One person was hospitalized after a Ford pickup truck ended up on top of a Chevrolet Corvette following a crash in Costa Mesa Thursday evening. Costa Mesa firefighters responded to the southbound 55 freeway at Victoria Street to a report of a crash with injuries about 5 p.m. Fire Capt. Christ Coates said the driver,…
A box truck struck and killed a woman on Interstate 8 near Blossom Valley Monday afternoon. The fatality occurred about 3:45 p.m. on the westbound side of the freeway, just east of Lake Jennings Park Road in the Lakeside area, according to the California Highway Patrol. The victim, whose name was not immediately available, was in her 80s…
The driver of a truck was killed in a fiery six-vehicle crash that set a power pole ablaze and blocked a Torrance intersection today. Witnesses said the truck was traveling west on Torrance Boulevard at a high rate of speed at about 1:40 p.m. when it came upon backed-up traffic at Madrona Avenue and did not stop…
A 17-year-old skateboarder was hospitalized in critical condition Wednesday after he was struck on his way to school by a pick-up truck driver, officials said. The 17-year-old boy was on his way to class at Gilbert High School at about 7:40 a.m. on the north sidewalk on West Ball Road. A truck driver heading eastbound…
ANAHEIM – A pedestrian died at a hospital Tuesday morning after she was struck by a driver in a pickup outside the Anaheim Convention Center, officials said. Anaheim police responded to reports of a crash at 5:34 a.m. on West Katella Avenue near Convention Way involving a pedestrian and a driver in a gray Toyota…
EL PASO, Texas — Two drivers have been killed and 10 passengers hurt in a head-on crash in West Texas involving a bus carrying a rock band and a truck. The Texas Department of Public Safety says the bus accident occurred on U.S. 62/180 east of El Paso around 9:15 a.m. MST Thursday. Officials say the…
Samsung is working on a technology to let people see through semi-trucks on the road. It seems as though new innovations for better road safety have taken over the tech news headlines this year. You’ve probably already heard of Google’s self-driving cars, which have already been tested in California. Now, Samsung has devised an unusual…
People are victims of hit-and-run accidents every day. You could be in a car or SUV, on a motorcycle or bicycle, or you could even be a pedestrian. The hit-and-run driver has any number of reasons for leaving the scene. They might be drunk, driving on a revoked license, or have outstanding warrants. Sometimes they…