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According to the NHTSA, taking the bus to school provides millions of children across California and the U.S. the safest mode of transportation available each day. This is because school buses are the most regulated vehicles on our roads. In spite of this, accidents can still happen and can result in injuries. One such accident happened The Palm Springs Desert Sun reports that on Monday, March 4th, at approximately 10:30 a.m....

There is nothing in the world that can compare to the tragic loss of a child. For one family that lost three children at once, the situation can only be described as devastating. Recently, Mercury News reported about the accident which took place on Thursday, February 28th when 17 –year old Aaron Villarreal and his three siblings were heading to San Francisco to visit their father who was hospitalized and...

A 49-year-old man from Sacramento who has had five prior DUI convictions could be looking at 125 years in prison for a sixth DUI that ended up in the deaths of four people. SF Gate reports that Fred Lowe is due to be sentenced later this month for his role in a multi-vehicle accident which took the lives of several members of the same family and injured a number of...

Freeways are a fact of life in Southern California. They provide a mostly-efficient ways for commuters to get to where they are going safely. Accidents involving pedestrians on freeways are because someone has decided to cross the roadway when it is dark or in a situation where a motorist simply doesn’t have time to stop – and the end result can end in tragedy. An incident that happened on Wednesday...

There are few cars in the world that fire the imagination in the way that a Ferrari does. The legacy of this luxury sports car is nothing short of legendary. Millions of people fantasize about what it might be like to own or even just drive such a car. What’s more, is that in spite of its reputation as being highly desirable for the capability to race at high speeds,...

California has seen more than its fair share of disasters over recent months. Wildfires coupled with high winds brought a great deal of destruction to our state last year, and now with the winter and spring rains, floods, landslides and other severe weather phenomena seem to be compounding already bad situations in many areas and making them even worse. Such severe weather conditions and torrential rains that came as a...

The Santa Clarita Signal reported about an accident that happened on State Route 30, west of Walker Ridge Road. Authorities say that they received a call on Thursday, February 21st just after 7:00 a.m. indicating a vehicle had gone off the road and struck a tree in a single vehicle crash. Now, based on evidence found at the scene of the crash and during the autopsy of the driver, Patrick Michael...

The legal limit for blood alcohol has been in place nationwide for several decades now. Because of the high number of alcohol-related accidents and fatalities each year, some legislators are asking whether it might not be a good idea to lower the legal drinking limit to lower than the standard 0.08 percent. According to an article appearing on the ABC 13 website in Los Angeles, California may soon implement a...

Law enforcement agencies across the country are coming to the conclusion that engaging in a high-speed pursuit may not be worth the risk. When law enforcement officers pursue lawbreakers, it can lead to serious injuries or even fatalities. The risk factor increases significantly not only to the vehicle being pursued and the law enforcement officers but also to other vehicles and innocent bystanders. KTLA reported about such a situation which...

No matter what precautions you take to stay safe or how closely you pay attention to the rules of the road, no one thinks about how they might get into an accident. There’s also no way to know the nature or severity of a crash or if anyone will be seriously injured or worse. An Orange County man has died after an accident that happened in Huntington Beach on January...