A man who caused a fatal San Diego car accident, is likely to face misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter charges. According to a news report in the San Diego Union-Tribune, the driver ran a red light and struck 69-year-old Willie Robinson who was in a wheelchair and on a sidewalk when the crash occurred October 13, 2009. Robinson spent more than a month in the hospital undergoing several surgeries, but ultimately succumbed to his injuries on November 29, 2009. Read More

Seven people were injured in a rollover accident on the Highway 101 the afternoon of December 31, 2009. According to a news report in the Ventura County Star, the accident occurred when the 23-year-old driver of the SUV, Kyle Homad, lost control of the vehicle and crashed. California Highway Patrol officials said a tanker truck traveling in the same direction tried to make an unsafe lane change, pushing another driver into the same lane as the SUV. It was then that Homad lost control and crashed. The driver of the other car stopped, but the big rig did not. Read More

An elderly woman who died from injuries sustained in a Ventura car accident has been identified as 84-year-old Mary Cox. According to a news report in the Ventura County Star, Cox was trying to cross Telegraph Road near Kennedy Avenue, the morning of November 25, 2009, when a vehicle driven by 89-year-old Fred Yoder struck her. Officials have held Yoder at-fault for the crash "for failing to exercise due care for the safety of any pedestrian upon a roadway." Authorities have not ruled out criminal charges against Yoder. Cox apparently died of pneumonia caused by the injuries she suffered in this pedestrian accident.

My heart goes out to the family and friends of Mary Cox. Her husband Bill was apparently present at the time of the crash. He was fortunately not injured. Cox is a longtime and beloved community member. Please keep this family in your prayers. Read More

A 16-year-old girl has sustained life-threatening injuries in an Orange County car accident after she was hit by a minivan while crossing the street. The Orange County Register reports that the teen was walking in a marked crosswalk the afternoon of December 7, 2009, near the intersection of Newhope and Camille streets, when a 78-year-old man driving a Dodge minivan south on Newhope, hit her. The girl was dragged by the car for a short distance. She was taken to an area hospital with critical injuries. Police are still investigating and the driver has not yet been charged or cited. If you saw this accident, please call the Santa Ana Police Department at 714-245-8201.
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A pedestrian who died as a result of a San Bernardino car accident has been identified at 46-year-old Rafael Garcia. The accident occurred the night of December 2, 2009 when Garcia was attempting to cross at the intersection of Mill Street and Rancho Avenue. Garcia was struck by a 2001 Toyota Camry. He was taken to an area hospital where he died that night.
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Two people were hospitalized after a Los Angeles car accident, which sent an SUV crashing into a building in Torrance, California. The Daily Breeze reports that the December 2, 2009 car accident occurred at the intersection of 178th Street and Crenshaw Boulevard. Two vehicles hit each other at the intersection and the impact of the crash propelled the SUV into the building on Crenshaw. Thankfully, no one else was injured in the accident. The two drivers were taken to a local hospital with unknown injuries.
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An 18-year-old woman who was killed in a Los Angeles car accident has been identified as Elizabeth Amstone. The teenager was a passenger in a 1995 Acura Integra whose 17-year-old driver lost control and crashed the vehicle on the 605 Freeway in Irwindale the morning of December 1, 2009. The San Gabriel Valley Tribune reports that the driver, Deshawn Johnson, was going south near Arrow Highway when the vehicle went off the roadway and rolled over on the shoulder. Amstone was thrown out of the vehicle and fell partially on to the freeway lane. California Highway Patrol officials, who are investigating the crash, are not sure how fast Deshawn was going or whether Amstone was buckled up. Amstone was pronounced dead at the scene while Deshawn sustained relatively minor injuries to his hand and leg.
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A 23-year-old man who sustained major injuries in a Riverside car accident, has been identified as 23-year-old Derek Short. According to a news report in The Press Enterprise, the accident occurred the afternoon of November 28, 2009, when Short was pushing a disabled SUV along North Sunrise Way near Via Escuela. That was apparently when 52-year-old Seth Arsenault struck Short, rear-ending the SUV. Short sustained severe injuries and was taken to a local hospital. Police suspect that Arsenault was driving under the influence of alcohol.
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One man was injured in an Orange County car accident after a driver lost control of a Ford Explorer SUV, which was towing a camping trailer. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the Explorer went out of control and overturned along with a trailer the morning of November 27, 2009 on the northbound 241 toll road at Los Alisos Boulevard in Rancho Santa Margarita, California. One person, a passenger in the SUV, was transported to an area hospital, but it is not clear how badly he was injured. The accident is being investigated by the California Highway Patrol.
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A Los Angeles car accident resulted in serious injuries for two women whose cars collided near an Azusa intersection. The San Gabriel Valley Tribune reports that the car accident happened on Citrus Avenue near East Gladstone Street in Azusa when a Nissan pickup truck and a Dodge Neon collided. The driver of the Dodge Neon, identified as 51-year-old Cindy Barr and the driver of the Nissan, also a woman, were taken to an area hospital with critical injuries. Two children and one teenager were also transported to a local hospital with minor injuries. Barr's fiancé Tom Lambert said Barr sustained serious injuries including broken ribs and a broken chest bone. Officials are still looking into what caused this horrific crash.
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