A 41-year-old motorcyclist who was killed in San Jose car accident has been identified as Patrick Rogers. The San Jose Mercury News reports that the man was riding his 1999 Harley-Davidson west on Cherry Avenue at Geomax Court in San Jose, when he rear-ended a 2005 Cadillac Escalade driven by 51-year-old Christopher Caprino. The driver of the SUV was stopped on Cherry to turn right into an apartment complex. Police are saying based on a preliminary investigation that Caprino may not have been at fault, but he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. Read More

A Long Beach motorcycle accident that occurred the morning of February 2, 2010 resulted in the death of the rider. According to a news report in The Press Telegram, the deadly motorcycle crash happened at the eastbound 91 Freeway transition to the southbound lanes of the 710 Freeway. The man was thrown from the motorbike and plummeted from the transition road. California Highway Patrol officials said he died at the scene. Read More

A driver who officials say was high on methamphetamine and talking on a hand-held cell phone caused a truck accident in Flag City, California the morning of February 1, 2010 as he plowed into seven parked cars. The Lodi News Sentinel reports that 39-year-old Robert Lee Michael Jr. was driving his big rig on Highway 12 and had turned onto Thornton Road when his door swung open because it wasn't properly latched. Michael, who wasn't wearing his seat belt, began to fall off out of the truck. Read More

An 82-year-old woman identified by authorities as Elsie "Alice" Stefani, 82, was killed in a San Francisco car accident after she was hit while crossing a street legally in a marked crosswalk, in Saint Helena. Bay City News reports that the fatal pedestrian accident occurred the evening of January 28, 2010 at the intersection of Main and Fulton Street. Stefani was hit by a car driven by 52-year-old Therene Pierrette, who was turning north from Madrona Drive, failed to yield right-of-way to the pedestrian and struck the elderly woman from behind. Stefani was taken to a local hospital where she died. Read More

Two women were injured in an Orange County car accident after one vehicle crossed into opposing traffic lanes and struck another, the afternoon of January 28, 2010. The Orange County Register reports that the accident occurred when the 24-year-old driver of a Buick who was traveling east on Santiago Canyon Road veered into opposing traffic lanes and collided head-on with a Porsche Cayenne. Police said that the driver of the Buick had to be extricated from her vehicle and was transported to a local hospital with critical injuries. The driver of the Porsche, identified only as a 33-year-old woman, was also hospitalized with injuries. Read More

A Los Angeles car accident injured Jose Gomez, 18, and his 16-year-old passenger, the afternoon of January 26, 2010 in Newhall, The Santa Clarita Signal reports. The major injury crash occurred after the Honda Civic that Gomez was driving went out of control and crashed into a pole. The Honda was traveling north on Sierra Highway when Gomez lost control of the car, went over a curb and crashed into the pole. Police say Gomez was traveling at the speed limit – 50 mph. Wet roadway conditions may have caused or contributed to this car accident, investigators say. Read More

A woman who was killed in a San Diego car accident involving a wrong-way driver in Lakeside has been identified as 36-year-old Bridgette T. Hale. The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that the January 26, 2010 fatal car accident occurred when Hale's Chevy Astro van crashed into an Oldsmobile 98 that was traveling north in the southbound lane of Highway 67. The driver of the Oldsmobile, 51-year-old John Hallaway, apparently went over the double yellow lines and almost struck other drivers before plowing into Hale's car. Read More

A 44-year-old woman who was fatally injured in a San Bernardino car accident the night of January 24, 2010 has been identified by local authorities as Gina Ziesing. The San Bernardino Sun reports that the fatal pedestrian accident occurred when Ziesing was crossing the Highway 62 in Yucca Valley. She was struck by a 2005 Buick van that was eastbound on the highway. Zeising died from her injuries. Read More

A 54-year-old woman sustained grave injuries in a Long Beach car accident after her vehicle was struck by another car that was coming out of a parking lot. According to a news report in The Press Telegram, the woman was driving a Toyota Landcruiser SUV the morning of January 7, 2010, when a Ford Taurus pulled up in front of her near the intersection of Redondo Avenue and Kilroy Street. The Ford was apparently coming out of a parking lot. The force of the crash sent the SUV through a chain-link fence and left it teetering at the edge of an embankment near the 405 Freeway. The woman was severely injured. The 63-year-old driver of the Ford Taurus was not injured. Read More

A man who was fatally injured in a San Diego car accident the afternoon of January 22, 2010, has been identified by local authorities as 50-year-old David Reid. 10news reports that the accident occurred on Campo Road in Spring Valley, when 18-year-old Andrew Bellatti, the driver of a Ford Mustang, crossed into opposing lanes of traffic and struck the Dodge Caravan carrying Reid and his 17-year-old son. Read More