San Diego Car Accident Lawyer Blog

A 39-year old Clairemont woman sustained serious injuries when her car collided with an empty dump truck near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego on August 23, 2010 around 9:00 a.m. in the morning.

San Diego police lieutenant Andra Brown said a dump truck allegedly ran the red light from the State Route 163 (SR-163) off-ramp to Kearny Villa Road and hit a compact sedan driven by the woman. The female car driver suffered major injuries and was transported to a nearby hospital for treatment. It is not clear whether the truck driver was hurt. Investigating officers closed the lanes to investigate the exact cause of this crash.

California law requires drivers to come to a complete stop at a stop sign and proceed with caution. According to California Vehicle Code section 21802 (a): "The driver of any vehicle approaching a stop sign at the entrance to, or within, an intersection shall stop as required by Section 22450. The driver shall then yield the right-of-way to any vehicles which have approached from another highway, or which are approaching so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard, and shall continue to yield the right-of-way to those vehicles until he or she can proceed with reasonable safety." It clearly appears that the truck driver violated the traffic rules and caused this accident. It is possible that the truck driver was distracted or was driving under influence. Since there has been violation of traffic rules, the truck driver or his employer might be liable to pay a legal compensation to the injured woman for medical expenses, cost of medical care, and for pain and suffering.

It is unfortunate that the truck driver’s negligent driving caused the woman so much suffering. We hope that she recovers to her complete health soon.

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A 75-year-old Rosemead man died on the morning of August 15, 2010, at around 6:00 a.m. when he crashed his minivan on an off-ramp of the 110 freeway. California Highway Patrol officer Dane Norem said that this fatal car crash occurred on Slauson Avenue in South Los Angeles.

CHP officials found a 1993 Nissan Quest lying on its side on Slauson Avenue. The driver of the minivan was thrown out of the vehicle and was pronounced dead later. It is believed that the 1993 Nissan veered to the left crashing into a wall before coming to rest after several spins.

We express our sincere condolences to the family and friends of this elderly driver who died in this fatal car accident. Investigating authorities are still searching for the true cause of this fatal crash. Unfortunately, it is unclear from the facts of the story why the accident occurred. There is a possibility that the auto accident may have been the result of a mechanical defect or design issue. It could have also been the result of an uneven road surface. Regardless of the facts, the victims’ families should consult with a Los Angeles personal injury attorney who can hire a trained private investigator to investigate how the accident occurred and to determine if there are any facts which would suggest that the accident was the cause of someone else’s negligence, that would entitle them for a compensation to cover the cost of funeral arrangements, loss of love and companionship and other related damages.

Ross Jurewitz is a Los Angeles car accident lawyer and the managing attorney of the Jurewitz Law Group, a California law firm dedicated to representing people seriously injured in a car accident. If you or a loved one has been injured in a car accident in Los Angeles, please order your free copy of Mr. Jurewitz's book, The Ten Biggest Mistakes that can Destroy Your California Accident Case. It is full of helpful information that will help you protect your legal rights and it is free to all California residents.

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Brandon David Brown, 31, died in a car accident on June 20, 2010, when his Toyota Tercel struck a SUV that stopped in the north bound lane of the 405 Freeway (I-405, the San Diego Freeway) near Culver City. According to the CBS news report, Brown died at the accident scene after driving his vehicle to the rear side of the SUV.

California Highway Patrol Officers said that the SUV driver ran from the scene of accident without attending to Brown. Authorities are looking in for that suspected hit and run driver and his vehicle.

We offer our deepest condolences to Brown’s family and friends for such a tragic and devastating loss. We hope that the California Highway Patrol officers are able to trace that hit and run driver and are able to bring in some justice for the Brown family. The family of the deceased may be entitled for compensation to cover the cost of funeral, loss of earning, loss of love and companionship and other related damages. The driver not only caused the auto accident but also committed a felony by running away from the scene of accident leaving Brown to die. According to California Vehicle Code Section 20001(a), a driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in death or injury must stop and remain at the accident scene. The clear purpose of this law is to make sure that the responsible party contacts the people injured in an accident and provides them with assistance. There are few acts worse than leaving the scene of an injury auto accident.

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Enrique Aniceto, 47, was standing next to his disabled 2010 Honda when he was struck by another vehicle on June 19, 2010, in Anaheim. The Orange County Register reports that this accident happened along the westbound lanes of the 91 Freeway (SR-91).

Aniceto was pronounced dead at the accident scene. It appears that there occurred an initial collision between two cars followed by another fatal crash along the Fastrak Lane of the freeway close to the Imperial Highway exit. We offer our deepest condolences to Aniceto’s family and friends for such a tragic loss.

The investigation is in progress to know the root cause of this car crash. The driver of the other car failed to notice a stranded car and Aniceto. This leads us to doubt his alertness while driving. Was he driving under influence or was he distracted and negligent? Under California law, it is unlawful for anyone to operate a motor vehicle under the influence of any drug or alcohol per California Vehicle Code Section 23152(a). If the driver who struck Aniceto is determined to have been responsible for the accident, he or she could be held liable for Aniceto's wrongful death. Aniceto family may be entitled for compensation to cover funeral expenses, loss of future earnings, loss of love and companionship, and other related expenses.

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Two people, including a Garden Grove teenager, sustained injuries in a Santa Clarita car accident on June 15, 2010. According to the Orange County Register report, the traffic collision took place at the intersection of Stevenson Ranch Parkway and Pico Canyon Road. The car crash occurred when Jessie Frutos, 17, driving his Mercedes Benz E55 drove right into the path of a car driven by a Los Angeles Sherriff’s Patrol, Deputy Blake Carpenter, 24, and caused a head-on collision.

