Two pedestrians have been injured after being hit by a car driven by a suspected drunk driver in Fullerton, according to a news report. Fullerton police said that the pedestrians were struck at East Amerige Avenue and Harbour Boulevard; a suspect in the hit-and-run was found in Buena Park and arrested shortly following the incident…
A woman suspected of driving drunk slammed her car into an Anaheim home, knocking the sleeping resident out of bed, according to a news report. Anaheim police said that the unidentified DUI suspect crashed into a house near Ball Road and Freemont Street. The car slammed into a bed where the homeowner was sleeping, knocking…
A 55-year-old Buena Park man has been killed in a two-car crash in La Habra, according to a news report. The Orange County Coroner’s Office identified the crash victim as Oscar Rodriguez of Buena Park. La Habra police said that the accident occurred at the intersection of Harbor Blvd. and Arbolita Drive. The victim was…
A study conducted over the summer by the California Office of Traffic Safety has found that more Californians are driving with drugs in their system than alcohol, according to a news report. The first-of-its-kind roadside survey was conducted over two weekends during the summer, when researchers waved over motorists and asked them to take a…
A 21-year-old woman was hospitalized with injuries after the car she was riding in crashed into a power pole on El Toro Road, according to a news report. Laguna Beach police said that Simon Haxby, 20, of Irvine, was arrested on suspicion of DUI after he drove off El Toro Road at the 73 Toll…
A Santa Ana man is suspected of DUI in a single vehicle crash that injured him and three passengers, according to a news report. The California Highway Patrol arrested Alexis Perez Salmoran, 22, on suspicion of felony DUI and felony injury to three passengers following the crash on Trabuco Creek Road just east of Trabuco…
Three women were injured in a Corona hit-and-run accident where one driver was suspected of DUI and texting while driving, according to a news report. The California Highway Patrol reported that Teresa Lynn Hyde, 27, of Newport Beach was arrested on suspicion of felony DUI and felony hit-and-run after she allegedly side-swiped another vehicle while…
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 52-year-old Long Beach man was killed by a suspected drunk driver while he was riding his bicycle in Sunset Beach, according to a news report. Huntington Beach police said that Kenneth Prevatte was struck and killed while riding his bicycle on Pacific Coast Highway in Sunset Beach. Police investigators believe that the driver who…
A 75-year-old woman has been charged with one felony count of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence while intoxicated in connection with the death of an 86-year-old man who was struck by her car while riding his scooter at Leisure World in Seal Beach, according to a news report. The Orange County District Attorney’s Office charged…
