Motorcyclist Chanel Garcia was injured in an accident in Huntington Beach last week, died in a hospital on Friday, June 4. Police report that Garcia was riding a motorcycle south on Beach Boulevard, on the evening of May 31 when she was seriously injured in a crash with an SUV. Christopher Johnston, 26, of Costa Mesa,…
A 19-year-old pedestrian was tragically struck and killed while walking in a crosswalk in Orange Wednesday night, May 19. According to police, the driver, Sitani Pimoni, (39), was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. Pimoni stopped after the crash, at Tustin Street and Heim Avenue, but was determined to be impaired. A witness told police Pimoni,…
A DUI suspect behind the wheel of a large pickup truck tried to flee on foot from a crash he triggered when he rear-ended a Toyota Camry, killing that vehicle’s driver and injuring a passenger inside. Police and Orange County Fire Authority firefighters were dispatched at 10:54 p.m. Saturday to the intersection of Woodbury Road…
Police abandoned pursuit of Jose Gelacio Carreravasquez who fled a traffic stop in Orange one minute before he crashed into another vehicle in Santa Ana on Saturday, April 24. Carreravasquez, in a white Nissan pickup truck, is reported to have taken off when police attempted to stop his vehicle near East Katella Avenue and Wanda Road…
David Kawashima (62) of Orange was tragically killed Sunday, April 18, in Tustin, when a driver suspected of DUI stuck his vehicle while fleeing police. At around 8:45 a.m. Tustin police were called to the 2800 block of Park Avenue to investigate an unresponsive driver in a drive-thru, Irvine police Lt. Bill Bingham said. After a…
Joan McKee, was tragically killed Saturday, April 17 after the vehicle she was in was hit from behind by Adrian Antonio who was arrested on suspicion of homicide and DUI. According to police, McKee (71) from Huntington Beach, died at the scene of the car accident. At around 5:50 p.m. police received reports of a Ford…
Ernest Adams, 80, of Newport Beach, was tragically killed Sunday, March 28 after being struck by an alleged DUI driver in Newport Beach. The deadly bicycle crash occurred at around 3:16 p.m. in the area of 16th Street and Irvine Avenue, near Newport Harbor High School. Police report that Adams was riding his bicycle on 16th…
Desiree Robles was tragically struck and killed by an SUV while crossing Katella Avenue in the Anaheim-Stanton area on Sunday, March 21. The victim, 31-year-old Desiree Robles, was crossing Katella outside of a crosswalk at around 1:30 a.m. when the SUV headed eastbound hit her. Anaheim police, Sheriff’s deputies and Orange County fire paramedics rushed to…
A 24-year-old Anaheim woman was tragically killed in a Tustin car crash early Tuesday, Feb. 23. The driver, Anthony Robles, has been charged with DUI relating to the fatal accident. According to police, just before 2:10 a.m., a BMW sedan was traveling south on the 55 in the Tustin area. The BMW was being driven…
Twenty-two-year-old Herman Martinez was arrested on suspicion of DUI after a car crash early Sunday in Costa Mesa which sent a pedestrian and another driver to the hospital. According to police, Martinez did not sustain any injuries in the incident that happened around 2 a.m. near Newport Boulevard and 19th Street when Martinez ran a…