JANUARY 30, 2010 – A 29-year-old San Jose man was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol on Saturday after he lost control of his vehicle and crashed on Interstate 280, killing a male passenger. The accident happened on the transition from northbound Meridian Avenue to Interstate Highway 280. The driver, Sean [...]

JANUARY 6, 2010 — A crash at 7:03 p.m. Tuesday, January 5, in Watsonville seriously injured two people, including a suspected drunk driver, the California Highway Patrol Reported. The head-on crash occurred on Holohan Road, south of Green Valley Road according to the Contra Costa Times. The accident involved a BMW and a Toyota [...]

OCTOBER 21, 2009 – A trial is scheduled to begin for a wrongful death lawsuit stemming from a crash on May 3, 2005, that killed Judith Weinstein and her two sons, ages 9 and 12. Thomas Wellinger, an employee of UGS Corp., had been sent to seek medical attention when he drove his car into [...]

AUGUST 28, 2009 – Three people were injured, including two critically, when a suspected drunk driver crashed into a tree, authorities said. The accident occurred about 5 a.m. on Telegraph Avenue near 40th Street, according to Oakland police. After a dispute with his wife over whether he was too impaired to drive, the driver of [...]

AUGUST 24, 2009 – The California Highway Patrol is investigating a solo-car crash that killed three Stockton residents, authorities said. The crash occurred about 10:30 p.m. on Empire Tract Road just south of Eight Mile Road, according to the CHP. Levi Bonham, 28, was driving a 2005 Chevy north on Empire Tract at a high [...]

AUGUST 24, 2009 – Three women died when a suspected drunk driver crossed into opposing lanes and crashed head-on into their vehicle north of Fresno, authorities said. The victims were identified as 39-year-old Estella Frias, 38-year-old Elena Mendoza and 36-year-old Maria Flores-Rodriguez, all of Madera, according to the Madera County Coroner. They were traveling north [...]

AUGUST 23, 2009 – A 39-year-old Santa Cruz man was killed Friday night after he was struck by a Hummer in Santa Cruz, police have reported. The man, whose identity has not been released, was walking on a sidewalk on the 500 block of Ocean Street at about 9 p.m. when he was struck by [...]

AUGUST 18, 2009 – A 50-year-old woman suspected of driving under the influence suffered major injuries when she crashed into a power pole in Penn Valley, authorities said. Vivian M. Borello of Penn Valley, who police said was arrested the day before for driving under the influence, was driving north on Pleasant Valley Road at [...]

AUGUST 17, 2009 – A driver and passenger died when their compact car crashed off a Highway 99 overpass, authorities said. The driver of the two-door 1998 Ford Escort, identified as 25-year-old Vanessa Sanchez, and 25-year-old Nathan Evans, both of Oakdale, were declared dead at the scene, according to the Stanislaus County Coroner. Another passenger [...]

AUGUST 16, 2009 – A 20-year-old woman was killed and another passenger critically injured when their vehicle slammed into a pole and caught fire in San Leandro, authorities said. La’ Camii Ross of Oakland was a front-seat passenger in a 2000 Lexus that was traveling south on Grand Avenue at a high rate of speed [...]