowed the traffic for early commuters quite significantly. According to the California Highway Patrol reports, the accident that happened sometime after 6 a.m. resulted in minor injuries to the individuals involved. The collision happened on the westbound interspace just before Treasure Island. The news announced that the road was blocked for 40 (read more)
Read MoreThe 101 Freeway has been completely shut down by the CHP due to the monstrous explosion of a truck hauling gasoline. According to news sources, the big-rig truck overturned and caught fire near the transition ramp to Interstate 80 around 5am. Apparently the blaze completely engulfed the cab portion of the big rig, leaving the burnt out frame of the wreck. Three vehicles were involved in the crash. Paramedics rushed the truck’s driver and a woman from another vehicle to (read more)
Read MoreIn a press release, Honda Motor Co. announced the recall of specific model year CR-V compact SUVs and CR-Z hybrids because of two separate safety concerns. This recall concerns approximately 85,000 Honda vehicles. The first portion of the recall affects 2006 model Honda CR-Vs. The company stated that a faulty design of the vehicle’s power window master switch may allow residue from the interior window cleaners to build up on the switch. Over time, the contacts on the switch may (read more)
Read MoreNews sources reported that three people sustained minor injuries when a small plane crashed into the rear or their vehicle near Napa County Airport Sunday afternoon. According to the California Highway Patrol (CHP), at approximately 12:30pm on Sunday, a Beechcraft A36 Bonanza’s engine failed and forced the aircraft to crash land on State Highway 29 near Airport Boulevard, rear-ending a 2007 Infiniti. CHP Officer John Short stated that the driver of the Infiniti and their two passengers sustained minor injuries (read more)
Read MoreMedia outlets reported that a 22-year-old Grass Valley motorcyclist sustained major injuries in an early morning accident Thursday in Alta Sierra. According to the California Highway Patrol (CHP), the 22-year-old man was riding westbound on Alta Sierra Drive at about 8am, just east of Kardale. The motorcyclist entered a left-bearing curve at speeds around 30mph when a Willits man pulled his Ford flatbed truck into the path of the motorcycle after failing to yield the right of way to the (read more)
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23
Aug
2011
DUI Accident Leaves Car in Aqueduct, Injures 2
According to news reports, a woman and her passenger sustained minor injuries after an accident that left her vehicle in an aqueduct and allegedly involved alcohol in Newcastle Monday afternoon. California Highway Patrol (CHP) Officer David Montijo, of the Newcastle Office, said that the accident happened around 1:40pm when the 33-year-old woman was driving her Honda Accord westbound on Interstate 80. The woman claims that her cruise control got jammed just before she reached the Dry Creek Road exit while (read more)
Read MoreNews outlets reported that a 26-year-old Crescent City woman overturned her vehicle while allegedly drunk driving, ejecting her 5-year-old female passenger Tuesday night. According to the California Highway Patrol, the 26-year-old was traveling south on Lower Lake Road near Morehead Road at an unknown high rate of speed when she lost control of her SUV. At approximately 11:40pm, her vehicle left the edge of the road, struck a fence and overturned, coming to rest on its roof. The force of (read more)
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02
Aug
2011
Novato Man Arrested After Hwy 101 Rollover Crash
News outlets reported that a 21-year-old Novato man was arrested after allegedly causing a high-speed crash on Highway 101 in San Rafael Monday morning. According to the California Highway Patrol, the man was driving a 1995 Acura Integra northbound in the fast lane at speeds around 85mph as he approached the top of Cal Park Hill between Larkspur/Greenbrae and San Rafael around 10am when he lost control of the vehicle. The Acura swerved and traversed several lanes of traffic before (read more)
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01
Aug
2011
Motorcyclist Killed in I-280 Accident
News outlets indicated that a 32-year-old motorcyclist was killed Sunday afternoon when she sustained major head and chest injuries in a car accident on northbound Highway 280. According to the California Highway Patrol, the accident happened around 12:15pm in the northbound lanes of Highway 280 near Edgewood Road when the motorcyclist allegedly lost control of her motorcycle and began to veer into the lane next to her as a silver Honda sedan was passing her on the left. The 20-year-old (read more)
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29
Jul
2011
4-Year-Old Dies in Lakeport Car Accident
News agencies indicate that a 4-year-old boy from Lakeport was killed Wednesday after he was struck by a vehicle on Soda Bay Road, east of Osprey Court. California Highway Patrol Officer Kory Reynolds said the boy was walking east with his family on Soda Bay Road’s northern shoulder around 12:30pm Wednesday when, for reasons unknown, he stepped out into the westbound lane. At that moment, a 2004 Saturn SUV driven by a 39-year-old Lakeport man passed by and struck the (read more)
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