An unidentified pedestrian was struck and killed by a Metrolink train in Riverside after attempting to cross the tracks at Buchanan Street and Magnolia Avenue. According to a news report, the pedestrian had stopped to let a freight train pass, then stepped around the gate after it had gone by, only to be struck by…
Two 15-year-old boys were seriously injured while walking home from school after a driver in a van ran up onto a sidewalk and struck them, running over one boy and trapping the other under the vehicle. Buena Park police said that Gilbert Armando Gonzales, 53, was driving his van south on Beach Boulevard when he…
A three-month-old baby was killed when she was ejected from her stroller by a chain reaction car collision caused by a distracted driver in Huntington Beach. The driver, 50-year-old Robert Anthony Casares of Huntington Beach, became distracted when his laptop slid off the passenger seat of his SUV. When he reached down to retrieve it,…
A car struck three Anaheim high school girls who were crossing the street while walking home from school, sending all three to UCI Medical Center in Orange with moderate injuries. According to a news report, the three girls were attempting to cross in the 1700 block of West Ball Road and were not in a…
A fifth grader riding his bicycle to Orchard Hills School in Irvine was hit and trapped under an SUV and was taken to Western Medical Center-Santa Ana in critical condition, according to a news report. Firefighters used rescue airbags to lift the vehicle and free the child, who was reportedly wearing a bike helmet at…
Last November, Kennedy High School student Sydney Ramirez was struck by a car and killed in a marked crosswalk. Now, the La Palma City Council has voted to install a traffic light at the crossing along with two small signs that designate the stoplight as “Sydney’s Light”. The crosswalk at the intersection of Crescent Avenue…
An 85-year-old Anaheim man was struck by a car and killed while he was crossing a four-lane road in Anaheim. Tien Chou was struck by a sport utility vehicle while he was crossing in the 2400 block of West Broadway in an Anaheim residential neighborhood. Authorities said that Chou was not in a marked crosswalk…
Corona resident John Howe Jr., 57, was hit and killed by a Desert Hot Springs patrol car as he was crossing the street, according to a Press-Enterprise article. California Highway Patrol investigators said that Howe was not in a crosswalk when he was hit crossing Palm Drive between Desert View and Cahuila Avenues. He was…
Two Orange County women were crossing Adams Avenue about 40 feet from Pinecreek Drive when they were hit by a Ford F150 truck. The pickup truck was pulling out of the Adams Avenue parking area at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, California. The driver had waited for other pedestrians to cross in a nearby…
Two Orange County women were crossing Adams Avenue about 40 feet from Pinecreek Drive when they were hit by a Ford F150 truck. The pickup truck was pulling out of the Adams Avenue parking area at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, California. The driver had waited for other pedestrians to cross in a nearby…
