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Teens sometimes do stupid and dangerous things like you'll read about in this story, but this was a grown adult that caused this crash. A man from Tracey was arrested for allegedly throwing rocks from his vehicle at other drivers. Fox 40 reports. The California Highway Patrol had been getting reports of rocks thrown from vehicles outside Tracey for several weeks. Two officers were going to get a statement about...

A police standoff lasting nearly four hours ended in the arrest of a suspect in Beverly Hills yesterday. KTLA has the story. It started with a police chase near Wilshire Boulevard and Doheny Drive around 4:40 PM yesterday, according the Beverly Hills Police Department. The chase ended shortly after the stolen car crashed into another vehicle. The suspect in the car refused to get out of the vehicle and began...

Defensive driving starts with a premise that other vehicles may move unpredictably. Therefore, drivers must keep a close eye on what's happening around them. It only takes one situation like the one in today's story to make the extra caution worth it. Fox 5 San Diego reports. The crash happened in San Marcos last Tuesday around 5 p.m. A 51-year-old driver died when his car suddenly veered off of westbound...

Even highly-trained motorcycle riders cannot avoid every crash. All it takes is one wrong move from another motorist to put a rider into an unescapable position. That seems to be the case with today's crash reported on by NBC 7 San Diego. The California Highway Patrol told reporters about an accident that happened on Escondido Highway last Tuesday afternoon. A CHP officer was traveling on his motorcycle eastbound on Via...

A strange crash happened yesterday on I-5 near Carlsbad involving a car that suddenly flipped on the roadway. NBC San Diego reports. A 23-year-old driving a Hyundai Elantra was going northbound near Tamarack Avenue in the early morning hours. For unknown reasons, the vehicle flipped while driving and crashed into the center divider before spinning out and coming to a stop in the roadway. The driver was either ejected from...

Those bars that hang below the rear end of a semi trailer aren't just for providing a step. They are also a warning for drivers to stay back. Crashing into the back of a trailer has a very high fatality rate. Another example just happened in Bonsall according to Fox 5 San Diego. The accident happened on I-15 southbound just north of the exit ramp to Old Highway 395. According...

A single, split-second moment of distraction while driving can lead to a life-threatening accident. Or the decision to drink and drive can lead to poor judgment and delayed reflexes on the road, which can also result at the end of someone’s life on the road. All too often, young men and women get behind the wheel and make decisions that result in serious injury or death for themselves or others....

A construction project in Inglewood is facing its fourth death after a crane accident killed a worker. Yahoo News reported on the matter. The project is a 298-acre development that includes the new SoFi Stadium. The latest death was reported by California's Division of Occupational Health and Safety to be caused by a crushing accident involving a crane. The department is investigating the accident. Of the other three deaths, only...

Roads and Highways are the lifeblood of any major city in the US, most of all a major metropolis like Los Angeles and the greater LA area. And, just like our actual veins, when there is a blockage of any kind, that seemingly small problem can quickly expand into a major, life-threatening emergency. Last Sunday, such a minor blockage led to disaster according to My News LA. A 49-year-old woman...

A 28-year-old woman was killed in a traffic accident on Wednesday morning in the Montrose area, according to this report from My News LA. According to the California Highway Patrol, the accident happened around 5:40 in the morning on Wednesday near the transition road to the southbound Glendale (2) Freeway. The Los Angeles County coroner's office said she died in the crash, and it took just over 24 hours for...