Three teenage boys in a black BMW ran a red light in Los Angeles, California, causing total mayhem. The car, driven by a juvenile, hit and killed a pedestrian and then crashed into a school bus, injuring at least 20 people when the bus overturned at the intersection of East 1st Street and Soto Avenue.…
A 29-year old Canadian woman visiting California was killed in a head on collision on Highway 1 near Santa Cruz. Her infant son, Kyler, sustained two skull fractures and is in intensive care, but stable and expected to survive. Jaye Wass was driving northbound up the coast for some sightseeing after spending the afternoon in…
James Laing, 46, was killed by a hit and run driver around 3:45 pm on a Saturday afternoon while bicycling on Augora Road in Augora Hills, California. Laing, a resident of West Hills, was traveling eastbound in the bike lane, just east of Liberty Canyon Road when a car, also eastbound, hit Laing on his…
Los Angeles Police Officer William J. Skett was convicted this week for hitting two pedestrians and leaving the scene of the accident. Skett was off duty when he struck the pedestrians with his Hummer while backing up in a parking lot. Skett abandoned his vehicle and left the scene of the crime on foot. One…
It was broad daylight at 11am on a Friday morning when William Davis allegedly turned down Woodbury Road in Garden Grove, California. The commercial truck tractor Davis was driving careened off the residential street, striking several trees, a fence and thirty six year old Olga Quiroz before hitting a concrete block wall and coming to…
Driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol (DUI) is a crime that leads to thousands of deaths every year. Groups like Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) have made great strides in reducing the number of alcohol related deaths by lobbying for tougher punishments. Unfortunately, their valiant efforts to curtail drunk driving may have had…
Whether you call it “hit and run” or “leaving the scene of an accident” the result is the same; someone is seriously injured, brain damaged, paralyzed, or killed in an accident, and the responsible party takes off without even stopping to see if the victim needs help. For some reason this offence is growing in…
Becky Anderson of San Diego, California was under the influence of several prescription drugs when she struck and killed a mother of two who was walking to work. Right after the accident, Anderson admitted to a sheriff’s deputy that she had taken Valium the night before the accident and Methadone at a clinic earlier the…
A homeless man sleeping near an underpass was killed instantly when he was struck by an out of control pickup truck. According to police, the pickup truck was headed northbound on I-405 around 11 pm when the driver lost control of the vehicle; the truck skidded off the highway and flipped over, striking and killing…
Carol Daniel and Stacy Neria of San Clemente were jogging on the Pacific Coast Highway with two friends when they were struck by a hit and run driver. Both women have been left permanently disabled by the accident, unable to use their arms or legs. Both women are also mothers to three children, and both of…
