A woman has been seriously injured in a Santa Ana pedestrian accident, according to a news report. Santa Ana police reported that a woman in her 30s was crossing the intersection of Bristol St. and West Park Lane when she was hit by a vehicle traveling north on Bristol. The driver stopped and tried to…
A 29-year-old Lake Forest man was killed after his motorcycle collided with another vehicle, according to a news report. The Orange County Sheriff’s Department said that Steven David Muller was riding his motorcycle east on Peachwood in Lake Forest when a 2010 Acura attempted to make a left turn onto Palmwood Drive in front of…
A man estimated to be in his 60s was trapped in his Jeep when it overturned on a connector ramp to the southbound I-5, according to a news report. The California Highway Patrol said that witnesses reported that a green Jeep collided with a big-rig truck on the eastbound 22 connector ramp to the southbound…
New recommendations from a government-backed panel say that adults who are at a higher risk for suffering a slip and fall accident should have physical therapy and take vitamin D supplements to reduce the chance of injury. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued the new guidelines, which are published in the May issue…
A recent study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that drivers who were either drunk or sleepy were at least twice as likely to cause a car accident compared with sober, well-rested drivers. The study was conducted in France and looked at 679 drivers admitted to a hospital in southwest France because of…
A new study has found that females and high school athletes need additional time to recover fully from concussion injuries, according to a news report. Researchers at Michigan State University studied 222 young athletes who had suffered a concussion and found that the female athletes exhibited more symptoms than males and fared poorer on important…
Two Garden Grove sisters had to be hospitalized after they suffered injuries from being shocked in their backyard pool, according to a news report. Garden Grove police said that a 15-year-old girl and her 23-year-old sister were taken to UCI Medical Center in Orange after being shocked in the pool in the 11400 block of…
A security guard for Laguna Woods Village has been identified as the driver responsible for a pedestrian fatality there, according to a news report. The Orange County Sheriff’s Department said that Craig Vann, 45, of Los Angeles, was killed when he was crossing Moulton Parkway near El Toro Road on August 8. Investigators said they…
An accident involving a vehicle that rear-ended a Metro bus in Long Beach has sent four people to area hospitals with injuries, according to a news report. Authorities said that the Line 232 Metro bus was hit from behind while at a bus stop in northwest Long Beach. Four bus passengers were taken to Long…
A 52-year-old Lake Forest woman was killed when her car was involved in a head-on collision with a big-rig, according to a news report. The Orange County Sheriff’s Department investigators said they believe Joy Kelly was driving her Mercedes SUV east in the westbound lanes of El Toro Road in Lake Forest when she hit…
