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With the stresses of modern everyday life, incidents of road rage are on the rise.  It is rare, however, that such dangerous events are caught on video. KTLA’s Rick Chambers reported on Wednesday that a man driving a white BMW took his frustrations out on the driver of a pickup truck earlier this week. An eyewitness captured the entire incident on video using his cellphone as it all unfolded. Los...

A violent crash in Newport Beach early Tuesday morning has left one person dead and another seriously injured. ABC Channel 7 in Los Angeles reports that the California Highway Patrol has issued a statement regarding the crash. At approximately 1:00 A.M., Newport Beach police officers were in pursuit of a Mercedes Benz that had been speeding. The driver of the Mercedes lost control when attempting to make a turn near...

A tow truck driver was severely injured after he was struck by another motorist on Highway 79 outside Beaumont last month. KTLA in Los Angeles reports that according to a statement issued by the California Highway Patrol, 49-year-old Enrique Ramirez Sanchez was responding to a call for a wrecker after a rollover crash that happened on Highway 79 on Sunday, February 23rd. The CHP said that the driver in the...

A Huntington Beach woman has been sentenced to 51 years to life in prison for her role in a DUI crash in 2018 that severely injured one teen and killed three other teens from Las Vegas. The Los Angeles Times reports that on Thursday, February 27,  Bani Duarte, 29, was given the maximum sentence of 51 years to life in prison.  A jury in an Orange County Superior Court reached...

The Washington Post reports that the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined that both the driver and the onboard technology contributed to a fatal crash of a Tesla that killed a man in 2018. On March 23, 2018, Walter Huang, who worked as an engineer for Apple,  was killed after he dropped off his son at preschool. Just a few days before the fatal crash, Hung had driven his...

When purchasing any product, consumers have a reasonable expectation that the product has met all government standards and can be used safely. One man from Signal Hill is warning the public about a generator that exploded in his RV and left him with severe burns. According to KTLA Channel 5,  Dallas Guiher suffered second and third-degree burns on his hands, arms, and legs when the generator that was aboard their...

An explosion and fire at the Marathon Refinery in Carson has caused officials to close down the 405 Freeway to be shut down early Wednesday morning. According to a report by NBC in Los Angeles reports that the fire was believed to have been started by an explosion at the plant just before 11:00 p.m. on Tuesday.  A short time later, the blaze started inside a cooling tower at the...

A hit-and-run crash in Echo Park on Monday morning has left a woman dead and her husband severely injured. The Los Angeles Police Department is looking for the driver responsible for the crash and is asking for the public's help. According to the story reported by the NBC affiliate in Los Angeles, Police are offering a $50,000 reward for anyone with information that can lead to the arrest and conviction...

A Twenty-Nine Palms man lived through the nightmare of his Jeep plunging off the roof of a six-story parking structure in Santa Monica in the early morning hours on Sunday.  Though he survived the ordeal, he is currently listed in critical condition. KTLA Channel 5 in Los Angeles reports that the incident happened a little after midnight at a parking garage located a short distance from the Santa Monica Pier. ...

When an elderly woman went grocery shopping in Anaheim last week, she didn’t imagine that she would end up being dragged nearly 150 feet across a parking lot in an attempted purse snatching incident. NBC in Los Angeles reports that 67-year-old Imelda Niess was putting her groceries into her vehicle when a white sedan drove close enough to her that a passenger inside the car grabbed her purse. Anaheim Police...