A 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)
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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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29
Jul
2011
Woman Killed in Magalia Dam Crash
News sources reported that a woman died Thursday afternoon during a head-on collision in the northbound lanes of Skyway on Magalia Dam. California Highway Patrol Officer Julie Darden stated that a 25-year-old man from Magalia was traveling southbound on Skyway when his vehicle veered into oncoming traffic and struck the woman’s car head-on. Emergency crews pronounced the woman dead at the scene of the accident. The man was transported to Enloe Medical Center where the CHP expects to take his (read more)
Read MoreA motorcyclist suffered serious injuries Tuesday after a single-vehicle crash north of Fort Ross, report news sources. According to the California Highway Patrol, at approximately 12:30 p.m. an Alberta, Canada, man was riding a 2009 Harley-Davidson motorcycle during a group ride with his wife and several others on southbound Highway 1 when the motorcycle went off the road and struck an embankment near Timber Cove. The rider was thrown from the motorcycle and landed in a ravine; the motorcycle came (read more)
Read MoreJalen Rose was stopped and ticketed for speeding in a Detroit suburb Wednesday, the same day he was handed a 20-day jail sentence for driving under the influence, report news sources. According to the Clawson Police Department, at around 9 p.m., the ESPN sports analyst and former NBA basketball player was stopped for going 46 mph in a 25-mph zone. The ticketing officer gave the beleaguered athlete a break by issuing a citation for traveling 10 miles over the speed (read more)
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28
Jul
2011
Napa Resident Killed in Berryessa Crash
News sources reported that a 35-year-old man died when his vehicle crashed into Lake Berryessa early Wednesday morning. According to the California Highway Patrol, the Napa motorcyclist was traveling eastbound on his 2002 Honda on Steele Canyon Road around 2am when, for an unknown reason, he left the road, went onto a gravel shoulder and traveled down a grass embankment. His motorcycle skidded for an unknown distance before striking a tree at around 55 to 65 miles per hour. The (read more)
Read MoreMedia sources report, an American Canyon motorcyclist died Tuesday morning from injuries suffered in a broadside collision in the Sonoma County community of El Verano. According to the California Highway Patrol, at approximately 5:55 a.m. the 31-year-old man was riding a 2006 Honda Shadow motorcycle northbound on Arnold Drive and crossed into the intersection at Walnut Avenue. At the same time, a 1994 Ford Explorer sport utility vehicle entered the intersection from Walnut in an attempt to turn on to (read more)
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26
Jul
2011
Rohnert Park Rollover Crash Injures 2
News agencies reported that a Penngrove husband and wife suffered serious injuries in a rollover accident west of Rohnert Park Monday afternoon. According to California Highway Patrol Officer Jonathan Sloat, the 25-year-old woman was a passenger in the couple’s Ford Contour when, for unknown reasons, she grabbed the wheel of the vehicle. This is potentially the reason the vehicle veered off the side of the road at approximately 2:15pm Monday afternoon. Her 28-year-old husband was behind the wheel of the (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)
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25
Jul
2011
Redding Man Killed in Solo Vehicle Crash
Media sources reported that a 22-year-old Redding man lost his life in a car crash in Palo Cero early Sunday morning. In a press release, California Highway Patrol Officer Kent Yoshida said that accident happened around 4:20am when the man was driving north on Deschutes Road, north of Maynard Road, at unknown speeds when his 2001 Kia Sephia began to drift off the east side of road while coming out of a counterclockwise curve. The driver “aggressively” turned the car (read more)
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