Frutos was heading east on Pico Canyon Road when either he or Officer Carpenter failed to give the right of the way to each other. The police investigation is still in progress to determine the exact cause of this collision. If the officer is found to have been negligent, he and/or his employer can be held liable for the cost of Frutos’ hospitalization, treatment of injuries, and other related expenses. California law requires drivers to give the right of way to oncoming vehicles and to vehicles who have already entered the intersection from a different road.

We wish both the injured victims a speedy recovery and hope that they did not sustain any major injury.

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Two people sustained serious injuries on June 10, 2010, in an Irvine car crash when the driver lost control of his green colored Toyota Tacoma pickup. The driver of Toyota, Daniel Stirewalt, 23, was later arrested on the suspicion of drunken driving.

According to the Orange County Register news report, Stirewalt was driving east towards Walnut Avenue when he failed to negotiate a curve near Kazan Street. His vehicle then hit the center median and rolled over. The passenger riding in Stirewalt’s vehicle had to be pulled from the vehicle and transported to a nearby hospital with head injuries.

In accidents like these where a single vehicle accident is caused by a negligent driver, his injured passenger may be entitled for compensation to cover medical expenses, cost of hospitalization, rehabilitation, and other related damages. In this particular case, the driver may have been in violation of California Vehicle Code Section 23152(a) for driving under the influence of alcohol. That section states, “It is unlawful for any person who is under the influence of any alcoholic beverage or drug, or under the combined influence of any alcoholic beverage and drug, to drive a vehicle.”

Consulting with an experienced Irvine personal injury attorney is important in these cases because there are a variety of defenses which may be raised by the insurance company, including alleging that the injured victim is responsible for his own injuries for getting into a car with a driver he should have known was intoxicated and unfit to drive. That is a favorite insurance defense argument. In addition, a trained car accident lawyer may be able to have the negligent driver’s insurance company pay for his attorneys’ fees, rather than having the injured person being responsible for this bill.

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An unidentified man was seriously injured in an Anaheim car crash when he was hit by a Lexus IS 350 while walking in a crosswalk on June 11, 2010. According to Orange County Register, this pedestrian accident occurred at the intersection of State College Boulevard and La Palma Avenue while the Lexus was trying to take a right turn.

According to the Orange County Register news report, the pedestrian was conscious and suffered severe back injuries as a result of the impact. Investigation is still being conducted to determine the exact cause of this pedestrian accident. As for now it is believed that the Lexus driver was at fault as the pedestrian was walking on the marked crosswalk, thereby having the right of way under California law. If the driver of Lexus was negligent, distracted, or was driving under influence, the pedestrian may be entitled to compensation for his injuries.

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Rebecca O’Mara, 21 of North Park, and Joshua Carr, 25 of Chula Vista, were killed and a third person suffered major injuries in a head-on car collision on Interstate 8 (I-8) in Mission Bay Park on Saturday, May 1, 2010. The traffic collision occurred at about 2:35 a.m. on the Ocean Beach Freeway near where it terminates at a t-shaped intersection at Sunset Cliffs Boulevard, according to the California Highway Patrol officers at the scene.

Rebecca and Joshua were in a 2008 Honda Civic and Adrian Villanueva, Jr., 25, of San Diego, was driving a 2008 Toyota Tundra. The car wreck between the two vehicles occurred around 2:35 a.m when they collided head on and one vehicle flipped over.. Adrian suffered a broken right wrist and left collarbone. Investigations are on to determine the cause of the collision as to who was going the wrong way on the freeway and also to rule out if Adrian was drunk.

We offer our deepest condolences to the family members of Rebecca and Joshua for the loss of their dear ones. It is very heart-breaking to bear the loss of young family members. It is hard to believe that the California Highway Patrol has yet to determine which driver was driving the wrongway on the freeway considering that section of I-8is divided. It is also hard to imagine that this accident did not involve alcohol and driving under the influence. If it is determined that one of the drivers was headed the wrong way on the freeway and under the influence of alcohol, the occupants of the other vehicle may be entitled to compensation. Families for all parties should consult with an experienced personal injury attorney to determine their rights.

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David Russell Lafferty, 62, of Murrieta, was killed in a car crash on Interstate 5 (I-5) on May 18, 2010. At about 5: 30 a.m., Lafferty was driving his Honda sedan when the carwent off the road for unknown reasons just north of the truck scales.

Lafferty is said to have lost control of his car which then went down an embankment. The emergency medics declared him dead at the scene of accident. The California Highway Patrol is still investigating the reason of this crash.

If the loss of control was due to uneven road or a mechanical failure, Lafferty’s family may be entitled for compensation. These types of claims are factually specific and require an immediate and detailed investigation be performed by trained experts managed by a skilled personal injury lawyer. Any delay in the investigation may result in the loss of key pieces of evidence. However, regardless of whether the accident is the fault of anyone else, our prayers go out to his family for their loss.

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On May 18, 2010, a person driving a car fled away after hitting a child at a Clairemont Mesa gas station near the 5400 block of Clairemont Mesa Boulevard a little time before 3:30 p.m.

According to San Diego Police Department Detective Gary Hasen, medics were immediately called upon to evaluate the condition of the child to know it he was seriously injured. It was not clear at that time of the accident if the child was going to receive any hospital treatment. The driver who fled from the accident site was described as a white man in his 20s and that he was driving a white Toyota Corolla.

We pray that the child comes out safe and sound after this tragic incident. There is nothing more disgusting and upsetting than someone who flees the scene of an accident after injuring or killing another person. We hope that the police catch the suspect and prosecute him to the fullest extent of the law

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Four people were hurt, one with serious head injuries, in a vehicle crash in the El Cerrito neighborhood of San Diego on the afternoon of May 7, 2010.

The car wreck happened around 3 p.m. in the 5500 block of El Cajon Boulevard between 54th and 56th streets. The Police had closed the road for investigation of the crash. The four inured were rushed to nearest medal center. One of the four people injured is said to have suffered major head injuries. It is fortunate that there was no loss of life.

