Anna Hernandez, 19, suffered serious injuries in a La Puente motorcycle accident the afternoon of February 15, 2009, the San Gabriel Valley Tribune reports in this article. The crash occurred when Hernandez, who was riding her motorcycle in the 16100 block of Central Avenue, lost control and struck a pole.…
Glendale police are looking for a hit-and-run driver who they say struck and seriously injured a 26-year-old man on an electric wheelchair, the Glendale News Press reports in this article. The man in the wheelchair was crossing New York Avenue just south of Foothill Boulevard the evening of February 13,…
The pregnant woman, who was killed in a hit-and-run pedestrian accident in Cathedral City the night of February 11, 2009, has been identified as 18-year-old Danica Denton of Desert Hot Springs. According to this news report in The Desert Sun, Denton’s fetus was also killed in the auto accident. Denton…
A group of family members and friends held a vigil for Pablo Antonio Garcia, a Long Beach worker and truck driver who was crushed to death January 28, 2009 when a forklift hit his truck in the Port of Long Beach. According to this news report in the Daily Breeze,…
Emily Cathleen Dowdy, 24, died in a pedestrian accident in Pacific Beach after she was struck by a drunken driver while crossing the street. According to this news report in the San Diego Union-Tribune, the accident occurred the evening of February 7, 2009 when Dowdy was walking west on Mission…
Jose Luis Baxin-Campechano, 28, died in an Oxnard pedestrian accident after a motorist struck him when he was walking in a marked crosswalk, the Ventura County Star reports in this article. Baxin-Campechano was struck the evening of February 7, 2009 by a gray sport utility vehicle. The driver fled the…
Police in Westminster are still trying to identify an elderly woman who they say died in a pedestrian versus auto accident on February 10, 2009. According to this news report in The Orange County Register, the fatal Orange County pedestrian accident occurred when the driver of a pickup truck Oscar…
David Golz, 29, of Long Beach died in a hit-and-run motorcycle accident the morning of February 8, 2009 after a woman ran a red light at an intersection and crashed into him. Brenda Rossal, 28, also struck Golz’s riding companion, 31-year-old James Culver, who is in the hospital with critical…
A nursing home in Auburn, California, has been slapped with the most severe citation for negligence and inadequate care that apparently led to the death of a patient in 2007, according to the Sacramento Bee news report. Colonial Healthcare, which is owned by Rocklin-based Horizon West Healthcare, must pay a…
Kum Lim, 88, died after the motorized wheelchair she was in was struck by a vehicle as she was trying to cross the street. According to an article in The Orange County Register, Lim was driving a Rascal mobility wheelchair on Lampson Avenue near Monarch Street the morning of February…