A teenage cyclist was struck and injured by a car Tuesday night as she was riding her bicycle, report news sources. According to Santa Maria Police Department, at approximately 9:30 p.m., a vehicle was stopped at a stoplight in the southbound lanes of Broadway at the intersection of Stowell Road. When the signal changed to green, the vehicle proceeded through the intersection and struck the 16-year-old who was riding westbound across the intersection on Stowell. The girl was thrown to (read more)
Read MoreA trucker died early Wednesday morning after losing control of the big rig he was driving on U.S. Highway 101 in Camarillo, report media sources. According to the California Highway Patrol, just after midnight the semi was traveling down the Conejo Grade, a steep slope with a posted 7% grade that drops about 1000-feet from the Santa Monica Mountains to the Oxnard Plain. Apparently, the breaks on the tractor-trailer failed while the vehicle was traveling on the three-mile stretch about (read more)
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