Our office wishes speedy recovery to all hurt. We just wish and hope that people are more careful while driving. Every day we hear so many people losing their lives to accidents. We all can reduce such threats to our lives by being more cautious. While driving a car, adhere to all the safety rules. Speeding and driving under influence of alcohol are the major causes of drivers ending up in an accident.

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Two people were fatally injured in a San Diego roll-over auto accident that took place on Tavern Road in Alpine around 5 p.m. The car accident happened on April 16, 2010.

Reportedly, their SUV lost control and skidded off the road on Interstate 8 (I-8). The vehicle rolled over a few times before it came to a halt in the median. The victims died on the spot.

Our office wishes to extend our heartfelt condolences and prayers to the friends and family of the deceased. We are sure that they have many questions about why their loved ones lost control that afternoon. Every day we hear so many people losing their lives to tragic auto accidents. We all can reduce such threats in our lives by being more cautious. While driving a car, adhere to all the safety rules. For example, speeding and driving under influence are the most common causes of auto accidents. Although there is no indication that either is a factor in this accident, avoiding these risky behaviors can decrease the frequency of auto accidents.

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A 31-year old woman lost her life in a fatal Baldwin County, GA car accident that happened on April 12, 2010 around 5 a.m. The auto accident happened near Milledgeville.

The victim, Rita Rose of Warthen, was driving along Highway 49 near mile marker 8, when she was hit by a semi-truck that was in the opposite lane. Reportedly, a tractor trailer caused the accident as it came over the hill and crashed into two cars, one of them being the semi-truck. The other drivers received minor injuries but Rose lost her life.

Our office wishes to extend our sincere and heartfelt condolences to Rose’s friends and family. It is really tragic losing someone you love when it’s no fault of their own. Early morning driving is very dangerous and requires one to be very vigilant. The main reason behind traffic accidents and crashes during these hours is lack of visibility. All drivers must ensure to drive safe and keep an eye out for fellow drivers.

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A hit-and-run car accident in San Clemente left a 26-year old man dead and his five-year old son injured. A 1993 Chevrolet Camaro rear-ended a 2004 Ford Explorer making it overturn. The man driving the SUV died on the spot and the son was taken to a local hospital. The Chevrolet driver deserted the accident scene but was apprehended later by Border Patrol K-9 unit. The Chevrolet driver, a 43-year-old male, was arrested near the San Onofre State Beach area. He has been charged for multiple felonies.

Our office wishes to offer our sincere condolences and heartfelt prayers to the young man’s friends and family and wish a speedy recovery to his young son. It is hard to imagine how they must be feeling after theis tragic accident and the reckless behavior by the man who caused it. Losing someone you love is never easy but losing them due to a criminal act is awful. We hope that the investigation gets finished soon and justice is meted out.

Ross Jurewitz is an Orange County auto accident lawyer and the managing attorney of the Jurewitz Law Group, a California law firm dedicated to representing people seriously injured and the families of people killed by the negligence of others. If you or a loved one has been hurt or killed in a car crash in California, please order your free copy of Mr. Jurewitz's book, The Ten Biggest Mistakes that can Destroy Your California Accident Case. It is full of helpful information that will help you protect your legal rights and it is free to all California residents.

A head-on car collision on April 18, 2010, between a 2002 Nissan Altima and 2004 Mercedes left both the drivers dead. The crash occurred at 4 a.m. on Old Castle Road, east of Champagne Boulevard. Nissan Altima driver has been identified as a 32-yearold woman from Oceanside named Michelle Santos. She was returning from work when her car suddenly drifted towards the oncoming lane and struck the 2004 Mercedes.

The Mercedes driver’s identity was yet to be established. She was a 65-year old Fallbrook woman. Both the drivers were not under alcohol or drugs at the time of the auto accident but the Mercedes driver was not wearing the seat belt.

Our office wishes to extend our sincere and heartfelt condolences to the friends and family of the deceased. It is tragic losing someone you love no matter what the circumstances are. Early morning driving is very dangerous and requires one to be very vigilant and alert. The main reason behind accidents and crashes during these hours is exhaustion. Always make sure that you are alert and awake whenever you drive a motor vehicle.

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A young Alpine man recently lost his life in a San Diego County pedestrian accident when he was struck by a hit and run driver. The auto accident happened on State Route 94 (SR-94) near Jefferson Road in Jamul. The young man, identified as Jonathan Michael Ulmer of Alpine, was 21 years old. He is survived by his mother.

A passing motorist noticed Ulmer lying on the highway around 3 a.m. According to California Highway Police, there were no witnesses to the accident. The authorities are still investigating the accident.

Our office wishes to offer our sincere condolences and heartfelt prayers to Ulmer’s friends and family. They must have a number of questions after their child was struck by a hit and run driver and no witnesses existed. Losing someone you love is never easy but not having them with you because of someone else’s fault is really tough. We hope that a thorough investigation takes place and the guilty driver is caught and prosecuted. There are few things that people do that infuriate our office more than those who injure other people and flee the scene.

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A pedestrian lost his life in a Los Angeles car accident that occurred on April 11, 2010 around 3:15 a.m. The accident took place on Western Avenue and Pico Boulevard.

Reportedly, Atlanta resident Jasen Jack was southbound on Western Avenue in his 2008 Dodge Caliber when it ran off the road and banged into a traffic pole. The pole hit the victim who was standing on the corner of the Western Avenue and Pico Boulevard. He felt the full force of the crash and died on the spot. The driver has been arrested on charges of DUI.

Our office wishes to extend our sincere and heartfelt condolences to the friends and family of the deceased. It is really tragic losing someone you love when it’s no fault of their own. The guilty person should be prosecuted and convicted of driving under the influence.

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A 60-year-old woman was left seriously injured in a Los Angeles County auto accident.

