SKYDIVER KILLED IN ACCIDENT NEAR SAN FRANCISCO
Recreational sports can be a healthy and fun way to get out and find some fun and exercise in San Francisco. Many children and adults find entertainment in activities such bouncehouses, jumping on trampolines, or even skydiving. While many individuals partake in these activities without injury, because of the nature of these...
ALLEGED DRUNK DRIVER SPURS FIERY FATAL ACCIDENT
While it is tragic anytime someone is seriously injured or killed in an automobile accident. It is particularly troubling when there is a suspicion that the accident was caused by a drunk driver. After years of ever stricter penalties and public awareness campaigns, drunk driving continues to be a serious problem.
SUSPECTED DRUNK DRIVER CAUSES ACCIDENT, INJURES KIDS
A suspected drunk driver's actions on the road triggered an accident that snared six cars on the eastbound side of Interstate 8 in California recently. The drunk driving accident injured two children.
The alleged drunk driver was arrested by the California Highway Patrol after they assert...
THANKSGIVING EVE CRASH KILLS ONE
Members of the California Highway Patrol are still investigating what may have been the cause of a car accident that claimed the life of a 19-year-old Oregon woman on the afternoon before Thanksgiving Day.
What authorities do know about the fatal accident is that the...
THREE CALIFORNIA STUDENTS HOSPITALIZED AFTER CAR ACCIDENT
Three college football players are in the hospital, having sustained serious injuries in a California car accident. The three players were riding in a car with two other individuals when the driver attempted to avoid an obstacle in the road, causing him to lose control of his vehicle and hit the...
CPUC ORDERS CAMERAS INSTALLED IN MUNI VEHICLES
In the wake of a deadly bus accident that killed 16 passengers in 2008, the California Public Utilities Commission has ruled that two bus operator companies, Muni and BART will have to install security cameras within their buses. This action, which must be taken within the next three years,...
TWO DEAD IN SEPARATE PALO ALTO MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS
Two people are dead following a pair of unrelated motor vehicle accidents in East Palo Alto. The first accident occurred on Gloria Way and Bay Road where a 5-year-old girl was struck and killed by a passing car Wednesday morning. Another unrelated accident occurred a short distance away on...
IMPROVED DESIGN REDUCES FATALITIES IN CRASHES WITH SUVS
Anyone who has driven or ridden in a larger SUV likely knows the feeling of security that can accompany sitting a foot or two higher than the cars around you. That sense of security is not strictly psychological either. By riding higher off the ground, occupants of SUV may be less susceptible...
DRUNK DRIVING SUSPECTED IN FATAL ACCIDENT
A San Francisco man is suspected by police of having been intoxicated at the time of a fatal accident in the early morning hours today. The head-on collision took the life of a 52-year-old California woman and caused serious injuries to other occupants of the vehicle in which she was riding.
MULTI-VEHICLE CRASH ON GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE DUI
A dramatic chain-reaction accident that blocked San Francisco traffic this weekend is now being investigated as a case of drunk driving. A 37-year-old Colma man was arrested for driving under the influence following a four-vehicle accident that closed the Golden Gate Bridge. Three people were hospitalized with moderate injuries...