Chrysler is recalling 144,000 Dodge Journey, Ram 1500, Ram 4500 and Ram 5500 vehicles due to three separate safety issues, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Approximately 65,180 Dodge Journeys from model year 2009 are being recalled due to faulty wiring that may prevent side airbags from deploying. The recall will begin in…
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…
An Irvine police officer who was off-duty was injured when the 2008 BMW police motorcycle he was driving collided with a 2005 Mercedes in Huntington Beach. According to police reports, the unidentified officer’s motorcycle was traveling west on Adams Avenue when it struck the Mercedes, which was travelling north on Brookhurst at Adams. The two…
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…
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…
Even with new safety measures in place, a New Year’s Eve “rave” event at the Los Angeles Sports Arena sent 17 attendees to the hospital and another 62 were treated onsite by Los Angeles Fire Dept. personnel for a wide variety of injuries and illnesses, according to an article in the Los Angeles Times. The…
The 15-year-old daughter of former AL Rookie of the Year Marty Cordova is in a coma after the car she was riding in on her way to school was broadsided by a truck. Ashley McAdam suffered head trauma as well as a broken jaw, elbow and thighbone. She was a passenger in a friend’s car…
Corona resident John Howe Jr., 57, was hit and killed by a Desert Hot Springs patrol car as he was crossing the street, according to a Press-Enterprise article. California Highway Patrol investigators said that Howe was not in a crosswalk when he was hit crossing Palm Drive between Desert View and Cahuila Avenues. He was…
A 26-year-old Mission Viejo Air Force veteran was stabbed to death while trying to protect his younger brother from an attacker at the “NYE OC” bash. Robert Sickles was killed and a childhood friend, Brian McTeigue, was injured when they attempted to stop 23-year-ol Adam Randy Baker of Dana Point from assaulting Sickles’ younger brother,…
A Long Island, N.Y., packaging plant was evacuated after a suspected gas leak sent 25 workers to the hospital for carbon monoxide exposure, according to a news report. Firefighters who were called to the LaMar Plastic Packaging Co. in Freeport treated an additional 20 workers at the scene for carbon monoxide exposure after they complained…
