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• Air Force Enlistee Killed in Motorcycle Accident

  Chrissie Cole | August 27, 2007 6:53 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Motorcycle Accidents

  A 22-year-old U.S. Air Force enlistee was killed in a fatal motorcycle accident after being thrown from his motorcycle, on Interstate Highway 80, early this morning.The motorcyclist was heading south on Interstate Highway 505 on his 2003 Honda motorcycle when he ran off the south side of the I-505 transition road to west I-80, according to California Highway Patrol.The motorcycle crossed all of...

• Man Killed in Head-On Collision with Suspected Drunk Driver

  Chrissie Cole | August 20, 2007 3:51 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A 45-year-old man lost his life in a tragic car accident, Saturday, in a head-on collision involving an alleged drunk driver.He was traveling east on SR-78 in his 2007 Toyota Tacoma when a 2000 Ford Expedition crossed the double yellow line and smacked into the left front side of his pickup.The Expedition drifted first onto the right side of the road and then turned left into eastbound traffic,...

• Military Personal Injury Suit Makes Inroads into Feres Doctrine

  Courtney Mills | August 09, 2007 3:23 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The Feres doctrine will not prevent Lance Corporal Aaron Schoenfeld from proceeding with his personal injury suit against the government under the Federal Tort Claims Act, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals announced yesterday.In the case Schoenfeld v. Quamme, Corporal Schoenfeld was on weekend "liberty", or weekend leave, at Camp Pendleton, CA, when while traveling as a passenger in a car on base...

• Teen Suffers Head Injury in Slow Speed Accident

  Chrissie Cole | August 03, 2007 10:15 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Head & Brain Injuries

  A 17-year-old girl was transported to St. Joseph Hospital after suffering a head injury in a slow moving accident, on Sunday, in a parking lot on State Highway 299.According to California Highway Patrol, the girl was with three companions in a 1994 Chrysler LeBaron when they stopped to rest on the wayside. At which time an unlicensed male passenger borrowed the car keys from the driver to...