Mohamad Ahmed Abdelwahhab, 36, was killed in a Newport Beach pedestrian accident after he was struck by a vehicle while crossing a roadway.
According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the fatal accident occurred the night of August 29, 2015 near the intersection of MacArthur Boulevard and Von Karman Road.
Police say Abdelwahhab was crossing outside a crosswalk when a northbound Toyota hit him. Abdelwahhab was Continue reading →
Darin Wells, 44, was killed in a Newport Beach pedestrian accident after a car struck him near a street intersection.
According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the fatal collision occurred near Newport Boulevard south of Industrial Way early morning on August 26, 2015.
Investigators said a woman driving a black Audi A3 sedan south on Newport Boulevard struck Wells.
It is not clear if Wells was trying to cross the street or if he was hit on the road’s shoulder. The driver Continue reading →
Four people were injured in a car crash in Fullerton, which officials say, was caused by a suspected DUI driver.
According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the injury collision occurred when the driver of a BMW traveling south on Euclid Street near Lakeview Drive the evening of August 19, 2015 hit a Chevy Suburban traveling in the same direction.
The driver of the BMW, Efrain Cancinoespinoza, 24, then crashed into a light pole.
He and his passenger, as well as the two people in the Suburban were Continue reading →
Rick Kagamaster, 63, of Irvine, was killed in a San Bernardino County truck accident the afternoon of August 9, 2015.
According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the fatal motorcycle versus truck accident occurred at the 18 Freeway and All View Drive in Running Springs.
California Highway Patrol officials said the driver of the truck, 20-year-old Oscar Eduardo Garcia, ran a stop sign and caused the collision.
He was booked for investigation of vehicular manslaughter.
Garcia was driving a Continue reading →
Makeda More, 30, was killed in a Bellflower hit-and-run crash. More, a mother of two young children, was struck and killed while crossing near the Lakewood Boulevard and Los Angeles Street the night of July 25, 2015.
Officials performed CPR on More at the scene before she was transported to a hospital and pronounced dead.
Her family is pleading for witnesses to come forward with information and help find the driver.
The driver was last seen fleeing south on Lakewood. The vehicle has been described Continue reading →
A large, old pine tree uprooted and fell onto a group of children at a summer day camp in Pasadena injuring eight, two critically.
According to an ABC news report, the 75-foot-tall, 75-year-old pine crashed without warning near the Kidspace Children’s Museum in Pasadena’s Brookside Park.
Witnesses said they heard the tree crack and saw it fall on a group of children.
Eight children, ranging from 6 to 8 years old, were injured. Six were Continue reading →
An 11-year-old boy has been hospitalized with injuries after a dog attack in Costa Mesa.
According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the dog bite incident occurred in the 1000 block of Nancy Lane the evening of August 2, 2015.
Police say the boy was walking down the street when he passed by his neighbor’s house whose front door was left open.
Officials say a pit bull that was being fostered by the boy’s neighbors came outside.
The boy, who saw the dog and became scared, started to run away. The dog Continue reading →
The California Department of Public Health has issued a fine and citation to a Fremont nursing home for negligent care, which officials say, resulted in the death of one of its residents.
According to a Bay City News report, the penalty of $100,000 has been slapped on Crestwood Manor, as killed nursing facility.
The nursing home has also received a Class “AA” Citation from the state, which is the most severe penalty under state law.
It usually involves a death that was caused directly by nursing home abuse or neglect.
Choking Death
The report stated that in July 2014, an unidentified resident choked on a Continue reading →
Monica Castorena, 29, was killed in a Mission Viejo motorcycle accident early morning on July 25, 2015.
According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the fatal crash between a Toyota Prius and a Kawasaki motorcycle occurred at the intersection of Alicia Parkway and Olympia Road.
Police say the motorcyclist was pronounced dead and the driver of the Toyota Prius was transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
No details were available regarding the Continue reading →
Stephanie Martinez, 3, of Las Vegas, fell five stories to her death at an Anaheim hotel while on a Disneyland vacation with her family.
The incident occurred the evening of July 20, 2015 at the Embassy Suites in the 3100 block of East Frontera Street.
Police say the girl either squeezed through the bars of the railing at the hotel or climbed over it and fell from a fifth-story walkway.
Officials said Stephanie’s family was staying at the hotel and some of the family was Continue reading →
