A 38-year-old Riverside woman who was driving under the influence of prescription drugs in 2009 when her car struck bicyclist Donald Murphy in Newport Beach has been convicted in Murphy’s death, according to a news report. Patricia Ann Izquieta pleaded guilty to one felony count of hit and run with death or permanent injury, one…
Julie Allen, the driver who caused a 10-car pileup on the Pacific Coast Highway after her car crossed the center divider and plowed into nine other cars, was going more than 90 mph and police are investigating whether or not she was taking prescription drugs at the time of the crash. According to a news…
A three-month-old baby was killed when she was ejected from her stroller by a chain reaction car collision caused by a distracted driver in Huntington Beach. The driver, 50-year-old Robert Anthony Casares of Huntington Beach, became distracted when his laptop slid off the passenger seat of his SUV. When he reached down to retrieve it,…
An 8-year-old Sequoia Elementary School third-grader described as “just an awesome boy” died after being struck by an SUV while he was riding his bike to school in Westminster. Andrew “A.J.” Brumback was riding westbound on Iroquois when he was hit by a Ford Freestyle SUV that was traveling southbound on Choctaw. He was taken…
An 80-year-old man was killed after he was struck by a pick-up truck while riding his bicycle out of a Garden Grove shopping center, according to a news report. The bicyclist, who was not identified, was struck by a Ford F250 truck that was making a right turn out of a Garden Grove shopping center…
The 21-year-old driver of a 1996 Mercedes who drove the wrong way on eastbound 91 and smashed head-on into a Scion, killing the two occupants, has been arrested on suspicion of DUI. According to the California Highway Patrol, 21-year-old Anthony Louis Fragoso of South Gate collided head-on with a 2005 Toyota Scion while driving the…
Last November, Kennedy High School student Sydney Ramirez was struck by a car and killed in a marked crosswalk. Now, the La Palma City Council has voted to install a traffic light at the crossing along with two small signs that designate the stoplight as “Sydney’s Light”. The crosswalk at the intersection of Crescent Avenue…
According to the California Highway Patrol, an Artesia man was killed when his 2003 Chevrolet van caught fire while he was driving on the westbound 91 east of Knott Avenue. Witnesses reported that the man was driving at 65 to 70 mph in the No. 3 lane of the westbound 91 when his van caught…
A stunningly tragic 10-car pileup on the Pacific Coast Highway in Newport Beach has claimed three lives, including that of the driver whose vehicle was the first involved in the crash, former Stanford track star Julie Allen, 27. According to news reports, the accident occurred at Riverside Avenue and West Coast Highway when Allen’s Ford…
An 85-year-old Anaheim man was struck by a car and killed while he was crossing a four-lane road in Anaheim. Tien Chou was struck by a sport utility vehicle while he was crossing in the 2400 block of West Broadway in an Anaheim residential neighborhood. Authorities said that Chou was not in a marked crosswalk…
