A 29-year-old Corona del Mar woman has been killed on the Pacific Coast Highway in a Newport Beach bicycle accident, according to a news report. Newport Beach police reported that Sarah Leaf was struck and killed by a stake-bed truck near the southwest corner of Pacific Coast Highway and Bayside Drive. An initial investigation found…
A 20-year-old Laguna Niguel man has died after he was struck by a car while crossing Golden Lantern in a crosswalk, according to a news report. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said that Carlos Salas was crossing at Golden Lantern and Marina Hills in Laguna Niguel when he was hit by a black Nissan Maxima…
A SUV driving south on I-5 near Gorman north of Los Angeles hit a center median and caused a chain-reaction crash that killed two people and injured nine others, according to a news report. The California Highway Patrol said that the 41-year-old female driver of the SUV hit a center divider, throwing her and an…
An 81-year-old woman was struck by a vehicle and killed in a Garden Grove pedestrian accident, according to a news report. Garden Grove police responded to a report of a pedestrian accident at Lampson Avenue and Strathmore Drive. The victim, Thu Nguyen of Garden Grove, was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators believe she was…
A 29-year-old Lake Forest man was killed after his motorcycle collided with another vehicle, according to a news report. The Orange County Sheriff’s Department said that Steven David Muller was riding his motorcycle east on Peachwood in Lake Forest when a 2010 Acura attempted to make a left turn onto Palmwood Drive in front of…
A recent study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that drivers who were either drunk or sleepy were at least twice as likely to cause a car accident compared with sober, well-rested drivers. The study was conducted in France and looked at 679 drivers admitted to a hospital in southwest France because of…
A security guard for Laguna Woods Village has been identified as the driver responsible for a pedestrian fatality there, according to a news report. The Orange County Sheriff’s Department said that Craig Vann, 45, of Los Angeles, was killed when he was crossing Moulton Parkway near El Toro Road on August 8. Investigators said they…
A 52-year-old Lake Forest woman was killed when her car was involved in a head-on collision with a big-rig, according to a news report. The Orange County Sheriff’s Department investigators said they believe Joy Kelly was driving her Mercedes SUV east in the westbound lanes of El Toro Road in Lake Forest when she hit…
A man has been killed while crossing a street in a Laguna Hills pedestrian accident, according to a news report. The Orange County Sheriff’s Department reported that deputies responded to a call about a small truck striking a pedestrian at El Toro Road and Moulton Parkway in Laguna Hills. Investigators said the unidentified pedestrian was…
A 20-year-old Yorba Linda man has died in a SUV crash on the 55 freeway, according to a news report. The California Highway Patrol reported that Tyler Macchiavello was killed when his SUV flipped on the northbound 55 freeway near Tustin and he was ejected from the vehicle. He died 13 hours after the SUV…
