A former female patient at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange has alleged that she was the victim of a sexual assault by a male hospital employee, according to a news report. The unidentified woman alleges that she was the victim of a sexual assault while she was in the hospital’s emergency room. She reportedly identified…
A driver reaching for his laptop who rear-ended a truck, sending it into a crosswalk and killing a baby in a stroller, has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter. According to a news report, Robert Anthony Casares, 50, of Huntington Beach received a sentence of three years of informal probation, and was ordered to perform…
A three-car pileup in Westminster sent a 7-year-old boy to UCI Medical Center in Orange with serious head injuries, according to a news report. The California Highway Patrol said that the boy was riding in the right rear seat of a Honda Accord traveling west on Hazard Avenue when the driver turned in front of…
A 58-year-old woman being treated for cancer at Newport Beach’s Hoag Hospital may lose her breasts because of a flaw in a new Xoft Inc. radiation system at the hospital, according to a news report. The unidentified woman was undergoing treatment to her left breast when a shield used with the system shed tiny tungsten…
An unidentified 61-year-old woman is in critical condition after she was hit by a car while crossing an Anaheim street. According to a news report, the woman was in the north crosswalk of Harbor Boulevard at Katella Avenue when a car going north on Harbor struck her. The car reportedly stopped, but then drove away,…
Two Orange County men were injured when the small plane they were in crashed on a ranch north of the San Luis County Regional Airport. Authorities did not identify the two men, who were both taken to a local hospital. The plane’s pilot was in serious condition, while the passenger was described as “banged up…
A construction worker was seriously injured when he fell from the scaffolding of a home under construction in a Corona del Mar neighborhood. According to the Newport Beach Fire Department, rescue crews were called to a residence under construction at Evening Canyon and Shorecliff after a man was reported to have fallen from construction scaffolding. …
A 58-year-old Fullerton Union High School government and philosophy teacher is in critical condition after being injured when his motorcycle struck a car that had turned left in front of him. According to a news report, Jeff Rupp was riding his Harley north on Euclid Street when a sedan traveling south on Euclid made a…
Julie Allen, the driver who caused a 10-car pileup on the Pacific Coast Highway after her car crossed the center divider and plowed into nine other cars, was going more than 90 mph and police are investigating whether or not she was taking prescription drugs at the time of the crash. According to a news…
A man who was struck by a small Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) bus while riding his mountain bike is in critical condition after being airlifted from the scene of the accident in Fullerton. According to police, a man believed to be in his 60s was riding his bike down a bike loop before the…
