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A wrong-way crash on the 210 Freeway in Monrovia on Sunday morning has left one driver dead and another seriously injured. NBC Channel 4 in Los Angeles reports that according to a statement released by the California Highway Patrol, the crash happened at approximately 4:40 A.M. in the eastbound lanes of the Freeway.  A CHP spokesperson told reporters that a woman was driving her 2017 Chevrolet Cruze westbound at the...

A group of neighborhood Good Samaritans saved a Fairfax mother and her child after a man suddenly jumped into their car and ordered her to drive. In a report filed on the ABC 7 website, the terrifying incident happened at the intersection of Poinsettia Place and Willoughby Avenue on the afternoon of Wednesday, February 12th.   The young mother started screaming, which prompted eyewitnesses in the vicinity to come running to...

A high-speed police chase involving a stolen vehicle on Tuesday ended in a horrific crash and multiple people being injured. ABC 7 in Los Angeles reports that the crash happened in a North Hollywood intersection at approximately 1:00 P.M. Police were pursuing three possible suspects in a vehicle that was reported stolen when the suspect vehicle crashed into a pickup truck at the intersection of Erwin Street and Tujunga Avenue....

A woman has died after a DUI crash on the SR 299 near Whiskeytown on Wednesday, January 29th. ABC affiliate KRCTV reported on its website that a woman was traveling eastbound toward Redding when her Chevy pickup truck collided head-on with a red Toyota Pickup truck that was traveling westbound. Emergency crews arrived at the scene of the crash and attempted to save the life of the woman. Authorities say...

On Friday, January 24th, a jury rendered a decision in civil court requiring a Malibu woman to pay $18 million in damages for her role in a fatal crash which killed a mother and severely injured her daughter. KTLA in Los Angeles reported that the jury found that Nicole Herschel, 39, acted in malice when she struck Yijing Chen and her mother at a 101 Freeway onramp.  During testimony, Yijing...

No one likes to see another person suffer, especially after being in an accident.  One New York woman found this out when she ended up under an SUV nearly a dozen Good Samaritans came to her aid to free her. CBS News reports that a woman had been crossing the street in New York City when a dark SUV ran over her, and she became trapped underneath the vehicle. Veronika,...

Four people lost their lives on Wednesday shortly after their small aircraft took off from the Corona airport on Wednesday afternoon. KTLA in Los Angeles reports that the single-engine plane took off from the Corona Municipal Airport at around noon.  The plane went down near the east side of the airport that is located on Aviation Drive. Emergency crews, including the Corona Fire Department and the Corona Police Department, responded...

Los Angeles authorities believe that a hit-and-run crash on Sunday night in Temescal Valley that left three teenagers dead was caused intentionally by the suspect driver. ABC News reports that the crash happened at approximately 10:30 p.m. on a road located about 60 miles southeast of Los Angeles when a Toyota Prius carrying six teenaged boys was rammed by another vehicle.  The collision caused the Prius to go off the...

KTLA Channel 5 in Los Angeles reports that Curly Bunfill, winner of three purple hearts, had been a Hollywood stuntman and met Hayworth at a party. “Our eyes met and we danced," Bunfill told said. "She had all these cars, beautiful, beautiful cars. We danced around the cars.” While they were dancing, Rita Hayworth asked Bunfill which car she liked. He pointed to the Bermuda Blue one. When Hayworth died,...

Both AAA and the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) hit and run collisions and fatalities have increased by more than 7 percent each year.  Of those who are killed in hit and run crashes, 65% are pedestrians. This data means that a hit and run collision in which someone is injured or killed happens somewhere in the U.S. every 43 seconds. Patch.com reported on its website last week that...