The injured woman, Linda Bissegar, was on her way to the church, along with her husband and grandson, when the Toyota Sienna minivan they were in crashed into a truck. The crash caused an explosion. Reportedly, the brakes of her minivan failed to work despite the woman’s repeated tries. Bissegar broke her feet in the process and had to be carried out. Her husband and grandson managed to crawl out of the car.

Our office wishes Bissegar a quick recovery. We hope that a complete and thorough investigation is done by the authorities to find out the cause of the crash. If the problem resides in the model, then it would be in everyone’s including Toyota’s best interests to have this recalled.

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A teenager was crushed to death on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu on April 3, 2010. The fatal Los Angeles County car accident took place shortly after 5 p.m. near Point Dume.

The victim,13-year-old teenager Emily Rose Shane, was crossing Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) when she was struck by a speeding car driven by Sina Khankhanian. The driver has been booked under the charges of suspected murder. After the tragic incident, PCH was closed for 24 hours in the wake of investigations being carried out by the authorities.

We forward our condolences to the family of the young teenager and pray that her soul rests in peace. It is ironic that when we are so full of dreams, life presents us with such atrocities. Drivers need to be more careful and keep a constant lookout for pedestrians. Pedestrians are extremely vulnerable to serious injury and even death if a driver is not paying attention.

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Four people were injured in a Los Angeles auto accident that involved a bus, a truck, and a car. The accident occurred at Sierra Madre Boulevard on the 210 Freeway on March 30, 2010 around 6 a.m.

The case is still under investigation and as of now not much information has been received. The accident had a semi-truck, a Southland Transit bus, and a car crashing on the freeway causing the cab of the truck to separate from its’ trailer and roll down the edge of the interstate. The semi-truck driver was critically injured and taken to an area hospital, as were the other two drivers. Another motorist also faced minor injuries.

Our office wishes all the drivers good health and hope that they recover quickly. We also anticipate the investigation to finish soon so that the cause can be known to all and preventive measures be undertaken, if need be.

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A man was killed and three others were injured in a fatal Riverside County car accident that happened between a Ford pickup and Toyota Prius on March 30, 2010. The auto accident happened at around 12:30 p.m. on the northbound 86 Expressway at Airport Boulevard.

The Ford driver, 42-year old Yucca Valley resident Amber Line, reportedly slammed into the rear of the Toyota while pulling a trailer with her pickup truck. The traffic collision made both the vehicles move around 300 feet from the point of crash. One of the Toyota passengers lost his life and another passenger was sent to Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs. The two drivers were treated for minor injuries.

Our office wishes to offer our prayers and condolences to the friends and family of the deceased man and the people injured in this wreck. The passenger lost his life to no fault of his own—just the apparent carelessness of the pickup driver. This collision was completely avoidable had the truck driver been paying more attention and leaving more space between his truck and the Prius.

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Three people were injured in a San Diego rollover car accident that took place on March 22, 2010 on northbound Interstate 15 (I-15) just south of Deer Springs Road in Escondido.

The vehicle in which they were traveling rear-ended another vehicle which made it roll off the Interstate and crash through a fence. It landed upside down on North Centre City Parkway. Two people were trapped inside the car and had to be rescued by fire fighters.

We are glad that no one was seriously hurt due to this traffic collision. But it goes without saying that one has to be exceedingly cautious on the road, and more so on the freeway. Everyone was very lucky that the injuries suffered in this accident were not more serious.

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Two 90-year old women were injured in a San Diego car accident on March 16, 2010 when their car veered off a La Playa-area street and crashed into a garage.

The driver of the sedan lost control while making a turn onto the 400 block of Rosecrans Street in Point Loma shortly after noon. The vehicle crashed into a garage door, destroying it, and damaging the corner of the carport. Paramedics took the driver and her passenger to UCSD Medical Center for treatment for their injuries.

Though we are glad that no major injuries were suffered and all the property damage can be repaired, we remain very concerned about monitoring the driving ability of elderly drivers. While we understand that senior citizens value their independence and mobility just as much as anyone else, the fact of the matter is that reaction times and motor skills diminish with age. In addition, the likelihood of serious accidents being caused by stroke or heart attack also increases. We support efforts that allow senior citizens to drive provided they undergo more frequent testing in order to keep their drivers’ license.

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A 24-year old sailor, died in a fatal San Diego car accident after his 2010 Chevrolet Camaro crashed into a parked vehicle on Torrey Pines Road near Princess Street at about 12:45 a.m. on March 14, 2010.

The man was westbound when he failed to negotiate a curve and his car came off the roadway crashing into a parked vehicle. Was it a mistake on the driver’s account or some defect with the vehicle is yet to be determined. The identity of the man could not be verified but it is certain he was on active duty aboard the USS Milius at 32nd Street Naval Station, San Diego.

Our office wishes to offer prayers and condolences to the family and friends of the deceased.

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Four people were left injured in a Riverside County car accident that took place on March 13, 2010. The accident happened at Monroe Avenue and Avenue 50 in Indio at about 8:15 p.m.

Though it’s yet uncertain why and how the traffic accident happened, two of the victims received major injuries and the other two minor to moderate injuries. One of the victims was transported to a trauma center by helicopter.

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Three people, including an infant, were injured in a San Diego head-on traffic collision that took place between a Chevrolet and a Toyota Yaris, on March 12, 2010, on State Route 67 (SR-67) near the San Vicente Reservoir. The auto accident occurred around 2 pm.

22-year old Lakeside resident, Jason Cooley lost control of his northbound 2007 Chevrolet Impala just south of Foster Truck Trail, which made it cross over a set of double yellow lines and smash into an oncoming Toyota Yaris. The driver of the Toyota, 23-year old Sean Harkey of San Diego, suffered a broken arm and a fractured leg. He had to be cut out of his vehicle. Cooley and his 12-month old son sustained less serious injuries. It is believed that Cooley may have been intoxicated at the time of the accident.

