A male bicyclist was killed after being struck by a pickup truck in a Santa Ana hit-an-run accident, according to a news report. Santa Ana police said that Elfego Lozano-Nicolas was riding his bicycle in the 100 block of South Broadway when he was struck by a white pickup truck. Lozano-Nicolas was unconscious when paramedics…
The Orange County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a van that is suspected of being involved in the Dec. 13 hit-and-run incident that killed a Lake Forest bicyclist, according to a news report. Randall Isaacs, 47, was killed on Dec. 13 after he was struck by a white or light-colored…
A 47-year-old man riding his bicycle along a Lake Forest roadway was struck and killed by a white van, according to a news report. Orange County Sheriff’s Department officials said that the unidentified bicyclist was riding along Serrano Road near Ridge Route when he was struck by a white van. The van left the scene…
A 33-year-old Tustin man was killed after being struck in a Santa Ana street and dragged more than 50 feet by two separate cars that failed to stop following the accident, according to a news report. Alvaro Flores was pronounced dead at the scene after Santa Ana police said he was hit and dragged more…
A 24-year-old La Habra man has been arrested in connection with a car crash in Pomona that killed his passenger, according to a news report. Pomona police said that Erik Nicholas Ortiz, 24, of La Habra, was driving his 2008 Nissan Sentra near South Towne and East Franklin avenues when he hit a tree, causing…
The driver of a pick-up truck has been arrested in connection with a hit-and-run Huntington Beach pedestrian accident that sent one person to the hospital in critical condition, according to a news report. Huntington Beach police say that the pedestrian was hit at the intersection of Beach Boulevard and Chrysler Drive, and is hospitalized in…
The driver of a Honda Civic who rear-ended a big-rig and hit a Chevrolet Malibu in an adjacent lane of Orangethorpe Avenue in Fullerton fled the accident after extracting himself from his overturned vehicle, according to a news report. Fullerton police say that the man driving the Honda was found at a local business and…
A male driver and his female passenger left their wrecked Honda against a divider on the 91 freeway and ran away after rear-ending a van, according to a news report. Jose Flores, a witness to the accident, said he saw the Honda rear-end a Ford Windstar mini-van, lose control and then crash into the center…
A Long Beach Fire Department captain is facing a maximum sentence of more than six years in prison if convicted of charges that he severely injured a bicyclist in a Santa Ana hit-and-run accident while driving under the influence of alcohol, according to a news report. John David Hines, 38, of Huntington Beach has been…
Two Orange County motorcyclists have each been sentenced to six years in prison in connection with a 2008 Lake Forest car accident that killed a 46-year-old husband and father, according to a news report. Blaise Aaron Meadows, 21, of Orange and Daniel Cody Burkett, 25, of Santa Ana pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter with gross…
