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A bus fire accident on a bus traveling from Tijuana to Los Angeles fortunately did not result in any serious injuries to the occupants of the bus. The fire occurred on a tour bus while it was traveling through San Diego on the way to Los Angeles.
It is not exactly known what caused the San Diego bus fire, but it appears from the photo, from the Los Angeles Times, the rear of the bus caught fire first, spreading towards the center of the bus.
A three car accident in Chatsworth, California, resulted in injuries to two police officers and another person. The Chatsworth car accident apparently occurred while police were responding to a call.
According to the Chatsworth Patch, which also has a photo of the scene of the accident which can be seen here, all three injured people were taken to the hospital, but none of the injuries were considered more than “minor.” The Chatsworth accident happened near the intersection of Plummer St. and Mason Ave. Investigators are still looking into which vehicle caused the Chatsworth car accident injuries. The news report on the Chatsworth car crash does not state if the police had their sirens or emergency lights flashing at the time of the accident.
A motorcyclist was killed early this morning in a Los Angeles motorcycle accident on the Harbor Freeway. According to the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles motorcycle crash occurred at about 3:45 in the morning, south of downtown on the Harbor Freeway north, near Adams Blvd.
The California Highway Patrol is in charge of investigating the cause of the motorcycle accident in Los Angeles. One possible cause was apparently that a driver may have been attempting to avoid hitting a mattress which was on the freeway.
This morning, a Glendale police officer was injured in a Glendale motorcycle accident. According to the Los Angeles Times, the motorcycle officer was apparently hit by a Mercedes that was coming out of a driveway.
Matt Bolton is the Glendale police officer who was hit by the car. Officer Bolton sustained motorcycle accident injuries, but the extent of those injuries is currently unknown.
This morning the driver of a sports utility vehicle was arrested after he crashed into a home in a South Los Angeles accident. The car accident in South Los Angeles occurred before 8:00 a.m. and the driver allegedly tried to run away from the scene. According to the Los Angeles Times, the driver tried to use a skateboard as a weapon to fend off the witnesses who had tried to chase after him after the South Los Angeles car accident.
According to the Los Angeles Police Department, there was an injury to a pedestrian, who had to be taken to the hospital. How those injuries occurred or the severity of the injuries to the pedestrian are unknown at this time. It is possible that the pedestrian was struck by the SUV before it collided with the house.
A Mission Viejo motorcycle accident resulted in minor injuries to a Sheriff Deputy from Orange County. According to the Los Angeles Times, the motorcycle accident in Mission Viejo occurred when the deputy, who was on duty at the time, swerved to try not to collide with a Toyota Camry, which was stopped at a light. The deputy was unable to avoid the Camry and struck the rear of the car.
The impact from the Mission Viejo motorcycle collision caused the deputy to be ejected from the motorcycle. Fortunately, the deputy’s injuries were reported as only minor. He was transported to Mission Hospital where a leg injury was diagnosed and treated. The driver of the Camry did not apparently suffer any injuries.
The driver of a big rig truck was killed after the truck overturned in a Santa Clarita truck accident. The Los Angeles Times reports that the big rig truck accident in Santa Clarita occurred on the 5 Freeway. The Santa Clarita truck crash left a fuel spill over many lanes of the 5 Freeway.
The California Highway Patrol claimed that the truck driver passed away at the scene of the Santa Clarita big rig truck accident. There were no immediate reports of what caused this California truck accident death and if any other vehicles were involved.
A Woodland Hills man was arrested early Saturday morning after allegedly causing a Malibu car accident. According to the Los Angeles Times, the Malibu accident happened on Pacific Coast Highway, after two L.A. County Sheriff deputies had just returned to their squad car from a sweep of the beach. Once in the car, the man, Mark Liebrecht, who was arrested for driving under the influence, apparently rear ended the stopped police car and pushed it down an embankment and into the ocean.
The car accident in Malibu resulted in injuries to the two sheriff deputies, who were rescued by fire personnel. The Malibu rear end car accident injuries included a serious lumbar injury to one of the officers, while the other officer sustained a shoulder injury as well as an injured clavicle.
A motorcycle accident in Silverado Canyon caused the death of both the driver and passenger on the motorcycle. According to the Los Angeles Times, the motorcycle crash occurred when the motorcycle slid down an embankment and crashed into trees off the road.
The driver of the motorcycle, Donn LaVigne, was from Anaheim Hills, California. The woman passenger on the motorcycle who was also killed in the California motorcycle accident has not yet been identified by the California Highway Patrol.
Starting this weekend, the Los Angeles Police Department, in an effort to prevent Los Angeles drunk driving accidents and injuries, will be setting up checkpoints throughout the city. The checkpoints, designed to catch drunk drivers before they are in a Los Angeles car accident, will be up from 8pm until 2am and this particular program will go through the Labor Day extended weekend.
According to the Los Angeles Times, there will be 100 police agencies involved and the checkpoints will be spread out throughout the Los Angeles area.
The L.A. Times cites the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration which provides that in 2009, there were 10,839 accident deaths in car and motorcycle accidents where a driver was legally intoxicated. The most common age group for these fatalities was 21 through 24 years old.
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