Automobile Accidents

• San Ysidro Auto Accident Kills Two

  Randy Walton | October 01, 2007 12:56 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA

  Two men, both active-duty Marines from Camp Pendleton, died in a fiery crash in the early morning hours. The car accident occurred at the 805 and 905 in San Ysidro where the vehicle lost control and struck light pole, then hit a tree. In addition to the two fatalities, three other passengers suffered injury, the extent of which is currently unknown.For more information on this subject, please...

• Center for Constitutional Litigation Scores Major Victory

  Randy Walton | September 18, 2007 5:38 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA

  The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on September 14 declared the Graves Amendment unconstitutional. That amendment had given immunity to automobile rental agencies for harm caused by their vehicles. The legislation has been a source of concern for the clients of personal injury law practitioners because it allowed owners of vehicles to rent or lease their cars without...

• 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...

• 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...

• Bicyclist Injured by Vehicle

  Christina Cole | January 17, 2007 8:23 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA

  A bicyclist was seriously injured on Saturday when he was struck by a car in front of a Camp Pendleton entrance, according to California Highway Patrol.The accident occurred around 9:24 am at North Las Pulgas Road and Interstate 5, in front of a Camp Pendleton entrance. Lieutenant Curtis Williamson of the Camp Pendleton Public Affairs Office says, according to a military police report, it was a...

• Gilroy Man Injured in Accident

  Christina Cole | December 22, 2006 2:45 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA

  An 84-year-old Gilroy man is in critical condition suffering from third degree burns over 70 percent of his body after his car was struck from behind and exploded on U.S. 101. Gin L. Dong also suffered serious internal injuries as a result of the Tuesday night car accident. He is still in Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. Dong was driving his Honda Accord southbo9und on U.S. 101 just south of...

• 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...