Police report that a chain of crashes involving seven vehicles, including a California Highway Patrol cruiser responding to the initial wrong-way crash in Costa Mesa, left five people injured and led to two arrests early Sunday. The first crash occurred at 3:36 a.m. when a Toyota Camry, which was heading north in the 55 Freeway’s…
Two occupants of a speeding vehicle were hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after slamming into a tree in Santa Ana Thursday night, officials said. Drugs are also suspected to have played a role in the crash, Santa Ana police said in a news release. Officers responded to the 3200 block of West Warner Avenue after street-racing activity…
Buena Park police officer, Arthur Brice, tragically died early Saturday after he was involved in a crash on the 91 Freeway in Corona while driving home from his shift at around 5 a.m.. Buena Park police reported that 58-year-old Brice suffered the fatal crash on the eastbound 91 Freeway near Promenade Avenue when his sedan collided…
A dramatic car crash occurred on El Toro Road on Friday afternoon when a silver sedan was involved in a crash that left it flipped onto its roof. Witnesses reported on social media that an elderly woman was helped from one vehicle after the traffic accident. Orange County Sheriff’s Department and Orange County Fire Authority…
Two Orange County men suffered major injuries in a single-vehicle car crash on Highway 33 above Ojai Saturday, authorities said. The accident was reported around 10:51 a.m. on the rural state route in Los Padres National Forest territory, according to the California Highway Patrol. The incident occurred several miles north of the Rose Valley Road turnoff.…
Authorities are searching for a driver suspected of hitting a 15-year-old boy and dragging him more than 1,000 feet in South Los Angeles before fleeing the scene late Tuesday. According to the LAPD the hit and run occurred around 9 p.m. as the boy rode his bike through a crosswalk in the area of Maple…
Two people were injured, one critically, in a car crash Friday morning, June 28, in Costa Mesa. The crash between a pickup truck and a sedan was reported on Newport Boulevard near Bay Street, according to Costa Mesa police. One of the drivers was taken to a trauma center with critical injuries, authorities said. The…
A driver has been arrested after a suspect DUI crash in which a 66-year-old woman was pinned between his vehicle and her own, Garden Grove Police Department said in a news release Wednesday. Andres Ramon Salas, 35, of Garden Grove, was arrested shortly after 5:30 p.m. Tuesday after a crash near 8051 Larson Avenue. Police…
Joshua Morales (19) of Santa Ana and Colton Mondy (17) of Garden Grove were killed in a fatal car accident while three others were taken to the hospital in critical condition after a crash on Santiago Canyon Road in Silverado, early Saturday morning. Authorities responded to reports of a vehicle that lost control and struck…
Judith Blankenfeld, a 77-year-old Hawaii resident, was killed in a car accident when she was ejected from a Tesla involved in a collision on the 405 Freeway in Long Beach and then struck by a third car on Monday, April 17. Blankenfeld of Hilo was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. The 78-year-old…