A 75 year old woman had to have her leg amputated due to injuries she suffered from a pitbull dog attack in San Diego. The woman is still being treated in the hospital due to dog bite injuries to her back, legs and arms. The owners of the pitbull dogs,…
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New Details Emerge in Nevada Amtrak Train Crash
It has emerged that the truck driver who allegedly caused the Nevada Amtrak train crash has been cited multiple times in various states. These citations were for violations including a 2007 truck accident wherein he rear ended a Toyota on the freeway, causing injuries to a family, and tickets for…
Nevada Truck Accident with Amtrak Train – Update
Although previous reports said four people died in the Amtrak train accident with the big rig truck in Nevada, that number has been revised to six deaths, including the truck driver and the train conductor. The number of missing people, however, has been reduced from 28 to five. The Amtrak…
Amtrak Truck Accident in Nevada Kills 4, Injures Scores
An Amtrak Train, headed to Emeryville, California from Chicago, Illinois, was struck last night by a semitrailer truck near Reno, Nevada in a tragic truck versus train accident. According to the Los Angeles Times, the Amtrak train accident in Nevada killed four people, including the driver of the truck, and…
Irvine Car Accident Leaves Girl with Irreversible Brain Damage
Ashton Sweet, a 14 year old girl, was left with brain damage after the vehicle she was in was struck by a drunk driver in an Irvine car accident. Doctors have declared that the brain damage is irreversible and Sweet is being kept alive while doctors determine if her organs…
Man Killed and Wife Seriously Injured in Ventura Car Accident
Eric Doran, a 36 year old restaurant owner from Newport Beach, was killed this weekend in a freeway accident in Ventura County, California. The Ventura car accident occurred on the 101 freeway in Thousand Oaks. Doran was the owner of the Eat Chow restaurant, located in Costa Mesa, California. The…
1 Officer Killed, Another Critically Injured in Torrance Motorcycle Accident
A Hawthorne police officer was killed and an El Segundo police officer was critically injured in a motorcycle accident in Torrance, California. The officers were taken to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, where their situations were first described as being in “extremely critical condition.” According to the Los Angeles…
Los Angeles Dodgers Opening Day Spoiled By Assault & Battery Attack
The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants have one of the most storied rivalries in all of sports, dating back before both teams moved west to when they were in New York. Last year the Giants won the World Series, making opening day this year at Dodger Stadium even…
Huntington Beach Man Sentenced In Car Accident Wrongful Death
A man from Huntington Beach has been sentenced to three years of probation after a tragic car accident in which he rear ended a truck, which collided with a mother as she was walking with her baby in a stroller in a crosswalk. The baby was launched approximately 70 feet…
Costa Mesa Apartment Fire Kills One and Injures 3
According to the Los Angeles Times and Daily Pilot, an apartment fire in Costa Mesa, California has killed a 17 year old boy, who apparently died at the hospital from his smoke inhalation and burn injuries. Two other people and a firefighter also sustained injuries from the fire, which may…