A 2-year-old girl was struck and killed by an Amazon delivery van on the afternoon of Aug. 16 in an Irvine apartment complex.
According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the fatal collision occurred in the parking lot of the complex in the 300 block of Estancia near lower Peters Canyon and the 261 toll road. Continue reading →
A 62-year-old man was fatally injured in a bicycle accident after he was struck from behind by a pickup truck.
According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the fatal crash occurred on Chapman Avenue on the morning of Aug. 18. The bicyclist was westbound on Chapman near Ladera Vista Drive when he was hit by a Ford F-250 pickup truck. Continue reading →
A man was critically injured after he was struck while crossing a street in Perris.
According to a report in The Press-Enterprise, the major injury pedestrian accident occurred on the night of Aug. 15 at Orange Avenue and Redlands Avenue. Riverside County Sheriff’s Department officials said the man was walking west on Orange and tried to cross Redlands when a gray sedan going northbound struck him. The vehicle did not remain at the scene and drove away. Continue reading →
Stanley Isaacs, 60, was killed in a Laguna Beach pedestrian accident on Aug. 11 after an 18-year-old driver struck Isaacs and his wife in a lighted crosswalk on South Coast Highway.
According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the Costa Mesa couple was in the crosswalk at Pearl Street and Coast Highway after celebrating their wedding anniversary at a nearby restaurant when the accident happened. Continue reading →
A suspected drunk driver from Santa Ana ran a red light in Lake Elsinore and caused a crash that left one person dead and two others injured on the night of Aug. 13.
According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the driver fled the scene of the fatal crash before being arrested. The collision occurred at the intersection of Lake Street and Grand Avenue. Officials said the suspect’s SUV was going north when it struck a sedan that was facing south and turning east onto Lakeshore Drive. Continue reading →
A woman died from injuries she suffered in a truck accident on state Highway 12 in Santa Rosa on the morning of Aug. 10.
According to a report on Patch.com, the fatal crash involved a box truck, the woman’s Nissan Versa, and four other cars at the Dutton Avenue off-ramp. California Highway Patrol officials said the female driver of the Versa was extricated from the vehicle with major injuries when they arrived at the scene. Continue reading →
Timothy John Briley, 42, was killed in a Huntington Beach bicycle accident after he was struck by a driver. Officials say the suspect may have been driving under the influence.
According to a City News Service report, the fatal bicycle collision occurred the evening of Aug. 9 on Pacific Coast Highway north of Admiralty Drive. Police arrived at the scene to learn that a black 2018 Toyota RAV4 had struck a bicycle. Continue reading →
In Las Vegas, Aug. 9 turned out to be a deadly day for pedestrians. According to a report in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, three people were killed and one other was injured in four separate crashes.
One accident occurred around 8:24 a.m. on the edge of a school zone at Brookman Elementary School on East Washington Avenue as a vehicle fatally struck a pedestrian near Mount Hood Street. Continue reading →
Paul Larios, 35, Ashley Gilroy, 33, and Marlee Maldonado, 8, were all killed in a fiery multi-vehicle car accident in Rialto on the evening of Aug. 1.
According to a KTLA news report, Larios was driving a black Jeep Cherokee at a high rate of speed and sideswiped a Chevy Silverado near Willow Avenue and Valley Boulevard.
After the initial collision, the Jeep continued speeding and swerving down Valley Boulevard until it hit the back of the Sorento carrying Gilroy and Maldonado near the intersection with Riverside Boulevard. Continue reading →
Gabriel Garate, 7, was killed in a Long Beach pedestrian accident after he was struck by a pickup truck while walking in a marked crosswalk.
According to a CBS Los Angeles news report, the fatal crash occurred on the evening of July 27 at the intersection of Lakewood Boulevard and 23rd Street. Officers arrived at the scene to find Gabriel in the roadway, critically injured. Long Beach fire officials pronounced the boy dead at the scene. Continue reading →