Our law office expresses our prayers and best wishes to the injured and prays that all have a quick recovery. The numbers of cases that are being reported nowadays related to DUI are on an increase. Almost every day someone seems to be injured or killed because he was driving under influence of alcohol or was hit by someone who was drunk. Those who wish to drink, should do so responsibly and should not get behind the wheel to drive.

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42-year old Khuong Nguyen suffered serious injuries on the night of March 5, 2010 when a car crashed into him in the parking lot of Ramada Inn Plaza on Garden Grove Boulevard.
The car, a Jeep Liberty SUV, was being driven by 58-year old Dzung Truoung into the parking lot of the Garden Grove hotel when it hit Nguyen and dragged him until he was finally sandwiched between the SUV and a wall. Truoung claims that the brakes failed to operate and he tried to stop but to could not do so. The police officials are investigating the car crash and appropriate legal action might be taken against the auto-makers, in case of brake system malfunction, or Truoung.

The Orange County car accident left Nguyen with severe leg injuries. Nguyen can file a claim in civil court for damages against the Truoung. Our office prays Nguyen has a quick recovery and regains full use of his legs and body. This is a horrible auto accident and clearly one that could have been avoided with reasonable care.

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The Supreme Court of California for the County of Orange will hear the product liability case against automaker Suzuki Motors and the associated Takata Corporation in regards to a July 2006 car accident that left Andrea Bardonner dead.

Andrea Bardonner was accompanied by her two daughters, Nichelle and Makayla, on July 27, 2006, when her 2003 Suzuki Grand Vitara tumbled down a steep embankment causing the vehicle to roll-over. Nichelle and Makayla suffered permanent injuries in the accident. Bardonner’s seat belt developed a slack after the roof rails and the windshield bent inwards, resulting in her ejection from the vehicle. This led to severe injuries to Bardonner who later succumbed to death.

Attorneys for the Bardonner family allege that Suzuki Motors and Takata Corporations, which manufactures seatbelts for the Suzuki and is responsible for the driver and passenger restraint systems in place, were well aware of the defects in the safety system and hence the defendant is accused of intended negligence.

As personal injury lawyers, our office always supports the search for truth and justice after someone has been injured. The typical questions that we have to ask following an accident are: (1) was the accident caused by the negligence or carelessness of another person/company; (2) if so, did that negligence actually cause the injury to occur; and (3) what is the extent and nature of that injury so that a jury can determine what amount to compensate the injured person or the family of the wrongful death victim for their loss. Product liability cases like these, involving alleged defective vehicles, are very specialized and require lawyers and experts who are very familiar with the factual issues involved in the manufacturing of cars and SUVs and the required safety components that are used to prevent death and serious injury.

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A San Diego lawsuit was filed by the surviving family members of California Highway Patrol Officer Mark Saylor and his family against automaker giant Toyota following the infamous car accident which took their lives. The Toyota 2009 Lexus ES- 350 provided to Officer Saylor by Bob Baker Lexus while Officer Saylor’s vehicle’s was being repaired had started unexpectedly and uncontrollably accelerating. The Lexus raced across San Diego’s freeways and roads before finally crashing and bursting into flames in Santee.

The lawsuit accuses Toyota of manufacturing and distributing a dangerous product along with Bob Baker Lexus, the El Cajon based car dealership who loaned the sedan, for negligence. The surviving relatives are seeking an unspecified amount in damages.

Up to today, 58 people have been killed in the cases involving a Toyota vehicle with acceleration malfunctioning. While even one injury or lost life due to unexpected and uncontrollable acceleration is too many, these deaths are completely inexcusable. One would expect that the gas pedal or brake pedal in your car would work properly at all times. These are the controls that manage the speed of the vehicle itself. For the car to speed away without the guidance of the driver is a scary thought and can certainly cause severe injury and death.

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Two U.S. Border Patrol agents suffered minor injuries in a San Diego auto accident accident on March 7, 2010, when they were sideswiped by another car near Harris Ranch Road on State Route 94 (SR-94). The car crash took place around 7:20 pm.

The driver who hit the Border Patrol officers took off after the collision but was quickly tracked down at her home. She claims that she did not realize she had hit their patrol vehicle until the investigators contacted her. She also claims that she heard what sounded like a gunshot when she struck the deputies. The driver had her driver’s license for less than 30 days when the accident occurred

We are thankful that nothing serious took place. At the same time we feel that those people who have just learned to drive should be more careful while on the road, not just for their safety but for other’s as well. Also, it is very difficult if not impossible to believe her story about how the collision occurred. Drivers feel when their vehicles strike another object with enough force to cause injury. That was most certainly the case here. She was most likely trying to escape responsibility.

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Branden Butler, the 17-year old teenager serving 547 days of service in the Juvenile Hall in Vista, spoke to Rancho Buena Vista High School students in a Vista courtroom on March 5, 2010. On October 4, 2009 Butler rammed his car into a wooden fence on La Granada Road, killing his Torrey Pines High School classmate and friend, Alex Capozza (pictured below).

Butler was convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol at the time of the auto accident. After partying in Rancho Santa Fe, he had gone out with friends to get some food when the fatal car accident took place.

This is the first time that Butler has spoken publicly about what happened and he did so as part of the San Diego Superior Court’s Court Day which featured talks by lawyers and judges about what the Court does on a day-to-day basis. It also featured mock trials and, in the case of Butler, speeches by convicted criminals about the impact their crime has had on their life.

