Two Orange County motorcyclists have each been sentenced to six years in prison in connection with a 2008 Lake Forest car accident that killed a 46-year-old husband and father, according to a news report. Blaise Aaron Meadows, 21, of Orange and Daniel Cody Burkett, 25, of Santa Ana pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter with gross…
A 30-year-old San Juan Capistrano woman has pleaded guilty to gross vehicular manslaughter in connection with a fatal Dana Point bicycle accident in 2007, according to a news report. Michelle Stearns had been accused of DUI on Oct. 15, 2007 when she lost control of her BMW and crashed into a curb, traffic signal, power…
A 27-year-old Westminster man was killed in a Orange County motorcycle accident and a 24-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of drunk driving and gross vehicular manslaughter, according to a news report. Joey Ramos was riding his motorcycle when he was struck and killed by a pick-up truck driven by Tania Gallina of Los…
A 74-year-old Orange County woman was killed in a Tustin pedestrian accident when she was struck by a car and dragged for almost a mile, according to a news report. Berna Martinez was hit by the driver of a Mercury Sable at the bottom of the I-5 freeway ramp while she was attempting to cross…
A 38-year-old Riverside woman who pleaded guilty to hit and run manslaughter in the death of an Irvine bicyclist has been sentenced to three years in prison, according to a news report. Patricia Ann Izquieta was driving under the influence of prescription drugs in December of 2009 when she hit 49-year-old Donald Murphy while he…
A driver reaching for his laptop who rear-ended a truck, sending it into a crosswalk and killing a baby in a stroller, has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter. According to a news report, Robert Anthony Casares, 50, of Huntington Beach received a sentence of three years of informal probation, and was ordered to perform…
A 22-year-old Newport Coast woman has been arrested on suspicion of DUI in connection with a fatal bicycle accident that killed a 41-year-old man, according to a news report. Danae Marie Miller was taken into custody on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated after her Volkswagen Jetta struck and killed Amine Britel, who was…
Jeff Rupp, a popular 58-year-old social studies teacher at Fullerton Union High School, has died of injuries he sustained after his motorcycle collided with a car last month. According to a police report, Rupp was riding his motorcycle north on Euclid Avenue when the driver of a Hyundai sedan traveling south turned in front of…
A Laguna Niguel woman who was killed after a traffic accident sent a car careening toward her while she was aiding a stray dog on the sidewalk is being mourned as a community leader and caring mother. Mara Steves, 48, was taking a walk with her son when she saw a dog trapped in traffic…
A 51-year-old Foothill Ranch man has died following a two-car collision caused by one of the drivers running a red light, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. Gregg Wiles was killed when the Chrysler sedan he was driving collided with a Nissan Altima on Portola Parkway and Pauling in Lake Forest. He was pronounced…
