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When a passenger vehicle gets into an accident with a commercial truck,  it’s usually the smaller vehicle that gets the most damage and the people inside that are more seriously hurt. Noozhawk of Santa Barbara reported on its website that such a crash happened along Highway 154 near San Marcos Pass on Thursday and sent three people to the hospital.  Fire Captain Daniel Bertucelli with the Santa Barbara County Fire...

A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy from the Lakewood station is in critical condition after being struck by what officials believe was a driver who was behind the wheel while under the influence of alcohol.  According to a report appearing on the KTLA website, the incident happened near the intersection of Downey Avenue and Alondra Boulevard after the LA County Sheriff’s department received a call regarding a man in the...

On our nation’s busy Interstate highways and freeways, a chain reaction crash can happen at any time. In many metropolitan areas, even a minor fender bender can lead to a multi-car crash in the blink of an eye. Moose 92 FM reported on its website that two such crashes happened earlier this month in Eastern Maine that involved as many as 60 vehicles, and in which 14 people were injured....

According to the most recent figures released by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) of the approximately 450,000 police-reported crashes in 2017, 4,657 involved one or more fatalities. Based on size alone, other motorists who are mostly in smaller vehicles, bicyclists, and pedestrians, are at a severe disadvantage when an accident happens. One such accident involving a passenger vehicle and two big rigs that happened near Westley has left...

Two San Diego County teens were arrested on Tuesday, January 7th, after a series of carjackings and robberies in El Cajon and the surrounding area. The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that police believe that the two may also be connected to a series of robberies of 7-Eleven stores in the city of San Diego, El Cajon, Spring Valley, and National City.The two began their crime spree with a carjacking at approximately...

The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Department recently released video footage that shows the horrifying moment when a motorist drives their car off a cliff along Highway 1.According to Mercury News, The video, taken from the dashboard camera of a motorist traveling along the highway, shows a dark green Lexus speeding toward the cliff before it disappears from view.Officials say the incident happened on Monday, December 30th, at approximately 11 a.m....

A wrong-way crash is usually the result of a driver being either impaired or confused. Such an accident that happened last month along Interstate 80 near Sacramento that left nine people injured, including four children, may have involved a driver that was impaired at the time.  The Sacramento Bee reported on its website that on Saturday, December 21st, an accident happened at around midnight when a white Toyota Corolla was...

A high-speed chase with Los Angeles Police Department officers ended in a man’s arrest after a crash through the streets of the San Fernando Valley on Tuesday. KABC Channel 7 in Los Angeles reported on its website that authorities say that the incident happened at approximately 12:30 p.m. when police spotted and began their pursuit of an allegedly stolen silver, four-door SUV   The chase wound through the streets of Burbank...

An underage driver has been arrested in connection to the DUI hit-and-run deaths of a family on Halloween night, and so has the woman who sold him the alcohol prior to the crash. KTLA in Los Angeles reports that Amor Potestades Amacio, 56, who worked at the Green Diamond Liquor Store in Long Beach, sold alcohol to 20-year-old Carlo Navarro on the night of October 31st. Just hours later, Navarro...

In Southern California, we are blessed with a temperate climate that is ideal for going out and getting exercise year-round.  In spite of the favorable weather conditions so many of us enjoy, however, a bicyclist was struck and killed after colliding with a motorist on Monday afternoon in San Bernardino. KTLA in Los Angeles reports that the motorist has been identified as Harlean Byers, 80.  Byers had been driving a...