JULY 2, 2009 – A fire captain with the Forest Service in Oroville was critically injured after diving into shallow water near South Yuba River State Park, authorities said. Mark Davis was with a group of friends who had been jumping feet-first into the river near Bridgeport. Davis then dove in head first, witnesses said. [...]

JUNE 26, 2009 – A Ukiah man was airlifted to a hospital after nearly severing his arm in a car window, authorities said. Paramedics responded to an emergency call in the early afternoon regarding a man bleeding profusely from his arm, according to a captain with the Ukiah Fire Department. They arrived to find a [...]

MAY 25, 2009 – The California Highway Patrol has reported three people died, including a pregnant woman and a 3-year-old boy, following a solo vehicle crash on I-880 Monday morning. The 3-year-old boy’s twin brother suffered critical injuries in the crash. The fatal I-880 accident occurred on northbound 800, near the Oakland Coliseum, just south [...]

APRIL 17, 2009 – The New York Times reported yesterday that a Manhattan jury has awarded $27.5 million to a woman run over by a New York City Transit bus in 2005. Gloria Auiglar, 45, had her leg amputated at Bellevue Hospital Center after he leg was crushed between the ankle and the knee by [...]

APRIL 4, 2009 – At least one passenger was killed Saturday morning when a mountain ski resort employee shuttle bus went off Interstate 80 and rolled several times, the CHP has reported. The cause of the bus accident is under investigation. The bus, operated by the Resort at Squaw Creek, was taking employees from the [...]

MARCH 27, 2009 – A man and woman suffered critical injures Thursday night in a motorcycle crash on the connector ramp from Manuel T. Freitas Parkway in Terra Linda onto southbound Highway 101. The accident happened just before 9:30 p.m. The driver, John Morton Butt, 35, lost control of his 2005 Harley-Davidson motorcycle on the [...]

MARCH 20, 2009 – A jury in Polk County, Florida awarded a $65 million verdict to a 21-year-old Wauchula, Florida woman permanently disabled as a result of a 2007 car accident involving a tractor trailer truck. The verdict was reached on Wednesday, and is one of the largest verdicts in Polk County history.
Kendra Lymon [...]

MARCH 14, 2009 – A man died Thursday night in a rollover accident in Cottonwood, in Tehama County, the CHP has reported. The deadly accident happened at about 6:45 p.m. on Main Street. According to witnesses’ reports, the driver of a Nissan pickup was speeding north of Bowman Road when he lost control [...]

MARCH 13, 2009 – A motorcyclist was seriously injured Wednesday afternoon in a crash with a pickup truck on Soquel Avenue in Santa Clara County, police reported. The accident happened at about 2:30 p.m. The unidentified motorcyclist was riding his bike at more than 50 mph when he struck the truck from behind. He [...]

MARCH 12, 2009 – A bicyclist was struck by a car Thursday morning on West Winton Avenue in Hayward, authorities have reported. The accident happened at about 6:35 a.m., on the Interstate 880 overcrossing on westbound West Winton Avenue. The 37-year-old man, whose identity was not released, was struck by a Saturn. [...]