While there is no excuse for Butler’s actions—and drunk driving is completely inexcusable—Butler should be commended for speaking with these students. The source article for this post was not clear whether his presence was court ordered. However, it seems from the subject of his talk and the words that he communicated that his poor choice to drive while intoxicated has caused him a tremendous amount of grief and remorse. He was very remorseful about the loss of his friend and the impact Alex’s death has had on the Capozza family. Unfortunately, it is often only after a fatal auto accident, that people reflect and acknowledge that they made a poor and dangerous choice. If only it could be the other way around.

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A 27-year old Torrance man was arrested on March 4, 2010 in connection with a fatal Los Angeles traffic accident that took place on the San Diego Freeway (I-405) near the Crenshaw Boulevard off-ramp. The accident had taken place at around 2:24 am.

Baek was driving southbound on the freeway when he rear-ended a van at a high rate of speed. The driver of the van lost control, veered across two lanes of traffic and struck a third vehicle driving in the slow lane of the freeway. The van left the freeway and went down a steep embankment. Baek was booked on a count of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and two counts of driving while intoxicated causing injury or death.
Our office wishes to offer our sincere prayers and condolences to the family and loved ones of the deceased. We once again urge all drivers to be more careful while attempting to switch lanes. Try not to exceed the speed limits. And never, ever, drive while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. If you witness motorist driving erratically, try to avoid them as much as possible. They may be driving while intoxicated.

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An 87-year old man lost his life in a tragic San Diego auto wreck that occurred on March 2, 2010. The victim was driving his Toyota Camry when it crashed into a parked truck just south of Ocean View Boulevard. This car accident took place at around 11:35 am.

The deceased, David Epstein, was heading north on the Interstate 15 (I-15) in the Mountain View area of San Diego when his Toyota sedan veered to the right for unexplained reasons and collided with the parked big-rig truck. Epstein died on the spot.

Given the recent reports of braking system failure issues, unexpected acceleration, and other technical malfunctions in Toyota manufactured cars, this tragic accident might have been caused by one of these defects. We wish to express our condolences to the family and loved ones of Mr. Epstein. At the same time we urge the authorities to conduct a thorough investigation to arrive at the precise reasons of the car crash.

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A 24-year old man’s body was found on March 2, 2010 in the 12400 block of Highland Valley Road around 7 p.m. San Diego Police Department suspects this to be a solo vehicle car crash. The wreckage of this San Diego car wreck was cited by a passerby in Rancho Bernardo near Lake Hodges.

The victim was found dead when the paramedics reached the site. The deceased, whose identity has been withheld pending family notification, lived in Escondido with his girlfriend. Our office wishes to express sincere prayers and condolences to the family and friends of the victim. We hope that a proper inquiry is initiated into the accident by the authorities before labeling the wreck as a solo-crash.

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A San Diego County Sheriff’s Deputy lost his life after he crashed his cruiser into a bridge embankment while pursuing an alleged drunk driver going the wrong way on a freeway. The car accident occurred in the early hours of February 28, 2010. The deceased, Deputy Ken Collier, 39, died at a hospital shortly after the accident near Santee. The suspect Jose Jasso Lopez, 22, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and vehicular manslaughter.

Collier was driving westbound on State Route 52 (SR-52) when he spotted a car heading toward him on the same side of the highway. He made a quick u-turn to pursue the car, turning into an auxiliary lane in the highway median, but then struck a bridge abutment between Mast Boulevard and Santo Road near Mission Trails Regional Park in northeastern San Diego County.

Our office wishes to express our sincere prayers for the family and loved ones of Deputy Ken Collier. It is sad that we lost such a competent officer who was looking out for the safety of others. There are few things more dangerous on San Diego’s highways and streets than a drunk driver—unless, of course, if it is a drunk driver heading the wrong way on a freeway. The damage that Mr. Lopez could have caused had he crashed into another vehicle or vehicles is unimaginable. Not only could he have killed himself, but he would likely have killed anyone he ran into. Deputy Collier understood this and decided to chase Mr. Lopez to prevent this tragedy. Unfortunately, he lost his life doing so. We hope that the San Diego District Attorneys’ Office prosecutes Mr. Lopez to the fullest extent of the law.

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A 17-year old boy was finally arrested for causing a fatal Riverside car crash on January 16, 2010 that had resulted in the death of the female driver of a Ford Explorer. The auto accident took place on Cottonwood Avenue at Festival Way in Moreno Valley when the victim, Cynthia Rene Whitaker, 54, of Moreno Valley, had swerved into oncoming traffic to avoid a Honda Civic. By doing so, she hit a Nissan Quest.

The Civic in question was being driven by the 17-year old boy who had stolen it in Desert Hot Springs. He also admitted to being under the influence of alcohol at the time of the car crash. The Moreno Valley Police has charged him with vehicular manslaughter, two counts of hit-and-run, and possession of a stolen vehicle.

Our office wishes to highlight the severity of this case! Not only did the teenager steal the car, but was also drunk which might have played a huge part in the death of Ms. Whitaker. Such behavior from anyone, especially from a juvenile, is very disheartening and despicable. We hope that the Riverside County District Attorney prosecutes this teenager as an adult and to the fullest extent of the law. We also hope that Ms. Whitaker’s family receives whatever care, assistance, and compensation they need and deserve.

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A 49-year old North County man lost his life in a San Diego car crash that took place on February 21, 2010. This fatal accident occurred at about 2:40 p.m. on a curving stretch of State Route 67 (SR-67) north of Lakeside.

The victim, Randy Fredrick Evans, was northbound on SR-67 near Slaughterhouse Canyon Road when he lost control of his SUV, causing it to skid across the pavement and overturn. Evans faced head injuries and died on the spot of accident according to the California Highway Patrol and San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office.

Our office wishes to convey our sincere prayers and condolences to the family and friends of Randy Fredrick Evans. We understand how difficult it is to come to terms with such tragedy. The accident happened on a dangerous stretch of highway—SR-67 is the most dangerous road in San Diego—that ascends into foothills near a quarry south of Poway. We once again urge drivers to drive with extreme caution in such terrain. A little bit of vigilance from your side can save your own life!

