Horrific 10-Car Pileup in Orange County Claims 3 Lives

A stunningly tragic 10-car pileup on the Pacific Coast Highway in Newport Beach has claimed three lives, including that of the driver whose vehicle was the first involved in the crash, former Stanford track star Julie Allen, 27. According to news reports, the accident occurred at Riverside Avenue and West Coast Highway when Allen’s Ford…

Anaheim Pedestrian Accident Claims Life of 85-Year-Old Man

An 85-year-old Anaheim man was struck by a car and killed while he was crossing a four-lane road in Anaheim. Tien Chou was struck by a sport utility vehicle while he was crossing in the 2400 block of West Broadway in an Anaheim residential neighborhood.  Authorities said that Chou was not in a marked crosswalk…

Fountain Valley Man Killed in Street Sweeper Crash

A Fountain Valley man has been killed after the car he was driving struck a street sweeper that was stopped at an intersection. Dennis Schenk, 55, was driving a 2010 Hyundai north on Beach Boulevard in Stanton when he crashed into the side of the street sweeper, which was stopped at the intersection of Beach…

Orange County Boy Killed; Mother and Sister Injured in I-15 Car Wreck

Eleven-year-old Joshua Archila of Orange was killed and his mother and eight-year-old sister sustained major injuries in a multi-car accident on I-15 in Riverside County. According to the California Highway Patrol, a truck driven by David Rudder, 55, of Santa Ana slammed into the back of a 2000 Camry driven by Archila’s father, Erick Archila,…

NTSB Chairman Calls Government Aircraft “Safety Orphans”

NTSB Chairman Deborah Hersman said that government planes and helicopters are currently “safety orphans,” with no governing body regulating the safety of the flight crews, government employees and passengers who use them and that “someone needs to accept this duty.” The issue of who is responsible for overseeing the safety of government aircraft came to…

Federal Judge Inclined to Let Toyota Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Lawsuits Proceed

In the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Judge James V. Selna has issued a preliminary opinion denying Toyota Motor Corporation’s motion to dismiss several key causes of action in 51 lawsuits claiming negligence, design defects, failure to warn and fraudulent concealment by the Japanese automaker. Toyota had argued that the plaintiffs…