No one ever wants to experience a personal injury, but unfortunately, it is an all-too-common occurrence in Los Angeles. Whether you are a long-time resident or just visiting the city, understanding common types of personal injury cases can help you stay safe. While many accidents occur unexpectedly, everyone should take certain precautions when living or traveling in Los Angeles. From avoiding dangerous neighborhoods to knowing your rights as a pedestrian,...
The LAPD caught a freak accident on video, and now the police are trying to discover the responsible driver. The Charlotte Observer reports. The accident happened in Panorama City yesterday morning. Footage from the @LAPDPIO Twitter feed shows a white pickup truck driving over a loose manhole cover. A man was in the sewer system trying to lift the cover from below at the time. Police believe he was a...
NBC Los Angeles has an update on the driver in Phoenix who crashed a car into a bike race and had to be shot to be stopped. Shawn Michael Chock was indicted on nine counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and one count each of fleeing an accident and unlawful flight. He is to be arraigned today in Navajo County Superior Court. The report states that bicyclists were...
The San Diego Union-Tribune reported on a solo-car crash that killed a passenger in Fallbrook. The driver is suspected of intoxication and was critically injured in the crash. The crash happened shortly before 4:55 AM according to the police report. A driver in an 1996 Cadillac was heading east on East Alvarado Street and went off the roadway near Palmas Norte. The vehicle struck a tree and flipped, trapping the...
NBC Los Angeles has reported on a hit-and-run accident that killed a pedestrian in Fullerton. One person has been arrested in connection with the crash. Around 3:30 AM this morning, officers were summoned to Harbor Boulevard and Orangethorpe Avenue for a collision. A male victim was found seriously injured and sadly died at the scene. Later, around 4:12 AM, officers found a vehicle with major collision damage near the scene...
Fox 11 Los Angeles has reported two people died and one person was injured after a car drove into a pool in Chino. Around 2:30 a.m., the Chino Valley Fire District and Chino Police Department came to a home on Alicia Way near East End Avenue after a report of a crash. The responders found an orange Chevrolet Corvette in pieces in the pool and three victims ejected from the...
Street vendors are a common site in Los Angeles, but selling on the roadside has its risks. A white van, according to CBS, hit two fruit drink vendors in Ontario. One man was killed, and the other is critically injured. Ontario police say that the driver of the white van is suspected of DUI. She struck the vendors around 11 a.m. this morning. A witness says she didn't hit her...
Guns and driving rarely mix well, and we have yet another example of that in today's story from the Los Angeles Times. A father was killed and his two sons injured in a car-to-car shootout on the 60 Freeway in Hacienda Heights. Officers from the California Highway Patrol came to the scene of the accident east of Crossroads Parkway. They found a white Chevrolet Avalanche damaged from a crash. Inside...
LA Times reported on a big rig fire that may have been caused by a wrong-way driver on the 14 Freeway yesterday afternoon. The incident happened at Crown Valley Road in Agua Dulce near the freeway according to a spokesperson from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Special units had to go out to the scene to control the fire and keep it from spreading to the surrounding brushland. They...
The Fourth of July is coming soon, and that means fireworks for some areas of the country. But they're illegal in Los Angeles and a recent accident shows the dangers of fireworks quite clearly. KELO reported that a haul of over 5,000 pounds of illegal fireworks exploded during a disposal effort by police. The explosion injured 17 people along with cars and buildings. At least nine LAPD officers, one ATF...