Josh Sablan, a 19-year-old Visalia resident, suffered major injuries in an October 27, 2008 pickup versus big rig accident northwest of Tulare, the Visalia Times-Delta reports. Sablan was westbound on Avenue 248 near Road 68 when he tried to pass another vehicle. Sablan then struck the International big rig head-on.…
Two elementary school girls – ages 7 and 9 – in Carmel Creek, San Diego, have been sickened with an E. Coli infection, San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency officials said. According to this news report, the girls have been hospitalized, but are expected to recover. Officials are…
A carjacking suspect chased by police in Richmond, California, crashed into a car causing a fatal auto accident on October 27, 2008. 76-year-old Mary Shepard of Benton, Arkansas was killed, while others were seriously injured. According to a news report in the Contra Costa Times, the 10/27/08 crash involved four…
Police have identified the man who was killed in an October 28, 2008 Huntington Beach pedestrian accident on Beach Boulevard as 45-year-old John Turner of Buena Park. According to an article in The Orange County Register, Turner was walking in the northbound lanes of Beach, north of Utica Street when…
A jury in Fresno has awarded 57-year-old Maria Blanca Lopez and her family $10.5 million for injuries she suffered in a Fresno big rig accident caused by an intoxicated truck driver on June 9, 2007. According to a news report in the Fresno Bee, Lopez suffered severe brain injuries in…
Bicycle enthusiasts in Gilroy, California, are wondering whether the California Highway Patrol is conducting a thorough investigation of a fatal bicycle that killed 58-year-old cyclist Bruce Finch on October 5, 2008, the Morgan Hill Times reports. CHP officials say Finch was riding on Uvas Road when his bike collided with…
Residents in Los Gatos, California, are asking their city officials to fix problems on a dangerous roadway where a young boy was injured. 13-year-old Peter Goodlin was struck and injured by a car while riding his bicycle to school on Aug. 29, 2008. The driver who hit Peter said he…
An appellate court has upheld a $3.2 million jury verdict awarded to 25-year-old Alexis Sarti of Costa Mesa, who suffered permanent nerve damage after eating bacteria-contaminated raw tuna at the Salt Creek Grille in Dana Point. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the food poisoning occurred…
A motorcyclist who was killed in an October 25, 2008 collision with a van in Santa Ana has been identified as 26-year-old Cuong Nguyen. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, Nguyen was killed in the 10/25/08 motorcycle accident, which occurred in the 5600 block of West…
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…