On the other hand, the cause of the accident could very well be “oversteer” leading to the SUV flipping and rolling over. Oversteer is a common problem when drivers lose control in one direction and over-correct and oversteer in the other direction. The act of oversteering and the the SUV’s high profile leads to the SUV rolling over onto its’ roof, crushing it, and commonly leading to severe head trauma and major brain injury.

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Earlier today in the health care debate, President Barack Obama used this analogy about his prior experience with auto insurance to support his argument for health insurance reform:

OBAMA: ... You know, when I was -- when I was young, just got out of college, I had to buy auto insurance. I had a beat-up old car. And I won't name the name of the insurance company, but there was a company, let's call it Acme Insurance in -- in Illinois. And I was paying my premiums every month. After about six months I got rear-ended, and I called up Acme and said, "You know, I'd like to see if I can get my car repaired." And they laughed at me over the phone.

Because really, this was set up not to actually provide insurance, what it was set up was to meet the legal requirements. But it really wasn't serious insurance.

Now, it's one thing if you got an old beat-up car that you can't get fixed. It's another thing if your kid is sick or you've got breast cancer.

Now, I'm no fan of auto insurance companies. I think they try everything they can, fair or unfair, lawful or unlawful, to reduce the amount they pay out on claims to the detriment of injured people. But, I do not believe for one second that the President's story is accurate.

Here is why.

Obama was dealing with his own insurance company. That is what is known as a "first party" claim when he reported the damage to his insurance company. It is known as a first party claim because he had a direct contractual relationship with his insurance company. When you have a first part claim, insurance companies are not so brazen as to deny a claim and laugh at their customer. Sure, they might lowball his claim payment but typically they do not deny the claim outright.

Assuming that his insurance company actually denied his property damage claim, the reason most likely is that Obama had failed to purchase collision coverage for his insurance policy. Therefore, he did not have the right kind of coverage to pay for the damage to his car (this also assumes that the other driver, who sounds like he was actually at fault, did not have insurance--if he did have insurance, Obama should have filed a claim with the other driver's insurance company). Collision coverage is available to pay for damage to your property, such as your vehicle, when either you damage your own property due to your carelessness (backing into a tree, for example) or if your car is damaged by an uninsured motorist. In California, a driver is not required to purchase collision coverage. It is completely optional.

It is most likely that Obama, when he was young and not making very much money, decided that he would not increase his insurance costs by purchasing collision coverage. That may have seemed like a very prudent decision given that Obama was driving an old beater that was not worth much money.

Unfortunately, that decision is often short sighted. This is a decision made by many Californians each year. I have seen many clients who completely lost their car after an uninsured motorist destroyed their car. With no insurance for the at fault driver and no collision coverage to pay for the damages, the car is simply lost forever.

While it may seem a good cost saving measure not to pay for collision coverage for a car worth $3,000 or less, I can assure you that the cost of replacing your vehicle after a total loss will seem insurmountable unless you have collision coverage. Your decision to save $20-40 a month will seem poor when all of a sudden you must pay $3,000 for a new vehicle.

Don't be an Obama. Purchase collision coverage for your auto insurance policy.

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A 20-year old Escondido woman lost her life in a Los Angeles County car accident that occurred at 3:15 a.m. in the Antelope Valley area of northern Los Angeles County on February 21, 2010. The victim, Michelle Garcia, was a passenger in a Lexus which veered off road and overturned. The driver of the car, George M. Reyes of Escondido, was arrested for causing the auto accident.

Reyes was driving his 2006 Lexus eastbound on Avenue S when his car drifted over onto the right shoulder. Although he veered back to the left, he lost control of his car which then crossed the median and rolled over. The car then slid across the westbound lanes until it came to rest on its roof. Garcia got ejected from the car because she was not wearing a seat belt. Shedied at the scene. Reyes suffered minor injuries and was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence.

Our heart goes out to the family and friends of Michelle Garcia. We understand how tragic it is to lose someone you love so dearly. At the same time we wish to highlight the issue of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and not adhering to the rules of safe driving. Always make it a point to wear your seat belt as soon as you sit in a car and never get into a car with a driver who has been drinking.

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A 40-year old man lost his life in an Orange County truck accident that took place on February 20, 2010, in Fountain Valley. The deceased was a passenger in a Toyota Tacoma and was travelling south on Bushard Street when the Toyota pickup was struck by a Ford Ranger that was eastbound on Heil Avenue. This accident happened at 8:22am.

The victim was taken to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. The drivers of the two pickups suffered minor injuries.

Our office wishes to convey our thoughts and prayers to the family and friends of the victim. The loss must be devastating. We repeatedly urge all Californians to be careful while on the road and ensure that you are driving responsibly--not just for your sake but for others as well! It is unclear from the Orange County Register news story whether one of the vehicles ran a red light or stop sign. However, that seems like a very safe conclusion since both trucks cannot legally be in the intersection at the same time. Entering an intersection against a red stop light is a violation of California Vehicle Code section 21453(c) which states that it is illegal for a motor vehicle to enter an intersection or proceed through the intersection against a red traffic signal.

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A 55-year old woman was killed in a San Diego rollover car accident that occurred on February 23, 2010, when her sport utility vehicle was clipped by a taxi and rolled over on Interstate 5 (I-5) near the Golden Hill and East Village areas of San Diego. This fatal auto accident took place around 7:45 a.m.

The cab driver, 47-year old Andai Ogbagebri of San Diego, was changing lanes when his southbound 2006 Ford Crown Victoria hit the rear end of the 2000 Chevrolet Blazer being driven by the victim, Phyllis Lorraine Kirk, 65, of San Diego. The traffic collision made the SUV skid out of control and flip over until it came to rest upside down. Kirk died at the scene. Ogbagebri was uninjured.

