MAJOR COLLISION KILLS 4, INJURES 1
According to authorities with the California Highway Patrol, a horrific three-vehicle collision resulted in the deaths of a woman and three men, while also injuring a fifth person in another vehicle. The accident occurred on April 22 on Highway 50 near Stockton Boulevard around 2:30 a.m.
CHP reported that...
MAN DIES IN FIERY ACCIDENT INVOLVING SUSPECTED DRUNK DRIVER
California Highway Patrol reported that a driver was handed charges for murder and DUI causing injury resulting from a fatal accident that occurred on April 9. The one-car accident took place north of Ventura while the driver and one passenger were using a southbound onramp to enter Highway 33 at Casitas Vista...
MAN KILLED IN CALIFORNIA HIT-AND-RUN ACCIDENT
A man was killed by a hit-and-run driver on the 210 Freeway in the early morning hours of March 30. The crash occurred west of the Interstate 605 Freeway in Irwindale, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Police said they first received reports of a disabled car on the...
HOW TO FILE A WRONGFUL DEATH CLAIM IN CALIFORNIA
Whenever the negligent or wrongful actions of a driver lead to a car accident in which another person involved dies, the victim's surviving family members may be able to hold the driver liable for damages by filing a wrongful death claim. According to the state's Code of Civil Procedure,...
DEATH OF LYFT PASSENGER RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT INSURANCE
The California Highway Patrol confirmed that a 24-year-old man was killed while he was a passenger in a Lyft driver's vehicle on Nov. 1. Both the passenger and the driver in the vehicle were wearing seat belts while they were traveling along Interstate 80 in Roseville. In an attempt to avoid colliding...
PASSENGER KILLED IN CALIFORNIA ACCIDENT ON HIGHWAY 101
At 11:55 p.m. on July 23, police officers responded to a call about a car that had overturned on Highway 101 near the Great American Parkway. Officers discovered a BMW 355i with major damage and two people inside of it. A passenger, a 45-year-old man, was pronounced dead at the scene of...
LIMO STOP’S FINE REDUCED AFTER DEADLY FIRE THAT KILLED 5
The California Public Utilities Commission has agreed to reduce a fine that was levied against Limo Stop for a deadly limousine accident that took place in 2013. According to the new settlement, the Burlingame limousine company will pay $5,000 instead of the original $20,000 fine it was ordered to pay. The company...
POLICE INVESTIGATING DEADLY MOTORCYCLE CRASH
A California motorcyclist died on July 8 following a crash on Highway 223 near Arvin. While the causes of the accident remain under investigation, preliminary reports would seem to indicate that a big rig pulled into the road in front of the eastbound motorcycle, driven by a 49-year-old Tehachapi man, while the...
CALIFORNIA TRUCK ACCIDENT KILLS 1 AND INJURES 7
The California Highway Patrol reported that a July 10 accident involving a large commercial truck and 10 other vehicles claimed the life of one person and injured seven others. The truck and car accident occurred on Highway 17 south of Los Gatos around 7:50 a.m. The crash left the northbound lanes of Highway...
CALIFORNIA TRUCK DRIVER KILLED IN I-5 ACCIDENT
A semi-truck driver died after his truck jackknifed when he attempted to avoid a sedan that cut in front of him on Interstate 5. The accident happened on June 12 just after midnight near Santa Clarita Valley. According to the California Highway Patrol, no charges have been filed in the case, and...