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 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...

Last weekend, a woman was arrested after driving her vehicle into a crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters and counter-protesters. The Orange County Register reports that the incident happened at an event in Yorba Linda on Saturday, September 26th. Black Lives Matter supporter, 40-tear-old Tatiana Turner of Long Beach, drove her vehicle into a group of counter-protestors carrying Trump 2020 signs and carrying American flags. The BLM protest, which was...

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...

A woman has died in a single-car accident that happened as she tried to elude police in Oxnard on Wednesday. ABC affiliate, KEYT in Ventura County, reports that the chase began at approximately 1:30 a.m. when California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers spotted the 23-year-old woman in the area surrounding Oxnard. CHP officers pursued the suspect vehicle and observed driving behaviors consistent with someone who was also driving under the influence...

Earlier this week, a California man who had been found guilty of causing a fatal collision while driving under the influence of methamphetamine has been sentenced to between 6 and 20 years in prison. The Tahoe Daily Tribune reports that on June 13, 2019, 41-year-old Jarrad Daniel Dominguez admitted that he had been driving under the influence of a controlled substance when his truck crossed the center line and collided...