Long Kim Ta of Santa Ana was killed in a pedestrian accident in Fountain Valley near Mile Square Park after a vehicle ran a red light and struck Ta as he crossed the street.
According to an ABC7 news report, the fatal pedestrian accident occurred at the intersection of Edinger Avenue and Ward Street. Police said the driver struck Ta and took off. Continue reading →
Meghan Wautlet, 22, was killed in a motorcycle accident in Huntington Beach after officials say the motorcycle on which she was a passenger collided with another vehicle.
According to a City News Service report, the crash occurred the night of Sept. 11 on Pacific Coast Highway between Warner Avenue and the entrance to the Bolsa Chica State Beach. Wautlet was pronounced dead at the scene. Continue reading →
Los Angeles Police Department officials have released video footage as they seek the public’s help to identify a hit-and-run driver who killed a woman on a skateboard in Tarzana.
According to a KTLA news report, the fatal pedestrian accident occurred early morning on Sept. 14 when a silver, four-door sedan traveling southbound on Tampa Avenue south of Oxnard Street.
The vehicle collided with a pedestrian riding a skateboard that was traveling outside a marked crosswalk on Tampa. The driver of the sedan fled the vehicle going south on Tampa without stopping or rendering aid. Continue reading →
Wendy Galdamez Palma, 33, was killed and her 3-year-old son was injured in a hit and run crash in Playa Del Rey on the night of Sept. 11.
According to a CBS Los Angeles news report, Palma was struck by a dark-colored sedan while crossing Vista Del Mar to get to her vehicle. At the time, she was cradling her 3-year-old son who was taken to the hospital with injuries. He is expected to survive, but Palma died from her injuries. Continue reading →
A 62-year-old woman was killed in a two-car crash on Pacific Coast Highway in Ventura County.
According to a KTLA news report, the fatal crash occurred on Pacific Coast Highway north of Deer Creek Road on the afternoon of Sept. 11. California Highway Patrol officials said a Los Angeles resident was driving a 2017 Honda HRV northbound on PCH when a 2001 Jeep Wrangler traveling south crossed into oncoming traffic. Continue reading →
Police have filed felony charges against a 30-year-old man in connection with the hit-and-run death of 37-year-old Lawrence Harris of Buena Park.
According to a City News Service report, the fatal crash occurred the night of Aug. 29. Police say John Edward Angulo ran a red light before slamming into the victim’s vehicle at the intersection of Knott and Orange avenues. Continue reading →
A woman was killed and five others were critically injured in a car accident in Wilmington.
According to a KTLA news report, the crash occurred the morning of Aug. 23 in the 1000 block of North Wilmington Boulevard. A preliminary investigation revealed that the first vehicle hit the second vehicle causing the vehicle that was struck to lose control and strike a female pedestrian who was crossing the street. Continue reading →
A baby was killed and many others were reported to have suffered injuries in a multi-vehicle car accident in Paramount, which officials suspect involved alcohol and/or drugs.
According to a KTLA news report, the incident occurred on the night of Aug. 25 in the area of Rosecrans Avenue and the 710 Freeway. The vehicles were traveling east on Rosecrans when they collided with tragic consequences. Continue reading →
Rory Antoine, 61, was killed in a crash involving a dump truck that slammed into the Anaheim apartment complex where he lived.
According to a KABC news report, the dump truck’s driver drove through a red light, struck two cars, plowed into a carport, and then slammed into two apartment units at the complex. Family members said Antoine was likely working from home at the time of the crash. Continue reading →
Aiden Leos, 6, was killed in what police say is a road rage incident on the 55 Freeway in Orange. According to a report in The Orange County Register, Aiden was sitting in a booster seat in the back seat of his mother’s care when a suspect shot at them on the freeway.
The tragic incident happened on the morning of May 21, with the shooter fleeing the scene. Continue reading →
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