AUGUST 26, 2008 – The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner’s office has identified the victim of an ambulance crash near Gilroy last week. Joan Patrick, 96, of Morgan Hill died in the collision, which involved a private ambulance and a pickup truck. The medical transport accident occurred at the intersection of Buena Vista Avenue and [...]

AUGUST 22, 2009 – A man was killed Thursday night in a motorcycle crash near Morgan Hill, the California Highway Patrol reported. The accident occurred on Uvas Road at about 6:55 p.m., north of Wallace Place. According to reports, the man, identified as Christopher O’Rourke, 25, of Brisbane, was riding his 2008 Yamaha motorcycle south [...]

AUGUST 8, 2009 – One person was killed and another injured in a two-car collision in Gilroy, authorities said. The accident occurred about 10 a.m. on Hecker Pass Road (Highway 152) near Whitehurst Road, according to the California Highway Patrol. A Volkswagen bug traveling west on Hwy 152 drifted onto the right shoulder and the [...]

AUGUST 3, 2009 – A 35-year-old woman was killed when her vehicle veered off Highway 680 in Milpitas, authorities said. Laequlana Hanzy of Fremont was driving south on Hwy 680 about 12:15 p.m., when she lost control of the 2000 Pontiac Grand Am, according to the California Highway Patrol. The vehicle careened through a construction [...]

JULY 16, 2009 – A 51-year-old San Jose man died after he was struck by a BMW on a downtown street, authorities said. The unidentified man was attempting to cross N. 1st Street between Hedding Street and E. Mission Street when he was struck by the northbound vehicle about 10:15 p.m., according to San Jose [...]

JULY 14, 2009 – A 15-year-old boy died after he sat on the tow bar of a gravel truck and either jumped or fell into the path of the back wheels, authorities said. Javier Loyola Leon of Sunnyvale was walking on the east side of Wolfe Road about 12:30 p.m., when he noticed a tractor-trailer [...]

JULY 3, 2009 – A 30-year-old man was hospitalized after his sports utility vehicle overturned on Highway 101, authorities said. The unidentified man was driving north at about 70 mph when he lost control of the Isuzu Rodeo just south of the Oregon Expressway, according to the California Highway Patrol. The vehicle veered right about [...]

JULY 2, 2009 – A 19-year-old woman died 12 days after a car accident that claimed the life of another teenager, authorities said. Gurvinder Chahal of Ceres died from her injuries at a local hospital, according to the Santa Clara County Coroner’s Office. Chahal was behind the wheel of a 2006 Dodge Charger that collided [...]

JULY 1, 2009 – The family of a bicyclist killed last year by a Santa Clara County Sheriff’s deputy has settled a lawsuit for $2.3 million, a member of the county’s legal team announced Wednesday. The parents of Matt Peterson filed the lawsuit against deputy James Council, the county and the sheriff’s office as a [...]

JUNE 30, 2009 – A 41-year-old woman and her 5-year-old daughter died after they were caught in a riptide while swimming in the ocean in Santa Clara County, authorities said. Ronila Higgins and her daughter, Indali Higgins, were in the water shortly after 4 p.m. when they were pulled away from shore, according to an [...]