A male pedestrian who was hit by a taxi on Pacific Coast Highway in Newport Beach has died, according to a news report. Newport Beach police said that the victim, whose name is still being withheld pending notification of family, was struck by a tax while walking on the Pacific Coast Highway near Reef Point. …
A 24-year-old Riverside man has been killed in an Anaheim motorcycle accident, according to a news report. Anaheim police said that Christopher Waldrop was riding his motorcycle west on Orangethorpe Avenue when a Buick Century traveling east on Orangethorpe turned left in front of him. Paramedics attempted to revive Waldrop at the scene, and he…
A 48-year-old Fountain Valley man has been killed after the driver of a GMC Blazer crashed into the parked RV he was working on, according to a news report. Fountain Valley police said that Timothy Claude Michaud was underneath his disabled Winnebago RV on Lawson River Avenue just east of Ward Street when a GMC…
A 65-year-old Air Force veteran paralyzed in a car crash when serving in Germany was the victim of a hit-and-run driver who struck him while he was in his motorized wheelchair in a crosswalk, according to a news report. Fountain Valley police said that Harvey Mayo was in his wheelchair in the crosswalk at Southpark…
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…
An 80-year-old Laguna Beach woman has died after being struck by an SUV while walking near her home, according to a news report. The Orange County Coroner’s Office said that Virginia Worthington was hit by an SUV at the intersection of High Drive and Allview Terrace. She was transported to a local hospital, where she…
A 30-year-old woman has been killed in a five-car collision at an Orange intersection, according to a news report. Orange police reported that Xuan Tran was driving east on Taft when she ran a red light, triggering the five-car pile-up. Witnesses reported that Tran did not slow down when she reached the intersection of Taft…
A 57-year-old Irvine woman has been killed in a Newport Beach hit-and-run bicycle accident, according to a news report. Newport Beach police said that Dr. Catherine Campion Ritz, who served as president of Greater Newport Physicians for 18 years, was riding her bicycle north on Newport Coast Drive when she was hit from behind by…
A 29-year-old Long Beach woman has been killed in a two-car collision on the 91 freeway in La Palma, according to a news report. The California Highway Patrol reported that Christine Gilbert was a passenger in a 2010 Toyota Corolla that collided with a 1999 Honda Accord in the westbound lanes of the 91 freeway…
A female pedestrian has been killed by a hit-and-run driver on West First Street in Santa Ana, according to a news report. Santa Ana police said that Esther Pierson, 45, who is believed to be homeless, was walking in the 1500 block of West First Street in Santa Ana when she was hit by an…
