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,…
An 8-year-old Sequoia Elementary School third-grader described as “just an awesome boy” died after being struck by an SUV while he was riding his bike to school in Westminster. Andrew “A.J.” Brumback was riding westbound on Iroquois when he was hit by a Ford Freestyle SUV that was traveling southbound on Choctaw. He was taken…
A car struck three Anaheim high school girls who were crossing the street while walking home from school, sending all three to UCI Medical Center in Orange with moderate injuries. According to a news report, the three girls were attempting to cross in the 1700 block of West Ball Road and were not in a…
A fifth grader riding his bicycle to Orchard Hills School in Irvine was hit and trapped under an SUV and was taken to Western Medical Center-Santa Ana in critical condition, according to a news report. Firefighters used rescue airbags to lift the vehicle and free the child, who was reportedly wearing a bike helmet at…
A man who was struck by a small Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) bus while riding his mountain bike is in critical condition after being airlifted from the scene of the accident in Fullerton. According to police, a man believed to be in his 60s was riding his bike down a bike loop before the…
An 80-year-old man was killed after he was struck by a pick-up truck while riding his bicycle out of a Garden Grove shopping center, according to a news report. The bicyclist, who was not identified, was struck by a Ford F250 truck that was making a right turn out of a Garden Grove shopping center…
The 21-year-old driver of a 1996 Mercedes who drove the wrong way on eastbound 91 and smashed head-on into a Scion, killing the two occupants, has been arrested on suspicion of DUI. According to the California Highway Patrol, 21-year-old Anthony Louis Fragoso of South Gate collided head-on with a 2005 Toyota Scion while driving the…
