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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...

A massive multi-car pileup involving 69 motor vehicles along Interstate 64 near Williamsburg, Virginia, on Sunday left more than 30 people injured, at least two of them critically.  According to a story appearing on the KTLA website in Los Angeles, the accident happened just before 8:00 a.m. in the westbound lanes of Interstate 64.  Investigators at the scene are not yet sure what may have caused the initial crash, but...

Getting behind the wheel when you haven’t had an adequate amount of sleep can prove to be almost as dangerous as drinking and driving.  An overtired driver can potentially fall asleep at the wheel and get into an accident. According to a story reported on the KWCH website that seems to have been what happened when the driver of a school bus crashed into a home on Tuesday, December 17th.  ...

A Stockton mother and her 13-month-old son were killed in an accident when a San Joaquin Sheriff’s deputy’s patrol cruiser rear-ended her vehicle on Saturday, December 14th.Fox 40 in Los Angeles reports that the vehicle that Kalesha Johnson, 23, and her infant son, Kevin Hart III were in was rammed by a sheriff’s cruiser that was heading northbound on Interstate 5 near Charter way.  Investigators say that the accident happened...

A 17-year old girl was arrested on Wednesday after she breached a security fence at the Fresno airport, and sneaked onto a small aircraft, and crashed it into a building at the Fresno Yosemite National Airport. KTLA in Los Angeles reports that at approximately 7:30 on the morning of Wednesday, December 18th, the unidentified teen climbed the fence at the airport about one-quarter mile away from where the King 200...

The California Highway Patrol and the Los Angeles Police Department have a bit of a mystery on their hands. In the early morning hours of Wednesday, December 11th, someone “borrowed” a 2018 Lamborghini Huracán, flipped it onto its roof, and abandoned it along the Los Angeles Crest Highway. The Drive reports that the California Highway Patrol’s dispatchers received a call about an abandoned Lamborghini, but no one was inside or...

A hit and run crash on Monday has resulted in a 39-year-old man in Los Angeles left critically injured. Law enforcement officials are trying to find the suspect as well as the man’s surviving family members. Police are now turning to the public for help. KTLA in Los Angeles reported on Monday, December 16th, that the fatal crash happened in South Los Angeles in the Florence neighborhood at about 11:30...

The surviving family members of a man who drowned off the coast of Huntington Beach earlier this year is seeking a $10 million settlement in a wrongful death claim in an attempt at an out of court settlement against Catalina Sea Ranch (CSR). The Los Angeles Times reports that the family of Maynard Poynter, 71, is seeking the settlement, charging negligence in the case against the aquaculture company.  Court documents...

The pilot of a small private plane had to make an emergency landing on Thursday night, landing in the southbound lanes of the Interstate 5 Freeway near Carlsbad. According to a report appearing on the ABC 7 website, the California Highway Patrol told reporters that the plane had been making its final approach to land at the Palomar Airport when the cockpit filled with smoke and lost all power. The...