DECEMBER 27, 2009 – The California Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal accident on Thursday, December 24 in Merced. The double-fatal collision occurred at about 9:40 p.m. at the intersection of Dickenson Ferry Road and Gurr Road. According to reports in the Merced Sun Star, Stephen Cardoso, 25, of Merced, was driving a 2005 [...]

JUNE 13, 2009 – Police reported seven people were injured Friday afternoon in a two-car collision at the intersection of G Street and Yosemite Avenue in Merced. A 3-year-old girl and an 8-year-old boy were both flown to UC Davis Medical Center, and a 2-week old boy was airlifted to Doctors Medical Center in [...]

JUNE 2, 2009 – A 53-year-old Planada man died Monday after a solo vehicle accident in Merced County, the CHP reported. Maria Estrada, 37, of Planada, was driving south on Highway 99 when she saw traffic slowing ahead. Unable to stop her vehicle in time, she swerved the 1994 GMC Suburban out of the fast [...]

MAY 8, 2009 – According to Los Banos Police, a 80-year-old Visalia woman suffered fatal injuries in a major vehicle accident in Los Banos Thursday evening. The Merced County accident occurred shortly before 6 p.m., in the 1600 block of E. Pacheco Boulevard.
 
The woman, travelling with her husband, was driving west in the fast lane [...]