A 27-year-old Pomona man working as a window washer was killed in a Huntington Beach work accident when an extension rod he was using to clean windows came in contact with power lines, according to a news report. A Huntington Beach Fire Department spokesman said that Gandy Ochoa was using an aluminum extension rod to…
An unidentified female was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries after being struck by a vehicle in an Orange pedestrian accident outside a 7 Eleven convenience store, according to a news report. Orange police said that a female driver was parking her red GMC Sierra pickup truck in front of a 7 Eleven…
An Orange County man who was sitting in a police car after being pulled over on suspicion of DUI was injured after another alleged drunk driver crashed into the police car and at least three other vehicles during an Anaheim car accident, according to a news report. A Garden Grove police spokesman said officers had…
A three-year-old disabled boy was pronounced dead shortly after being found unresponsive aboard a school bus, according to a news report. Kevin Cisler of Alisa Viejo was riding the bus home from a special needs school in Dana Point when a parent taking another child off the bus noticed that he was unconscious in his…
The death of a seven-month-old Colorado girl has caused the Consumer Product Safety Commission to reissue a 2008 recall of almost one million drop-side cribs manufactured by Delta Enterprise Corp., according to a news report. The Delta drop-side cribs were sold at major retailers, including Target and Kmart, between January of 1995 and December of…
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…
A 30-year-old San Juan Capistrano woman has pleaded guilty to gross vehicular manslaughter in connection with a fatal Dana Point bicycle accident in 2007, according to a news report. Michelle Stearns had been accused of DUI on Oct. 15, 2007 when she lost control of her BMW and crashed into a curb, traffic signal, power…
A 27-year-old Westminster man was killed in a Orange County motorcycle accident and a 24-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of drunk driving and gross vehicular manslaughter, according to a news report. Joey Ramos was riding his motorcycle when he was struck and killed by a pick-up truck driven by Tania Gallina of Los…
A 38-year-old Riverside woman who pleaded guilty to hit and run manslaughter in the death of an Irvine bicyclist has been sentenced to three years in prison, according to a news report. Patricia Ann Izquieta was driving under the influence of prescription drugs in December of 2009 when she hit 49-year-old Donald Murphy while he…
An investigation by the Orange County District Attorney’s Office has concluded that the Newport Beach Police Department had no criminal culpability in the death of William Robert Wedgeworth, who hung himself in the Newport Beach City Jail last July. According to a news report, Wedgeworth’s family had filed $34 million in claims against the city,…
