Seventy seven year old Jack Becker of Anaheim, California was reportedly heading back home after a night at the races when he was struck by a passing vehicle. Becker was seen leaving the Los Alamitos Racetrack and attempting to cross Katella Avenue at Siboney Street just after dusk. Witnesses say that Becker stepped into the…
When Los Angeles Police responded to a call reporting a man with a gun, they immediately found themselves in a high speed pursuit of several men in a car. The suspects very quickly tossed two handguns out of the window of the moving vehicle. Sometime later, the driver lost control of the vehicle and slammed…
Amy Beringhaus of Lakeside, California, was out for her regular morning run with her husband and two dogs when tragedy struck. The thirty-five year old web designer was struck and killed by a passing car when she attempted to cross the street. Beringhaus’ husband reported to police that he had seen the car, and was…
Forty-six year old William Detore was cycling in his home town of Sacramento California when he was run over and killed by a Sacramento city bus, which was heading west on L street past the California state Capitol. No passengers were injured. Investigators are still trying to determine if Detore crashed into the side of…
William “Alex” Williamson, a 59 year old Virginia Department of Forestry employee, was driving his SUV with three passengers when an unidentified metal object glanced off the highway and crashed through the windshield of his car, striking him in the head. Alex was struck unconscious, and the front-seat passenger struggled for the next five miles…
Folks in Orange County, California love their cars, but drivers beware: the car wash can turn deadly. Hospice nurse Jolynn Banner of Lincolnton, NC was innocently enjoying her day off recently, when she pulled into the local gas station for a quick car wash. A few minutes later, police got a call saying that someone…
A homeless man sleeping near an underpass was killed instantly when he was struck by an out of control pickup truck. According to police, the pickup truck was headed northbound on I-405 around 11 pm when the driver lost control of the vehicle; the truck skidded off the highway and flipped over, striking and killing…
What makes Callahan & Blaine California’s Premier Litigation Firm? It’s our team of exceptional senior lawyers, like Brian McCormack. Brian is a principal at Callahan & Blain in Santa Ana, California, where his practice focuses on high-stakes, complex litigation, including serious personal injury, wrongful death and product liability cases. Brian has been recognized year in…
Luis Rivera of the Bronx, NY was trying to cross a busy street seventy five feet from the marked crosswalk when he was struck and killed by a city bus. The driver reported that he never saw the twenty two year old, but felt a “bump” and stopped the bus immediately. When he left the…
Unfortunately, workplace accidents happen all the time in Orange County, California and around the world. In what is being called a “freak accident” that took place in Bristol, PA a worker was crushed and killed by his own forklift while working at a local warehouse. Tyrone Rucker, Sr. had apparently stepped down from the forklift…
