A salesman for CarMax, Warren Smale, was killed on Tuesday in an Ontario car accident. The car accident occurred when Smale was the passenger of a Chevrolet Corvette that was being driven by Alex Demetro. According to ABC11 News, Ontario Police are confirming that Mr. Demetro was driving at a…
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Driverless Cars and Car Accident Safety
The idea and implementation of autonomous (driverless) cars is getting much publicity lately, especially in California where many large technology companies such as Google have been experimenting with the technology. Bloomberg Business recently reported that the Michigan Transportation Research Institute did a report that found that driverless cars are involved…
RAIN CAUSES LOS ANGELES REAR END CAR ACCIDENT COLLISIONS
The Los Angeles rain storm that started early this morning has caused many rear end car accidents. The rain water, mixed with oil and other greasy like substances that has been accumulating on our streets, has coated the streets in Los Angeles, including the San Fernando Valley, with a slick…
Police Looking for Driver Who Killed Pedestrian in Santa Ana Accident
The Santa Ana Police Department is looking for the driver of a vehicle that struck and killed a man on Sunday. The Santa Ana pedestrian accident occurred in the early hours of Sunday morning on W. 1st Street. According to KTLA5 News, witnesses reported seeing a newer blue Honda Accord…
Driver Suffers Critical Injuries in Lancaster AVTA Bus Accident
An Antelope Valley Transportation Authority bus collided with a pickup truck Monday, causing critical, but apparently not fatal, injuries to the driver of the truck. According to the Lancaster Sheriff’s Department, the driver of the pickup truck did not stop at a stop sign, which led to this Lancaster bus…
BROKEN SIDEWALKS INJURE PEDESTRIANS IN LOS ANGELES
Los Angeles is filled with so many broken sidewalks that make them unsafe for pedestrians and also extremely dangerous to actually unusable for the handicapped. These sidewalks have numerous split elevations, deviations, cracks and are just broken, often due to tree roots. In fact, according to a Los Angeles Times…
CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL CLOSES 43 RESTAURANTS DUE TO E. COLI ILLNESS
Health officials are investigating at least 22 E. coli illnesses allegedly caused by health or food problems at Chipotle Grill in Washington and Oregon. As a result, Chipotle Grill has reportedly closed 43 restaurants in the affected areas pending this investigation. It was further reported that about one-third of the…
Bicyclist Killed in Los Angeles County Big Rig Truck Accident
In a tragic and freak wrongful death accident yesterday, a big rig truck carrying a shipping container apparently struck a bridge, causing the container to fall off of the truck and crush and kill a nearby bicyclist. This wrongful death truck accident occurred close to where Carson borders Long Beach,…
PEDESTRIAN KILLED, OTHERS INJURED BY SHERIFF’S PATROL CAR IN WEST HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES
Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriffs responding to a domestic violence call, reportedly with lights and siren on, clipped another vehicle, bounced onto the sidewalk and hit two (2) male pedestrians walking on the sidewalk on the 8800 block of Santa Monica Boulevard. The momentum of the police vehicle was so…
Assistant Los Angeles Sheriff Michael Rothans Retires in Midst of Car Scandal
Assistant Los Angeles Sheriff Michael Rothans has announced his retirement from the Sheriff’s Department for “health reasons” while he is being investigated for purchasing an impounded Audi, believed to be year 2010, with 24,000 miles on it, for just $3,000 from Lisa Vernola, who happens to own Vernola Towing in…