An unidentified 61-year-old woman is in critical condition after she was hit by a car while crossing an Anaheim street. According to a news report, the woman was in the north crosswalk of Harbor Boulevard at Katella Avenue when a car going north on Harbor struck her. The car reportedly stopped, but then drove away,…
The California Highway Patrol is looking for a driver who struck and killed a 57-year-old Laguna Niguel woman and fled the scene, according to a news report. Hyun Sheen was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, which happened on northbound I-5 just south of Lake Forest Drive. According to the CHP, Sheen struck…
A 50-year-old Riverside man was arrested on suspicion of DUI after crashing his truck into a car and leaving the scene of the accident, according to a news report. Witnesses told Huntington Beach police that Augustine Mendoza crashed his Mazda pickup truck into a compact car while driving southbound on Beach Boulevard. When the driver…
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…
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.…
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…
Residents who live in Huntington Beach, California near the intersection on Springdale Street and Croupier Drive say the intersection has been a dangerous crossing for many years. The danger was only highlighted when seven month old Ruby Rose Gould was struck and killed in the crosswalk at the beginning of September. She was being pushed…
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…
