An unidentified 61-year-old woman is in critical condition after she was hit by a car while crossing an Anaheim street. According to a news report, the woman was in the north crosswalk of Harbor Boulevard at Katella Avenue when a car going north on Harbor struck her. The car reportedly stopped, but then drove away,…
The California Highway Patrol is looking for a driver who struck and killed a 57-year-old Laguna Niguel woman and fled the scene, according to a news report. Hyun Sheen was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, which happened on northbound I-5 just south of Lake Forest Drive. According to the CHP, Sheen struck…
A 17-year-old Costa Mesa boy died after being pulled from a burning garage apartment, according to a news report. Luke Upton died in a fire that officials believe began in a garage that had been turned into an apartment. Four other people escaped unharmed; an 18-year-old and a two-year-old were taken to a local hospital…
A 50-year-old Riverside man was arrested on suspicion of DUI after crashing his truck into a car and leaving the scene of the accident, according to a news report. Witnesses told Huntington Beach police that Augustine Mendoza crashed his Mazda pickup truck into a compact car while driving southbound on Beach Boulevard. When the driver…
One man sustained moderate injuries and another man was taken into custody on suspicion of DUI after a two-car collision on westbound 91 just east of Knott in Buena Park. According to a news report, a crash involving a 2003 Porsche and a 2005 Nissan Altima blocked three lanes of westbound 91 traffic for almost…
A 28-year-old Huntington Beach woman was out walking her dog with her boyfriend when she was struck by a car and killed, according to a news report. Amelia Shields, a part-time waitress at Danny K’s Billiards and Sports Bar, was crossing the street at Chapman Ave. and Citrus in Orange with her boyfriend and dog…
A 22-year-old Newport Coast woman has been arrested on suspicion of DUI in connection with a fatal bicycle accident that killed a 41-year-old man, according to a news report. Danae Marie Miller was taken into custody on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated after her Volkswagen Jetta struck and killed Amine Britel, who was…
A 23-year-old sailor from Laguna Niguel died after being hit by a train he was attempting to board in a suburb outside Chicago, according to a news report. Chase Church, a 2006 graduate of Aliso Niguel High School, was with a group of friends just south of the Highwood station when he was struck and…
A Cypress doctor who came out of a five-year retirement to perform plastic surgery at an unaccredited outpatient center has agreed to 35 months of probation by the California Medical Board. Dr. Lawrence Hansen performed a vaginal reconstruction surgery on Maria Garcia, 39, in March 2008 at Hills Surgical Institute in Anaheim Hills, which was…
Jeff Rupp, a popular 58-year-old social studies teacher at Fullerton Union High School, has died of injuries he sustained after his motorcycle collided with a car last month. According to a police report, Rupp was riding his motorcycle north on Euclid Avenue when the driver of a Hyundai sedan traveling south turned in front of…
