Automobile Accidents

• San Diego Auto Accident Injures Eight

  Randy Walton | September 11, 2007 7:41 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA

  The North County Times reported that two children and a pregnant woman were among 11 people sent to area hospitals September 8, 2007 after a five-car accident up in a Vista intersection, according to officials. A toddler and a 6-year-old child suffered multiple traumatic injuries and were flown to Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego, officials said. The pregnant woman, who officials said...

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

  Chrissie Cole | August 20, 2007 3:51 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA

  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,...

• Dad Arrested After Accident that Killed his Son

  Chrissie Cole | July 15, 2007 6:20 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA

  A father has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after fleeing from a fatal car accident that claimed the life of his 9-year-old son, who was asleep in the front seat, yesterday.The boy died on impact, authorities said. The boy's father was driving him home when he crashed into the back of a pickup truck parked on the shoulder of the road, said California Highway Patrol.The father, who...

• Man Killed when Car Lands in Slough

  Chrissie Cole | June 12, 2007 6:53 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA

  A 24-year-old man was found dead in his vehicle on Monday morning, after a passerby reported seeing a vehicle in the water off the side of the roadway on State Route 4, west of Tracy Boulevard.The man, whose identity was not released due to pending family notification, was found in his 1998 Chrysler Sebring, which was overturned in Trapper Slough, California Highway Patrol reports. The man did...

• LAPD Patrol Car Hits Stalled Vehicle; Kills Motorist

  Christina Cole | May 11, 2007 3:02 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA

  A man was killed, Friday, when his vehicle, stopped at a car accident scene, was rear-ended by an LAPD Patrol Car on the Ronald Reagan Freeway.It is currently unclear if the vehicle had been involved in an accident prior to being struck by a cruiser from the Los Angeles Police Department's Mission Station, said a sergeant from LAPD's Traffic Division.A male was killed in the crash, west of Tampa...

• Father, Son Attack Motorist After Car Accident

  Christina Cole | April 12, 2007 5:57 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA

  A man and his son allegedly attacked another driver after their vehicles were involved in a car accident on East County Road in Valley Center.At approximately 6:40pm, Thursday, authorities received a report about an assault with a deadly weapon. When deputies arrived, they found gun shell casings in the car wreckage from the crash, said San Diego County Sheriff's Department.The father, 49, was...

• Man Killed in Highway Accident

  Christina Cole | March 21, 2007 7:54 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA

  A man was killed in a truck accident when his pickup crashed through a guardrail on the San Diego Freeway in Long Beach. His truck went over the side and slammed into a tree, said authorities.The crash happened at Santa Fe Avenue at approximately 10:30 Monday evening, said a California Highway Patrol Officer.The vehicle hit a guard rail and flew off the side of the freeway into ice plants before...

• Marine Killed in Car Accident

  Christina Cole | February 28, 2007 5:56 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA

  A 20-year-old Marine was killed early morning in a one-car crash on north Interstate 5, south of Genesee Avenue.The man, whose name has not yet been released, was a passenger in the car when the collision occurred just after 3:00am, according to the county Medical Examiner.The car, driven by another Marine, swayed off the road and crashed into a tree, authorities say. The driver was transported...

• Scotts Valley Football Star Injured in Car Crash

  Christina Cole | February 03, 2007 4:14 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA

  Scotts Valley High standout football player Russell Jenkins, along with his father, Ed, were both involved in a serious two-vehicle crash on a remote stretch of Highway 8 outside San Diego early Sunday. The Jenkins' were on their way home from a recruiting trip to Arizona Western College in Yuma, Arizona where Russell had given the school's head coach a verbal commitment.Their car was hit from...

• French Writer Killed in San Diego Car Crash

  Christina Cole | January 29, 2007 8:22 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA

  A French auto writer was killed when he lost control of the convertible on a bend on Highway 78 and landed upside down 100 feet below the curvaceous mountain road, said authorities.Michael Barelli, 54, died on impact at approximately 2:10pm on Saturday, said Jim Bettencourt of the California Highway Patrol.French media reports that Barelli was a writer for daily newspaper Nice-Matin.Patrick...