Two mothers and their two children were seriously injured after being struck by a car while crossing a Santa Ana roadway, according to a news report. Santa Ana police said that a female driver in her 50s was traveling west on Civic Center Drive when her Volvo sedan struck two women pushing strollers across the…
A 46-year-old Costa Mesa woman was killed when the car she was riding in lost control and struck a concrete barrier on I-15, according to a news report. The California Highway Patrol reported that the woman was a passenger in a 2006 Mercedes-Benz E500 that was traveling south on I-15 when the driver lost control…
Four people were injured with burns to their face and arms following an explosion at a Newport Beach apartment complex, according to a news report. The Newport Beach Fire Department said that when firefighters arrived on the scene, they smelled gas and found smoke and flames coming from the first level of the apartment complex…
A six-year-old boy riding his bicycle on West Maxzim Avenue in Fullerton incurred traumatic head injuries after being hit by a van, according to a news report. Fullerton police said that the boy, who was not wearing a bike helmet, was riding in the street when a man driving a van east on West Maxzim…
One person was injured in a two-car head-on collision near the campus of Cal State-Fullerton, according to a news report. Fullerton police said that the driver of a Toyota Camry was traveling south on State College Boulevard and attempted to turn left at Dorothy Lane onto the campus of Cal State-Fullerton. The Camry drove directly…
A 71-year-old woman has been seriously injured after she collided with two other vehicles in Fullerton, according to a news report. Fullerton police said that a preliminary investigation revealed that the woman was driving her Dodge Charger east on Commonwealth when she suddenly swerved into oncoming traffic and hit a Toyota Camry and a pickup…
The National Transportation Safety Board has delivered its findings after a year-long probe into the Sept. 9, 2010 gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno that killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes, and found that the accident was “clearly preventable,” according to a news report. In a prepared statement, NTSB chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman said:…
An 18-year-old woman has been seriously injured after a Fountain Valley car crash involving another teenage driver, according to a news report. Authorities said that the woman was driving her Ford Focus on Rose Avenue in Fountain Valley when she collided with a Mazda SUV driven by a 17-year-old girl who was driving north on…
The driver of a pickup truck has been arrested on suspicion of drunk driving after being involved in a single-vehicle Fountain Valley car accident that injured his three passengers, according to a news report. Police said that Brenton Kopak of Huntington Beach failed to navigate a sharp turn in the road and rolled his pickup…
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…
