JULY 15, 2009 – Two drivers had to be airlifted to Bay Area trauma centers after their vehicles collided on Highway 17 near Scotts Valley, authorities said. The collision unfolded shortly after 9 a.m., when a blue 2007 Saturn convertible lost control while traveling at a high rate of speed in the southbound lanes at [...]

JULY 14, 2009 – An 11-year-old boy was flown to a hospital after the vehicle he was riding in tumbled down a 130-foot embankment in Paradise, authorities said. Ryan Salas of Magalia had to be rescued from the wreckage off two-lane Clark Road, just north of Circle J Road, according to the California Highway Patrol. [...]

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 30, 2009 – A 19-year-old man was arrested after police said he deliberately drove his car into a house on his ex-boyfriend’s property. The man had showed up at the house in the 2200 block of Regent Way about 7:30 p.m., demanding the return of a diamond ring and cell phone, according to an [...]

JUNE 28, 2009 – The California Occupational Safety and Health Administration is expected to review a construction accident that critically injured a Red Bluff man, authorities said. Pascual Solorzano, 50, was remodeling the exterior of an apartment building when he slipped and fell from scaffolding about 12:30 p.m., according to a sergeant with the Redding [...]

JUNE 26, 2009 – A 21-year-old woman suffered life-threatening injuries when the car she was driving crashed into a guy wire, authorities said. The accident happened about 3:35 a.m. at the intersection of Morgan Road and Whitmore Avenue, according to an officer with the Modesto Police Department. The woman’s white Honda Accord veered into the [...]

MAY 28, 2009 – A L.A. County Superior Court Judge ordered Jaguar Land Rover to pay $21.1 million to a Simi Valley man severely injured in a SUV rollover accident in 2003. Sukhasagar Pannu, 53, was paralyzed after his Land Rover Discovery SUV rolled over on the 118 Freeway after a 16-year-old driver sideswiped [...]

MAY 28, 2009 – After a two-week trial in San Francisco, a 12-member federal jury has awarded a 38-year-old Oakland man $18.3 million against Ford Motor Company for injuries sustained in a 2005 rollover accident. Dax Pierson suffered multiple vertebrae fractures in his spine is a quadriplegic as a result of the February 2005 [...]

MAY 15, 2009 – Seven years after Brandon White suffered a catastrophic spinal cord injury while practicing a pole vault before the USA Track and Field Junior Olympics Championships, a New Haven Superior Court jury has awarded him $6.4 million in damages. White won the civil lawsuit earlier this week against the Connecticut affiliate of the [...]

MAY 15, 2009 – Joseph O’Shea, 40, suffered a spinal cord injury, skull fracture and traumatic brain injury after he fell approximately 22 feet from a ladder while painting a home in Peabody, Massachusetts. He is now a paraplegic and requires continuous nursing care. On Wednesday, his sister and legal guardian, Shannon O’Shea, filed a [...]