A construction worker was seriously injured when he fell from the scaffolding of a home under construction in a Corona del Mar neighborhood. According to the Newport Beach Fire Department, rescue crews were called to a residence under construction at Evening Canyon and Shorecliff after a man was reported to have fallen from construction scaffolding. …
A car driven by an 18-year-old man believed to be under the influence of alcohol crashed into a gas meter in a La Habra neighborhood, causing the evacuation of approximately 70 residents after a natural gas line erupted. Driver Jonathon Huizar of La Habra was arrested on suspicion of DUI after he drove his Isuzu…
A 51-year-old Foothill Ranch man has died following a two-car collision caused by one of the drivers running a red light, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. Gregg Wiles was killed when the Chrysler sedan he was driving collided with a Nissan Altima on Portola Parkway and Pauling in Lake Forest. He was pronounced…
The family of Andres Ramirez, who was shot and killed by Santa Ana police in December, has filed a $20 million wrongful death lawsuit claiming that Ramirez was shot in the back of the head by police, who then fabricated a story about the victim brandishing a knife. Ramirez, 21, was visiting relatives in Santa…
A 38-year-old Riverside woman who was driving under the influence of prescription drugs in 2009 when her car struck bicyclist Donald Murphy in Newport Beach has been convicted in Murphy’s death, according to a news report. Patricia Ann Izquieta pleaded guilty to one felony count of hit and run with death or permanent injury, one…
An unidentified pedestrian was struck and killed by a Metrolink train in Riverside after attempting to cross the tracks at Buchanan Street and Magnolia Avenue. According to a news report, the pedestrian had stopped to let a freight train pass, then stepped around the gate after it had gone by, only to be struck by…
A 58-year-old Fullerton Union High School government and philosophy teacher is in critical condition after being injured when his motorcycle struck a car that had turned left in front of him. According to a news report, Jeff Rupp was riding his Harley north on Euclid Street when a sedan traveling south on Euclid made a…
Two 15-year-old boys were seriously injured while walking home from school after a driver in a van ran up onto a sidewalk and struck them, running over one boy and trapping the other under the vehicle. Buena Park police said that Gilbert Armando Gonzales, 53, was driving his van south on Beach Boulevard when he…
Julie Allen, the driver who caused a 10-car pileup on the Pacific Coast Highway after her car crossed the center divider and plowed into nine other cars, was going more than 90 mph and police are investigating whether or not she was taking prescription drugs at the time of the crash. According to a news…
A three-month-old baby was killed when she was ejected from her stroller by a chain reaction car collision caused by a distracted driver in Huntington Beach. The driver, 50-year-old Robert Anthony Casares of Huntington Beach, became distracted when his laptop slid off the passenger seat of his SUV. When he reached down to retrieve it,…
