A Fatal Napa Valley Accident Tied to Speeding
Sunday, June 6th, 2010Four people who died in a horrible SUV versus big rig truck crash on Jamieson Canyon/Highway 12 Thursday morning have been identified as three generations of a family from Oregon and two eastern states. The Napa County California Sheriff’s Office identified the dead as Matthew Jay Smith, 48, of Ashland, Ore., Laura Katharine Smith, 19, [...]
Toyota sued over deaths in horrendous California crash
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010Los Angeles – California Relatives of a California state trooper and three family members whose fatal car wreck helped spark Toyota’s wide-ranging safety recall have sued the automaker for defects they say caused the vehicle to speed out of control and crash. The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday in San Diego Superior Court, was the latest [...]
Deadly crash Involving an 11 year old driver- Why was he driving?
Friday, January 15th, 2010Three lives were lost when 11-year-old José Silva ran a stop sign at the intersection of Avenue 152 and Road 168 near Woodville, California. A truck headed south on Road 168 didn’t have enough time to stop and collided with Silva’s vehicle. Silva died at the scene along with his mother, Maria Covarrubias, and José’s [...]
What To Do After A California Motor Vehicle Accident.
Thursday, December 17th, 2009Over my years of practicing personal injury laws one of the most common questions I am asked is “What should I do after I am involved in a motor-vehicle accident?” You feel the impact and hear the crunching of metal, then the accident is over. You lived through the few seconds which seemed like an [...]
Highway 126 collision sends 12 people to hospital in Ventura County
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009Twelve people were transported to area hospitals, four of them with major injuries, after an accident Saturday night on Highway 126 near Santa Paula. The accident occurred about 6:30 p.m. east of Toland Road when Alex Rojas, 26, of Santa Clarita lost control of the sport utility vehicle he was driving while attempting to pass [...]
Three killed in another accident on Highway 46 North of Bakersfield, California.
Thursday, October 29th, 2009Three people were killed in a head-on crash Wednesday afternoon on Highway 46 north of Bakersfield. Friday, four people were killed in an accident on the same highway. The accident happened at about 2:53 p.m. on Highway 46 just east of Wildwood Road. That’s between Wasco and Interstate 5, not far from Wasco State Prison [...]
Los Osos California couple dies in car accident in Kern County California
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009A deadly accident in Kern County claims the lives of two Los Osos, California residents. The California Highway Patrol said 62-year-old Shirlene Soto and her husband, 84-year-old Walter Elliott, were among the four people who died in a car crash on Highway 46 east of Highway 33 Friday morning. The CHP said a man driving [...]
Biggest Recall in Toyota History; Stuck Accelerators; Important Info for Toyota and Lexus Owners!
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009You may have read an article we wrote below about a fatal accident involving a family test driving a lexus and allegations that there may have been a defect that caused the accident. Federal investigators have said of the 102 accidents caused by stuck gas pedals on Toyota vehicles, there are four possible causes involving [...]
Man killed, Six Injured in Truck Accident outside Salinas, California.
Friday, September 25th, 2009A Salinas Valley farmworker was killed and six other people were sent to hospitals Wednesday when a truck smashed head-on into a car on Alisal Road outside Salinas, California. The California Highway Patrol said the crash happened shortly before 7a.m. about a mile north of Hartnell Road. Juan DeLeon Alcantar, 43, was pronounced dead at [...]
Motorcyclist suffers major injuries in Highway 1 crash in San Luis Obispo
Sunday, September 6th, 2009San Luis Obispo – California A 24-year-old San Luis Obispo man riding a motorcycle was taken to Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center this morning with major injuries after colliding with a stopped semi truck on Highway 1, the CHP said. The man, whose name has not yet been released, was riding northbound in the highway’s [...]
Illegal U Turn By Truck Causes a Fatal Car Accident.
Thursday, June 25th, 2009California The Santa Clara County Coroner’s Office has released the identity of the Turlock man killed in Thursday’s accident on Highway 152, while a California Highway Patrol spokeswoman noted how the involved big-rig driver had been making an illegal U-turn as the car with the victims approached at a high rate of speed. The man [...]