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 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 [...]

AUGUST 18, 2009 – A 43-year-old man was injured when he was struck by a pickup truck at a gas station in Porterville. Dale Watson was transported to Sierra View District Hospital with unspecified injuries, although a friend said he was experiencing a lot of pain, authorities said. The accident began on the Olive Avenue [...]

AUGUST 17, 2009 – A 23-year-old man died when his motorcycle collided with a minivan near Lake Sonoma, authorities said. Eddo Robbiyarto Accettola of Napa was riding west on Skaggs Springs Road about 12:15 p.m. when he crashed into a Chrysler minivan that was pulling left out of Lake Sonoma Overlook Road and onto eastbound [...]

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 [...]

AUGUST 15, 2009 – A 23-year-old man was killed when his speeding Mercedes Benz left the roadway and struck a large tree near the Stoneridge Shopping Center, authorities said. Joaquin Parra was driving at a high rate of speed west on Stoneridge Drive when he lost control of his black Mercedes 190E between Springdale Avenue [...]