One person sustained fatal injuries in a Los Angeles car accident involving at least eight vehicles and a big rig. ABC News reports that the fatal traffic accident, which occurred the night of February 24, 2010 on the eastbound 101 Freeway near Sepulveda Boulevard, in Sherman Oaks, also critically injured another person. Three others also sustained injuries, but it is not known how serious they were. An investigation into the cause of the accident is ongoing. Read More

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

A man who was killed in a Newport Beach car accident the evening of December 24, 2009, has been identified as 24-year-old Ralph Abinader. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, this fatal car accident occurred when the Ferrari in which Abinader was a passenger went out of control on Pacific Coast Highway and slammed into a tow truck. Authorities say this fatal accident may have been caused by excessive speed, but they do not believe the driver of the Ferrari was under the influence at the time. The Ferrari's driver, whose name has not yet been released, sustained critical injuries in the accident while two people inside the tow truck suffered minor injuries. 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 41-year-old woman killed in a Riverside car accident, after the driver of another vehicle cut her off and caused a head-on collision has been identified by authorities as Sharon Brooks. The Press Enterprise reports that the fatal car accident occurred the morning of December 16, 2009, when Brooks was driving west on Gilman Springs Road near Moreno Valley. It was then that the driver of a tan colored car with a pin stripe on the back attempted to pass Brooks' Honda Civic. Read More

California Highway Patrol officials are saying that debris on Highway 280 may have caused a San Francisco car accident, which killed a 58-year-old driver the morning of December 8, 2009. Read More

A 58-year-old man who was killed in a San Diego car accident has been identified as Thomas Klopfstein. The man was fatally injured after a Toyota Tundra pickup truck driven by a Chula Vista city councilman, struck him as he was walking across the street the morning of December 3, 2009. A 10news report states that Klopfstein was walking across Campo Road near Community Building Road when he was hit. The 49-year-old city official, Rudy Ramirez, said he did not see Klopfstein crossing the road ahead of his truck. Officials have not cited Ramirez in connection with this fatal pedestrian accident.
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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 pedestrian who was struck and killed in an Orange County car accident by two vehicles while crossing an Anaheim street has been identified as Carlos Gomez-Nila, 35. The Orange County Register reports that the man was walking on Western Avenue near Tyler Avenue the night of November 22, 2009 when he was hit by a Toyota Camry. He fell down and tried to get back up on his feet when the driver of a Toyota RAV4 fatally struck him. Anaheim police say the driver of the RAV4 saw the pedestrian, but could not maneuver his vehicle in time to avoid the collision.
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Officials have identified a pedestrian who sustained fatal injuries in a San Bernardino car accident last month as 54-year-old Deborah Valdivia. The Press Enterprise reports that the fatal collision occurred the afternoon of October 2, 2009 near the intersection of Foothill Boulevard and Pepper Avenue in Rialto when Valdivia was hit by a minivan. She was taken to an area hospital where she died November 15, 2009. A police investigation is ongoing.
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