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The tendency of teen drivers to take risks is perhaps the main reason why they have to pay more for their insurance coverage.   Lack of experience and reckless driving often lead to mistakes that can cause a serious accident.Fox 11 in Los Angeles reported that on Monday night, four teenagers were pulled over and detained by California Highway Patrol officers in Contra Costa County after leading them on a chase...

Two major streets were closed, and power was out for homes and businesses in Simi Valley after the driver of a Lexus, attempting to elude police, crashed into a utility pole on Monday night. The NBC affiliate in Los Angeles reports that the crash happened late Monday night when the driver of a silver Lexus sped through a red light at the intersection of Los Angeles Avenue and Sycamore Road....

Police in Anaheim have arrested a man on the charge of reckless driving after he and as many as 80 other drivers blocked an intersection as part of a street takeover early Sunday Morning. The Orange County Register reported that that the incident happened at the intersection of Brookhurst Street and Crescent Avenue at around 1:45 A.M. Sgt. Jacob Gallacher with the Anaheim Police Department said that police received a...

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...

Delta Airlines is now facing further legal consequences for dumping jet fuel over residential areas, affecting several schools last month. The Los Angeles Daily News reported on its website that a second lawsuit was filed against the airline on Friday, February 7th at the Spring Street Courthouse. Three students from Pioneer High School in Whittier allege that they suffered skin irritation, nausea, dizziness, and emotional distress. On January 14th, Delta...

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 five-vehicle crash in Inglewood has left one person dead and two additional people injured during the evening rush hour on Monday.According to KTLA, the crash happened at approximately 4:40 P.M. within the 500 block of East Florence Avenue in Inglewood when the driver of a pickup truck was attempting to make a left turn at the intersection. The pickup truck was broadsided by another vehicle.Traffic camera video taken at...

Beloved comic actor of television and film, Orson Bean, was walking in Venice on Friday night when he was struck and killed by two motorists.  Bean was 91-years-old. The CBS News affiliate in Los Angeles reported that the Los Angeles Coroner’s Office issued a statement saying that Bean’s death was in direct relation to a traffic-related incident. Captain Brian Wendling of the Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement...

We look to law enforcement officers to protect and to serve our communities. As a society, we also have a reasonable expectation that they won’t engage in behavior that would land anyone else in trouble. KTLA in Los Angeles reported on Thursday that a Denver, Colorado police officer was found passed out in his patrol cruiser. Even though he admitted that he had been drinking, he won’t face charges due...