A deadly multi-vehicle crash on the 405 Freeway in Fountain Valley, Orange County occurred late Saturday night. According to the California Highway Patrol (CHP) a family of five were stopped in a minivan in the HOV lane when it was rear-ended by another car which in turn was also hit from behind. The fatal car…
Six months ago, 18-year-old Enrique Vasquez Garcia died in a workplace accident. On Tuesday, the Santa Ana-based company, Aardvark Clay & Supplies Inc. was fined $250,160 in connection with the fatal workplace accident, Cal/OSHA officials announced. The clay supply company was cited for the Sept. 20 workplace accident at 1400 E. Pomona St. that killed…
Monday saw mourners gathered near the Santa Ana crash site where four people lost their lives in a suspected DUI crash that happened over the weekend. The victims of the crash have been identified as 31-year-old Jose Alberto Avila-Rosas of Santa Ana; 23-year-old Ziomara Zaragoza of Garden Grove; 23-year-old Antonio Alonso Santibanez of Orange; and 34-year-old Prisma Yuliana…
A small plane crashed into a Yorba Linda home’s backyard on Sunday killing five people. The Cessna 414A had just departed the Fullerton Municipal Airport and flown about 10 miles when a yet to be determined incident lead to the plane falling from the sky trailing flames. The pilot of the plane, as well as…
A 25-year-old Trabuco Canyon man died on New Year’s Day, 17 days after being struck by a car while riding his bike in Rancho Santa Margarita. Chandler Espinoza was hit at approximately 3:40 pm on December 15 while he was riding on a street. He was taken to a hospital and being treated for his…
A woman discovered her husband was killed in a car crash in Aliso Viejo last Wednesday morning when she happened to come upon the scene. A suspected hit-and-run driver has now been arrested. Rogelio Martinez Cuin, 38, was taken into custody after authorities responded to the crash site near Woods Canyon Drive and Westridge Drive about…
Sunday saw mourners gather to pay their respects to Paul Smith, 64 of Long Beach who died in a traffic collision on Friday while riding his bicycle near the intersection of Pacific Coast Highway and Seal Beach Boulevard. 150 mourners attended the service which took place at the scene of Smith’s accident. Smith was a…
Motorcyclist, Jeffrey Isaacson, 40, of Stanton, was killed in a crash with a garbage truck in Westminster this week. The crash occurred around 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 9 on Beach Boulevard, Westminster. Firefighters and paramedics rushed to the scene of the motorcycle accident, but Jeffrey Isaacson later died due to his injuries. A GoFundMe account has been started…
Last week the Orange County District Attorney’s Office had declined to file charges fagainst a driver accused of a DUI crash that killed a 9-year-old girl and her 33-year-old mother on New Year’s Day on the 22 Freeway. Melvin Branch, 30, was scheduled to be in court Thursday, facing DUI and gross vehicular manslaughter charges,…
A 33-year-old mother and her 9-year old daughter were killed early Tuesday morning in a multi-vehicle crash in Garden Grove on the 22 Freeway. The California Highway Patrol reported that a 30-year-old driver of a BMW that was involved in the collision was arrested on suspicion of felony drunk driving and gross vehicular manslaughter while…