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Garden Grove Police were involved in a high-speed pursuit of a possibly stolen van that ranged over freeways and surface streets in Orange County on Monday afternoon.  ABC 7 reports that the chaser began in Garden Grove at approximately 2:40 p.m. on Monday, October 12th, when police spotted a van that they believed may have been stolen.  The van's driver attempted to flee from law enforcement officers over the 22...

Authorities are searching for a driver who slammed his Tesla into the garage at a residence in Covina this weekend.  A passenger inside the vehicle was injured and left behind. ABC News in Los Angeles reports that the crash happened on the evening of Saturday, October 12th.  California Highway Patrol Officers attempted to pull the driver of a Tesla Model 3 over for driving recklessly along the 10 Freeway. As...

 On Tuesday, October 6th, officers with the California Patrol found a woman shot to death inside an SUV. Police say that the vehicle had gone down a grassy embankment along the Long Beach Freeway before crashing into a tree.  In Los Angeles, CBS Local reports that the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement that they believe the woman was shot by the driver of the vehicle who...

Unlike most motor vehicle accidents, airplane crashes can take a far longer to investigate. It can be frustrating for surviving members to get real answers about what exactly went wrong and determine who is at fault. Because of the potential factors involved, sometimes it may take months or even years before investigators can forensically piece things together.  KNBC Channel 4 in Los Angeles reports that one person has died after...

An Orange County Court has found a Westminster guilty of second-degree murder and sentenced him to between 15years to life after driving under the influence of alcohol and got into an accident that killed a friend. My News L.A. reports that 32-year-old  Jonathan Aaron Samoff was sentenced on Friday for his role in the March 8, 2014 crash that killed his friend, 25-year-old Isais Tang.   According to court, documents police...

The Press-Enterprise reports plane crash occurring on Tuesday, September 29th, at approximately 4:00 p.m. near Palm Springs over the town of Thermal.  Eyewitnesses to the plane crash said they heard a crashing sound and then saw a massive fireball.  Officials say that the plane that crashed was an F-35 Lightning II. During a mid-air refueling exercise, the jet fighter “made contact with” the wing of a KC-130J Hercules transport plane....

A tragic crash connected to a suspected incident of street racing overnight in West Lake Village has taken the life of one boy and left another boy injured.  CBS Local in Los Angeles reports that the fatal crash happened at approximately 7:10 p.m. when two vehicles were suspected of racing Triunfo Canyon Road at Saddle Mountain Drive.   According to a statement released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, one...

A woman has died after she was run over by a tractor while she slept on the beach in Oceanside yesterday.  KTLA reports that the fatal accident happened just before 10:00 a.m. at  Oceanside Harbor Beach on Monday, September 28th, when a woman estimated to be in her 40s or 50s was struck by a large Caterpillar tractor. According to a statement released by the Oceanside Police Department, the piece...

A small, single-engine plane crashed shortly after takeoff from the Santa Barbara Airport on Sunday morning.  The Los Angeles Times reported that local authorities had found debris that matches that of the missing Cessna 182 Skylane. The condition and whereabouts of the pilot were still unknown at the time of the report. The Public Information Officer for Santa Barbara County Fire, Mike Eliason, told reporters that an eyewitness report of...

For many of us, our homes are not only our largest investment, but it represents a place of safety and sanctuary. It’s the one place where we can relax and leave the cares of the world outside. It is probably the last place on earth where anyone expects to be involved in an auto accident. Channel 5, KTLA in Los Angeles, reports that a woman has died in Pamona after...