California Injury Blog

Eight people were injured, two critically, in a Los Angeles car accident after a Metro Blue Line train collided with a minivan that was stalled in the train tracks. According to an ABC news report, the minivan versus train accident occurred at the intersection of East 41st Street and Long Beach Avenue the night of December 2, 2010 in South Los Angeles. The two occupants of the stalled minivan were able to get out of the way before the train struck their vehicle. The eight injured train passengers were taken to area hospitals. The driver of the minivan has been arrested on suspicion of felony DUI.

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57-year-old Richard Skala of Lakewood was critically injured after crashing his car into a Seal Beach railroad crossing on October 22, 2008. The 10/22/08 accident occurred after Skala rammed his silver Ford Focus into a railroad crossing on Westminster Avenue near Seal Beach Boulevard. Our source for this blog is a news report in The Orange County Register.

Skala hit the curb and the impact launched him into the crossing signal, which is only used sometimes by the Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station to transport weapons. Police traffic investigators have not been able to determine yet whether speed was a factor in the crash. The speed limit in that section of Westminster Boulevard is 55 mph.

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