News agencies reported that a 70-year-old Lafayette, CA man was struck and severely injured in an alleged hit and run accident in Carnelian Bay Sunday morning. According to reports from the California Highway Patrol (CHP), the accident happened sometime between 8:40am and 9:05am Sunday morning while the man was victim was out on a morning run. An unknown vehicle traveling east on Highway 28 veered onto the shoulder and struck the man just west of Sahara Drive. A CHP press (read more)
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08
Sep
2011
Safety Advocates Unsatisfied with Standard Talks
Media agencies reported that multiple consumer safety advocates walked out on a panel discussion on how to best revise the standards in the window blind industry to prevent safety hazards last week. The consumer advocates, like Consumer Reports’ senior director of product safety and technical policy Don Mays, say that the task force for window blind safety was inattentive to their suggestions. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) put together the task force last year to draw up, by (read more)
Read MoreAccording to news sources, four construction workers were injured while working on a high-rise building in San Fransisco. The ordeal faced by the construction workers was quite dangerous and the potential repercussions could have been much worst. Workers pouring concrete on top of the building caused the roof to collapse, which led in turn to the collapse of lower floors. According to fire officials, workers on the 6th floor of the building at 19th and Illinois Streets fell through 3 (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)
Read MoreA 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)
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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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