Articles Posted in Car Accident

A man suffered a severe leg injury after a vehicle struck him as he was getting out of his car. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, a woman in her 50s was driving west in the 2100 block of Valencia Drive the evening of March 30, 2016 when she veered into a nearby parked car. She struck the car and a man in his 60s who was exiting his vehicle. He was transported to an area trauma center with leg injuries, but his injuries are not considered to be life threatening. The female driver was taken to an area hospital with complaints of pain. The cause of the crash is still under investigation.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the man who suffered the severe leg injuries. We wish him the very best for a quick and full recovery. Continue reading →

Police are seeking a suspected hit-and-run driver in a deadly collision that killed two people identified as 15-year-old Angie Ruiz and Lester Larios, 55, both of Bell. According to media reports, the collision occurred the afternoon of March 26, 2016 at the intersection of Garfield Avenue and El Paseo Street, just south of the city border that separates South Gate and Bell Gardens. Both Ruiz and Larios were pronounced dead at the scene. Five others were injured. Continue reading →

Four people were injured in a wrong-way car accident in Huntington Beach after a driver crossed over a center median and hit several vehicles the night of March 17, 2016 – St. Patrick’s Day. According to a City News Service report, the crash was reported in the 17300 block of Beach Boulevard. The driver was traveling north on Beach Boulevard when he drove over a raised median and into the path of multiple cars.

Huntington Beach police are looking into whether the wrong-way driver was drinking. But, they say, he was “exhibiting some of the characteristics of someone who was drinking.” Four others sustained life-threatening injuries. The crash is still under investigation by Huntington Beach police. No charges have been filed pending the official investigation.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the injured victims of this wrong-way crash. We wish them all the very best for a speedy and complete recovery. Continue reading →

At least two people were injured in a car accident in South Los Angeles after a big-rig crashed into a Tom’s Jr. Burger restaurant early morning on March 12, 2015. According to a KTLA news report, the U.S. Postal Service truck was traveling on Florence Avenue when it collided with a sedan going south on Hoover Street.

The impact from the collision caused the truck to veer off the roadway and into the restaurant’s storefront. No workers were in the restaurant at the time. The truck driver was trapped in the wreckage and was extricated by firefighters. He was transported to an area hospital with serious injuries. The driver of the car was also hospitalized with unknown injuries. The investigation is ongoing.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the injured victims of this crash. We wish them the very best for a speedy and complete recovery. It is indeed fortunate that there was no one in the restaurant at the time of this crash. Continue reading →

John Meyer, 64, was killed in a car accident in Mission Viejo after officials say a speeding vehicle struck the scooter on which he was traveling. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the Costa Mesa man was driving a 2013 Piaggio scooter in heavy traffic on the 5 Freeway the evening of March 1, 2016 when a man driving a 2006 Dodge rear-ended Meyer’s scooter and another vehicle, causing both of them to hit three other vehicles. California Highway Patrol officials said the driver of the Dodge was going “too fast.”

Meyer was thrown from his scooter and hit the freeway where he suffered head, neck, chest and leg injuries. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the Dodge was not intoxicated at the time, but was visibly distraught and received trauma intervention. No one else was injured.

Our heartfelt condolences go out to the family members of John Meyer for their tragic loss. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers. Continue reading →

Three people were killed and several others were injured, including four critically, in a suspected street-racing crash on the 5 Freeway in Commerce. According to an NBC Los Angeles news report, the crash was reported around midnight on February 27, 2016 on the northbound 5 Freeway near the Washington Boulevard exit. California Highway Patrol officials said a Dodge Charger and a Dodge Challenger were racing on the southbound 5 Freeway traveling up to 90 mph. Continue reading →

A motorcyclist suffered several broken bones in a Placentia car accident the morning of November 4, 2015.

According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the incident occurred near East Orangethorpe Avenue and Richfield Road.

Police say the motorcyclist was northbound on Richfield when a driver in a white SUV turned left in front of the rider in an attempt to go into a shopping center parking lot north of East Orangethorpe Avenue.

Witnesses told officials that the rider was ejected into Continue reading →

During a week that has been designated as “Drowsy Driving Prevention Week,” a woman in her early 20s suffered injuries in an Orange County car accident after she fell asleep at the wheel.

According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the woman was driving southbound in the right lane of the 261 toll road in Orange on November 1, 2015 when she fell asleep and drifted off the road near Handy Creek Road.

Officials said her black Toyota Camry went up a nearby embankment and overturned before coming to Continue reading →

Sergio Lugo, 23, Juan Jesus Gutierrez, 26, and Guillermo Enrique Belman-Sanchez, 22, were all killed in a San Juan Capistrano car accident following a violent head-on crash.

According to a KTLA news report, a Ford Focus traveling northbound on Camino Capistrano collided with a Black Honda Accord.

Officials say the Ford was traveling at a high rate of speed, crossed over double yellow lines and collided with the Honda, which was traveling Continue reading →

An elderly woman was struck and killed in a Westminster pedestrian accident the morning of April 27, 2015.

According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the fatal accident occurred at the intersection of Brookhurst Street and Bolsa Avenue in the Little Saigon area.

The woman was walking in Continue reading →