A flash fire that occurred while a man was working on his car in the driveway of an Anaheim residence has injured two people, according to a news report. Anaheim Fire Department officials said that an unidentified man was working on a Jeep in the 700 block of North Topeka Avenue when a flash fire…
A 26-year-old Long Beach woman was seriously injured after her car struck a light pole on I-405 and burst into flames, according to a news report. The California Highway Patrol reported that a CHP officer pulled the woman from her Hyundai sedan after her car became fully engulfed in flames. The victim was traveling on…
The family of Paul Quintanar, 19, who was killed on Sept. 8 after being struck by vehicles on a freeway while attempting to elude police, wants more details from Tustin police about the fatal accident, according to a news report. Tustin police had initially reported that officers encountered Quintanar and a girl in an alley…
A 48-year-old man was struck by a car and killed in a Huntington Beach pedestrian accident while he was attempting to cross Beach Boulevard, according to a news report. Huntington Beach police said that Marcos Stead was struck by a BMW X5 SUV while he was crossing Beach Boulevard between Edinger Avenue and Stark Drive. …
A 24-foot Monterey powerboat that had just left the Sunset Aquatic Park in Huntington Beach exploded, throwing four of its nine passengers into the water and injuring four others, according to a news report. The nine passengers, ranging in age from 14 to 60, were leaving the Huntington Harbour marina for Long Beach when the…
A 40-year-old man pushing his wheelchair across Harbor Boulevard in Costa Mesa was struck by a car and killed, according to a news report. Costa Mesa police said that Gary De La Rosa was pushing his wheelchair across Harbor just south of Bay Street when he was hit by a Jaguar traveling south on Harbor. …
One man died and another man was critically injured after they were exposed to toxic chemical fumes at Vista Paints in Fullerton, according to a news report. Fullerton Fire Department officials said that the two men were working inside a tank at the Vista Paints manufacturing plant when they were overcome by fumes. A co-worker…
A woman in her early 30s was seriously injured after she was hit by an SUV on Rosecrans Avenue in Fullerton, according to a news report. Fullerton police said that the unidentified woman was crossing Rosecrans at Emery Ranch Road when she was struck by an SUV. She was taken to UCI Medical Center in…
A two-month-old baby was among five people injured when a Nissan Altima collided with a sanitation truck in Santa Ana, according to a news report. Santa Ana police said that an Altima with two women and two children aboard was traveling west on First Street when it collided with a Diamond Environmental Services septic truck…
A woman riding a bicycle on Santiago Canyon Road suffered critical injuries after colliding with a car and is currently on life support, according to a news report. The California Highway Patrol reported that the woman was riding her bicycle in the designated bike lane traveling east on Santiago Canyon Road when she made a…
