A crash involving a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s patrol car on the southbound I-5 in Orange has injured two people, according to a news report. The California Highway Patrol said that the sheriff’s vehicle was involved in a three-vehicle accident on the southbound I-5 at Chapman Avenue in Orange. A Nissan Versa and a Dodge…
An 81-year-old woman was struck by a vehicle and killed in a Garden Grove pedestrian accident, according to a news report. Garden Grove police responded to a report of a pedestrian accident at Lampson Avenue and Strathmore Drive. The victim, Thu Nguyen of Garden Grove, was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators believe she was…
A San Clemente swim school owner rescued a 2 ½-year-old girl found floating in a hot tub at the school, according to a news report. The Orange County Fire Authority said that the toddler was found floating in a hot tub at Waterbabies, a San Clemente swim school. The school’s owner, Wendy Gallagher, performed CPR…
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 woman has been seriously injured in a Santa Ana pedestrian accident, according to a news report. Santa Ana police reported that a woman in her 30s was crossing the intersection of Bristol St. and West Park Lane when she was hit by a vehicle traveling north on Bristol. The driver stopped and tried to…
A 29-year-old Lake Forest man was killed after his motorcycle collided with another vehicle, according to a news report. The Orange County Sheriff’s Department said that Steven David Muller was riding his motorcycle east on Peachwood in Lake Forest when a 2010 Acura attempted to make a left turn onto Palmwood Drive in front of…
A man estimated to be in his 60s was trapped in his Jeep when it overturned on a connector ramp to the southbound I-5, according to a news report. The California Highway Patrol said that witnesses reported that a green Jeep collided with a big-rig truck on the eastbound 22 connector ramp to the southbound…
New recommendations from a government-backed panel say that adults who are at a higher risk for suffering a slip and fall accident should have physical therapy and take vitamin D supplements to reduce the chance of injury. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued the new guidelines, which are published in the May issue…
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 new study has found that females and high school athletes need additional time to recover fully from concussion injuries, according to a news report. Researchers at Michigan State University studied 222 young athletes who had suffered a concussion and found that the female athletes exhibited more symptoms than males and fared poorer on important…
