A man has been killed in a fiery crash after a flatbed lumber truck rear-ended his pickup truck on I-5 in San Clemente, according to a news report. The California Highway Patrol said that the unidentified victim was driving a 1984 pickup truck with Washington state license plates towing a 1950 Oldsmobile when he was…
A 68-year-old Santa Ana woman has died after her car hit a tree near 17th St. and Newhope St., according to a news report. Santa Ana police said that Huong Do was driving east on 17th St. when her Lexus went out of control, jumped onto the center median and crashed into a tree. She…
A 21-year-old Irvine man has been killed in an Orange bicycle accident after he was hit by a suspected drunk driver, according to a news report. The California Highway Patrol said that Joseph Robinson was riding his bicycle south on the shoulder of Santiago Canyon Road near Loma Ridge when Sommer Gonzales, 18, of Tustin,…
A wrong-way crash on the 60 freeway in Diamond Bar has killed six people, and a Fontana woman has been arrested on suspicion of DUI in connection with the accident, according to a news report. The California Highway Patrol said that Olivia Culbreath, 21, has been arrested on suspicion of driving drunk and causing great…
An 18-year-old Fountain Valley man has died in a snowboarding accident in Lake Tahoe, according to a news report. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said that a friend found Wyatt James Colvard unconscious on the slopes at Heavenly Resort in Lake Tahoe. The ski patrol transported Colvard down the mountain where paramedics attempted to resuscitate…
An unidentified man has been killed in a collision on I-605 that involved three vehicles, according to a news report. The California Highway Patrol said that the collision occurred just north of the Katella Avenue off-ramp in the northbound lanes of I-605 and involved a white truck and two sedans. Two of the vehicles wound…
An Irvine man has been killed and five people were injured in a Laguna Beach crash on Pacific Coast Highway, according to a news report. Laguna Beach police said that Erik Ortiz Valencia, 29, of Irvine, was a passenger in a silver Honda involved in a series of crashes that eventually involved five vehicles along…
A 49-year-old Garden Grove man has died after his pickup truck ran into the back of a semi, according to a news report. Garden Grove police said that Thai Tran was driving a white Chevy pickup truck west on Hazard Avenue just east of Brookhurst Street when he hit a parked semitruck. Tran was trapped…
A 21-year-old Yorba Linda man has been killed in a single-car suspected DUI accident in Anaheim, according to a news report. Anaheim police said that Christopher Tschann was a passenger in a black Acura that lost control on East Canyon Rim Road and smashed into a tree. The force of the impact tore the roof…
A 22-year-old Irvine man has been killed after he fell from a balcony at the San Diego Convention Center, according to a news report. The San Diego County coroner’s office said that Matthew George Nichols fell about 100 feet from a balcony at the San Diego Convention Center, which was closed at the time of…
