SEPTEMBER 3, 2009 – A 21-year-old man was killed when the pickup truck he was riding in went off a highway in Alderpoint and rolled down an embankment, authorities said. The driver of the truck was later arrested after fleeing the scene of the accident on foot, according to the California Highway Patrol. The accident [...]

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009 – A 66-year-old Costa Mesa resident was killed when the Volkswagen microbus he was riding in overturned on a Butte County road, authorities said. The unidentified passenger was sitting in the back of the 1974 bus as it traveled on Cohasset Road, about five miles east of Chino Municipal Airport, according to [...]

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 27, 2009 – A 25-year-old woman was killed and a 19-month-old boy critically injured when their vehicle collided with a car that was fleeing police, authorities said. The collision occurred about 6 p.m. at the intersection of West Street and 18th Street, according to Oakland police. Steven Reed, 26, of San Lorenzo was being [...]

AUGUST 26, 2009 – A 28-year-old man died and another was critically injured in a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 5, authorities said. Brandon A. Hunter of Sacramento was behind the wheel of a vehicle that entered northbound I-5 at a high rate of speed from Meadowview Road, according to the California Highway Patrol. Hunter lost [...]

AUGUST 26, 2009 – A 31-year-old man died when his compact car collided with a telephone pole in Dos Palos, authorities said. Armando Campos of Dos Palos was driving a grey 1994 Kia Sephia south on Palm Avenue at approximately 80 mph when he lost control about 1:55 p.m., according to the California Highway Patrol. [...]

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 24, 2009 – A van carrying a group of French citizens overturned in Death Valley National Park, killing two passengers and injuring four other occupants, authorities said. The van was part of a three-vehicle caravan that was traveling on a desolate stretch of State Route 190 in Inyo County, about 100 miles west of [...]

AUGUST 18, 2009 – A soldier on leave from Fort Hood, Texas died when his vehicle left the roadway and overturned in Crescent City, authorities said. Otto Waycott, 21, was driving south on Highway 101 at a high rate of speed when he failed to negotiate a curve in the road about 2 a.m., according [...]