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Editor’s Note: As a few of our readers have pointed out, our source info was partially incorrect when this post was originally written. The attacking dogs were not pit bulls as originally thought, they were mastiffs. We will post an update in the near future on this event.

A woman was seriously injured in a California dog bite incident in National City on October 10, 2009 after she was attacked by three mastiffs. According to a 10news report, the woman, who has not yet been identified, was walking along the 2700 block of Granger Avenue when the dogs jumped on her and knocked her down. Christey James who apparently saw the injured woman lying unconscious on the ground and bleeding from her arms, called 911. The victim was hospitalized with injuries. Animal control officials now have possession of the three dogs. The dogs’ owner has also apparently been identified.
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A mother and her toddler sustained critical injuries in a car accident in Los Angeles the afternoon on October 9, 2009 after they were struck by a truck while crossing at a Hawthorne street intersection. According to a news report in the Daily Breeze, the woman and her 2-year-old child were in a crosswalk on Imperial Highway at Hawthorne Boulevard when a truck making a right turn on to Hawthorne hit them. The driver who stopped at the scene of the collision has not been arrested, as an investigation is pending. Traffic investigators are asking anyone who witnessed this accident to call Hawthorne police at 310-349-2700.
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Brock Warmuth, 22, was seriously injured in a Ventura County car accident after his bicycle was struck by a car the morning of October 6, 2009. According to a news report in the Ventura County Star, Warmuth was riding his bicycle east along Bristol Road when a car driven by 48-year-old Cynthia Ginn hit him from behind. Warmuth was thrown off his bike. Ginn did not stop at the scene of the crash. A witness to the hit-and-run car accident followed Ginn while another person stopped and called 911 to help the injured bicyclist. Police arrested Ginn after they saw her passed out behind the wheel of her vehicle. She was arrested on suspicion of felony driving under the influence and felony hit-and-run. Warmuth, who was not wearing a helmet, suffered major injuries and was taken to an area hospital.
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Did the California Department of Transportation’s negligence lead to the wrongful death of a 22-year-old woman? As reported in California Personal Injury Lawyers File Wrongful Death Suit Against Caltrans Bisnar Chase Personal Injury Attorneys lawyers are representing the plaintiffs in the death of Kimberly Anne Downes. The suit also includes Holly Anne Lee, Gaylene Lee, Victoriana Vasquez and Miguel Alvarez.
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A teenager suffered injuries in an October 5, 2009 Los Angeles car accident after she was hit by the driver of a pickup truck in a crosswalk in La Puente. According to a news report in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, two teenage girls were walking on Nelson Avenue and were in a crosswalk when a white truck came toward them. One of the girls was able to dodge the vehicle, but the other was hit. She was transported to an area hospital with injuries. The suspect who then fled the scene, is described as a Latino man between 21 and 25 years of age with dark hair. He was apparently driving a newer model white Toyota Tacoma. If you have information about this incident, please call the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department at 626-330-3322.
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The day Alexis Bennett got in an Orange County car accident was the worst day of her life. In September 2007, she was crossing an intersection when a car struck her from out of nowhere. Already seriously injured, she was also gripped with additional anxiety over what she was supposed to do next.

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Reality TV star Nicole Richie was injured in a Los Angeles car accident on October 5, 2009 after a photographer rear-ended her Land Rover on Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. According to an Associated Press news report, Richie was driving the Land Rover when the accident occurred. Richie complained of pain, but told officials she would seek her own treatment. The photographer, 29-year-old Edwardo Arrivebene, was arrested on suspicion of driving without a license. No one else was injured in the car crash.
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A 13-year-old suffered critical injuries in a San Francisco car accident after a man crashed his vehicle into her family’s home the evening of September 29, 2009. According to a KTVU news report, the girl, who has not been identified, still remains in critical condition after suffering broken ribs and head injuries. The driver apparently lost control of his car in the 3800 block of Callan Boulevard and veered off the roadway into an apartment. The family was in the living room at the time. The girl’s parents, as well as the driver of the car, were also hospitalized, but their injuries were not life-threatening.
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A 65-year-old man was killed in a Los Angeles car accident caused by a suspected drunk driver, the Pasadena Star News reports. Police in El Monte arrested 24-year-old Joyce Polzin on suspicion of drunk driving and felony manslaughter in connection with the fatal accident, which occurred early morning on October 4, 2009 in the northbound lanes of Peck Road near Lower Azusa Road. El Monte police said the collision occurred when Polzin hit the man who had just got out of his parked Toyota Tundra pickup. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Polzin tried to drive away from the scene of the accident in her damaged Chevrolet Avalanche, but was stopped by a Good Samaritan just a few blocks away.
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