Last November, Kennedy High School student Sydney Ramirez was struck by a car and killed in a marked crosswalk. Now, the La Palma City Council has voted to install a traffic light at the crossing along with two small signs that designate the stoplight as “Sydney’s Light”. The crosswalk at the intersection of Crescent Avenue…
A bicyclist was critically injured when he was knocked off a bike trail by two cars that had crashed above the trail and rolled down the embankment, according to a news report. Richard Lauwers, 44, was riding his bike on a trail along the Pacific Coast Highway near Seapoint Avenue in Huntington Beach when he…
A one-year-old Buena Park boy was airlifted to a trauma center after sustaining serious injuries when he fell from a second-story apartment window, according to a news report. Police officers and firefighters responded to reports of a boy falling from the second story of an apartment complex in Buena Park, and transported the victim to…
A stunningly tragic 10-car pileup on the Pacific Coast Highway in Newport Beach has claimed three lives, including that of the driver whose vehicle was the first involved in the crash, former Stanford track star Julie Allen, 27. According to news reports, the accident occurred at Riverside Avenue and West Coast Highway when Allen’s Ford…
An Irvine police officer who was off-duty was injured when the 2008 BMW police motorcycle he was driving collided with a 2005 Mercedes in Huntington Beach. According to police reports, the unidentified officer’s motorcycle was traveling west on Adams Avenue when it struck the Mercedes, which was travelling north on Brookhurst at Adams. The two…
Even with new safety measures in place, a New Year’s Eve “rave” event at the Los Angeles Sports Arena sent 17 attendees to the hospital and another 62 were treated onsite by Los Angeles Fire Dept. personnel for a wide variety of injuries and illnesses, according to an article in the Los Angeles Times. The…
The 15-year-old daughter of former AL Rookie of the Year Marty Cordova is in a coma after the car she was riding in on her way to school was broadsided by a truck. Ashley McAdam suffered head trauma as well as a broken jaw, elbow and thighbone. She was a passenger in a friend’s car…
A 26-year-old Mission Viejo Air Force veteran was stabbed to death while trying to protect his younger brother from an attacker at the “NYE OC” bash. Robert Sickles was killed and a childhood friend, Brian McTeigue, was injured when they attempted to stop 23-year-ol Adam Randy Baker of Dana Point from assaulting Sickles’ younger brother,…
A Long Island, N.Y., packaging plant was evacuated after a suspected gas leak sent 25 workers to the hospital for carbon monoxide exposure, according to a news report. Firefighters who were called to the LaMar Plastic Packaging Co. in Freeport treated an additional 20 workers at the scene for carbon monoxide exposure after they complained…
A suburban Detroit furniture store exploded and collapsed, leaving at least two people trapped in the rubble and a third with critical injuries. The William C. Franks furniture store in Wayne City, Michigan, exploded in a massive blast that was felt almost a mile away, according to news reports. Police evacuated local businesses and residents…
