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 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 car driven by an 18-year-old man believed to be under the influence of alcohol crashed into a gas meter in a La Habra neighborhood, causing the evacuation of approximately 70 residents after a natural gas line erupted. Driver Jonathon Huizar of La Habra was arrested on suspicion of DUI after he drove his Isuzu…
A 38-year-old Riverside woman who was driving under the influence of prescription drugs in 2009 when her car struck bicyclist Donald Murphy in Newport Beach has been convicted in Murphy’s death, according to a news report. Patricia Ann Izquieta pleaded guilty to one felony count of hit and run with death or permanent injury, one…
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…
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…
