A 43-year-old woman who was seriously injured in a Laguna Niguel pedestrian accident has had one leg amputated and remains in a coma, according to a news report. Mariam Hedayati was in a crosswalk at Moulton Parkway and Aliso Niguel when she was struck by a Honda Civic. She was taken to a local hospital…
A 21-year-old woman was hospitalized with injuries after the car she was riding in crashed into a power pole on El Toro Road, according to a news report. Laguna Beach police said that Simon Haxby, 20, of Irvine, was arrested on suspicion of DUI after he drove off El Toro Road at the 73 Toll…
A female Orange County Transportation Authority bus driver has been seriously injured in a crash with another motorist suspected of DUI, according to a news report. Santa Ana police said that the female employee was in an OCTA Toyota Prius used by bus drivers to shuttle between routes when she was hit head-on by a…
Newport Beach ranked third in the state among cities its size for bicycle accidents in 2010, according to a report from the California Office of Traffic Safety, with 11 fatal accidents in the past six years, including two in the past month. Orange County ranked 14th highest out of 58 counties in the number of…
A 9-year-old girl has been injured after she was struck in a crosswalk by a hit-and-run driver who ran a red light in Orange, according to a news report. Orange Police reported that the girl was walking with her 10-year-old brother in a crosswalk at the intersection of West Collins Avenue and North Glasell Street…
A 57-year-old Corona del Mar man has been killed in a house fire of an undetermined cause, according to a news report. The Orange County Coroner’s office identified the victim as Donald Lee of Newport Beach. The fire occurred in a two-story home in the 600 block of Marguerite Avenue. Two police officers were injured…
A 16-year-old boy riding a skateboard has been struck and injured by a hit-and-run SUV driver in San Clemente, according to a news report. The Orange County Sheriff’s Department said that Hunter Bogert was skateboarding when he fell at the intersection of Ola Vista and Avenida Santa Barbara in San Clemente. When he was attempting…
A woman has been seriously injured in a Santa Ana pedestrian accident, according to a news report. Santa Ana police reported that a woman in her 30s was crossing the intersection of Bristol St. and West Park Lane when she was hit by a vehicle traveling north on Bristol. The driver stopped and tried to…
New recommendations from a government-backed panel say that adults who are at a higher risk for suffering a slip and fall accident should have physical therapy and take vitamin D supplements to reduce the chance of injury. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued the new guidelines, which are published in the May issue…
Two Garden Grove sisters had to be hospitalized after they suffered injuries from being shocked in their backyard pool, according to a news report. Garden Grove police said that a 15-year-old girl and her 23-year-old sister were taken to UCI Medical Center in Orange after being shocked in the pool in the 11400 block of…
