
Jimmy Rayes Hayes, 76, was killed Sunday in a head-on collision on Highway 20 in Yuba County. At about 10:50 pm Mr. Hayes’ 1999 Ford Explorer drifted across the center line of the highway near Timbuctoo Road and hit a Volkswagen Golf head on. Mr. Hayes’ vehicle then careened off the roadway and hit a [...]
Continue reading California Head On Accident Kills OneTuesday, June 8, 2010
Three people were hurt by a hit and run driver in Woodland on Sunday. The California Highway Patrol reports that around 2 p.m. a red SUV, possibly a Mitsubishi, was traveling west bound on Interstate 80 near the County Road 32A exit when it changed lanes and struck the back end of a white Ford [...]
Continue reading Woodland Hit and Run Collision Injures ThreeMonday, May 10, 2010
What do the worst and most irresponsible drivers do after causing an accident? They run. One recent example occurred in a Jackson City rollover car accident in which an elderly couple was seriously injured by hit-and-run driver. On April 28, 2010, 80-year-old Richard Kelly of Pioneer and his 72-year-old wife, Barbara, were [...]
Continue reading Jackson City Accident Illustrates Hit & Run PerilFriday, April 23, 2010
Tuesday’s California car accident killed a 27-year–old woman at about 6:45 a.m., injured at least one other person and damaged four vehicles.
Continue reading Chico Car Accident Kills a Woman and Injuries OtherTuesday, April 6, 2010
Few weather developments present more risk to motorists than snow storms. When they arise, roads instantly become slippery, visibility drops significantly and the margin of error allowed for drivers almost disappears. Even the smallest mistake can lead to serious and disastrous consequences, and that’s likely what occurred with a crash on Friday north [...]
Continue reading 20-Car Crash Serves as Reminder of Dangers of SnowTuesday, March 30, 2010
Many of us have run out of gas while driving, and depending on where this occurs, it can create a dangerous situation. If someone is forced to move their vehicle from a busy street, the odds of something terrible happening tend to rise. Tragically, that appears to be the case with a woman [...]
Continue reading Woman Killed While Pushing Disabled VehicleTuesday, March 9, 2010
Hit-and-run crashes are always terrible situations for anyone who’s been injured, as the failure to identify the person at fault for the accident only adds to the stress for those who have been harmed. Tragically, three men were killed in a hit-and-run crash Saturday. The only news that’s even mildly positive so far [...]
Continue reading Driver in Fatal Hit-and-Run Crash ArrestedTuesday, March 2, 2010
When we drive our vehicles on public roads, we take on risks. One of those risks is trusting that the other drivers on the road will obey traffic laws and avoid mistakes that lead to accidents. Unfortunately for one Lodi woman, that trust was broken when another vehicle ran through a red light [...]
Continue reading Lodi Woman Injured in CollisionThursday, February 11, 2010
Pedestrians generally understand that they are sharing the roads with much larger and faster vehicles, and that there are some risks involved with doing so. Much like any other traffic setting, though, when traffic laws are obeyed, people will usually be kept from facing unreasonable dangers. Tragically, one local pedestrian paid the ultimate [...]
Continue reading Pedestrian Killed in Hit-and-Run CrashThursday, February 4, 2010
One would assume that a vehicle that collects trash does not generally move quickly enough to be involved in a serious collision with another vehicle. Tragically, that was proven wrong this morning when a garbage truck and a satellite television installation van were involved in a horrific crash that killed the van driver and [...]
Continue reading Garbage Truck, Installation Van Collide Leading to a Fatality
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Auto Accidents, Head-On Collisions, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death