Our office wishes to convey our sincere prayers and condolences to the family and friends of Ms. Kirk. We know how shattering it is to lose a loved one this way and more so when it is not their fault. It is important to remember that, when changing lanes, drivers must first make sure that it is safe to change lanes before doing so. An unsafe lane change is a violation of California Vehicle Code section 21658(a) which states: “A vehicle…shall not be moved from the lane until such movement can be made with reasonable safety.”

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On Friday, we wrote about a tragic San Diego hit and run auto accident in San Diego in which Alejandra Vazquez, a 35-year old woman, lost her life when a SUV crashed into her as she was crossing the street, leaving her dead on the scene. The guilty driver was said to be driving a metallic blue, older model foreign station wagon with a missing piece of the right front bumper, which had come apart after the accident.

The San Diego Police arrested a man the very next day, on February 20, 2010, as the one suspected to be responsible for Ms. Vazquez’s death. The man, Bruce Hanson, 51, was arrested at his Encanto home on Republic Street, about 2.5 miles from the hit-and-run accident scene, and has been booked on suspicion of felony vehicular manslaughter and hit-and-run. Hanson had left his blue Subaru Forester, with no license plate, at a wrecking yard on Otay Mesa with the keys on the dashboard and blood at the impact point which was seen and reported by a worker of the yard. A forensic evidence technician later determined the Forester as the suspect vehicle.

We are very happy that, through publicity of this horrible and tragic accident and good work by the San Diego Police Department, that this suspect has been caught. However, the fact that the suspect has been caught will not bring any solace or comfort to Ms. Vazquez's family and friends, especially her mother who saw her daughter be killed. Hit and run accidents are absolutely despicable and we hope that the suspect is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Ross Jurewitz is a San Diego car accident lawyer and the managing attorney of the Jurewitz Law Group, a California law firm dedicated to representing people seriously injured and the families of people killed by the negligence of others. If you or a loved one has been hurt or killed in a San Diego auto wreck, please order your free copy of Mr. Jurewitz's book, The Ten Biggest Mistakes that can Destroy Your California Accident Case. It is full of helpful information that will help you protect your legal rights and it is free to all California residents.

A 35-year old San Diego woman lost her life in a San Diego hit and run car accident that occurred in the early morning hours on February 19, 2010, in the Chollas View neighborhood of the City. This fatal accident took place around 2:15 a.m. near the Interstate 805 (I-805) ramps at Market Street where the victim, Alejandra Vazquez, had parked her car to get to Moody's Lunch Service on Euclid Avenue, where she worked.

Vazquez had just gotten out her car when a blue colored SUV, heading eastbound on Market Street, smashed into her. The impact threw her across some parked vehicles before she fell beneath the back end of a pickup. Vazquez suffered severe abdominal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. The suspect fled the scene but eyewitnesses reported that the driver was a man in his 50s with white or grey curly hair driving a metallic blue older model foreign station wagon with a missing piece of the right front bumper.

Our office wishes to convey our sincere prayers and condolences to the family and friends of Alejandra Vazquez. Though we know that no amount of good wishes will ease the pain for her family and loved ones, we only hope that the guilty hit and run driver is put behind bars. There are few crimes that enrage our office more than hit and run car accidents. If you are careless enough to hit another vehicle or strike a pedestrian with your car, for God’s sakes, STOP!!! We all have a responsibility to others on the road and if we have potentially injured a person in an accident, we need to stop and help them get any assistance they need. We hope that the driver who killed Ms. Vazquez is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Ross Jurewitz is a San Diego car accident lawyer and the managing attorney of the Jurewitz Law Group, a California law firm dedicated to representing people seriously injured and the families of people killed by the negligence of others. If you or a loved one has been hurt or killed in a San Diego auto accident, please order your free copy of Mr. Jurewitz's book, The Ten Biggest Mistakes that can Destroy Your California Accident Case. It is full of helpful information that will help you protect your legal rights and it is free to all California residents.

A 29-year old woman from Laguna Hills was killed in a fatal Orange County car accident on February 17, 2010 when the Corvette she was driving crashed into a tree on Mill Creek Drive just south of Lake Forest Drive in Lake Forest. The accident took place at around 8:15 a.m.

The deceased, Amy Thomas, was taking a prospective buyer out for a test-drive when she lost control of the gray 2003 Corvette near 23016 Mill Creek Dr. in Laguna Hills. The car skidded sideways, its driver's side door slamming into a tree. The car then apparently spun around before banging into another tree 20 feet onward. Afterward, the driver's side door of the Corvette was dangling from a hinge, the windshield was shattered, the roof bulged upward and the front end showed damage. The passenger of the car was taken to Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo to be treated for cuts and chest pain.

Our office wishes to convey our sincere prayers and condolences to the family and friends of Amy Thomas. It is unclear why this car accident occurred, but it sounds like a truly tragic and horrific crash. It would be interesting to determine whether this accident was caused by any mechanical defect or malfunction. There does not appear to be any reason why Ms. Thomas, a Corvette salesperson, would be racing or driving recklessly in the vehicle.

Ross Jurewitz is an Orange County car accident lawyer and the managing attorney of the Jurewitz Law Group, a California law firm dedicated to representing people seriously injured and the families of people killed by the negligence of others. If you or a loved one has been hurt or killed in an Orange County auto accident, please call Mr. Jurewitz at 888-233-5020 for a free consultation.

In addition, if you would like more information to help you or your family following an Orange County personal injury accident, please order your free copy of Mr. Jurewitz's book, The Ten Biggest Mistakes that can Destroy Your California Accident Case. It is free to all California residents.

A 24-year old Garden Grove resident was killed in an Orange County car accident on February 12, 2010, as he lost control of the 2004 4-door Nissan Altima he was driving. The accident took place around 1:30 am as he struck the curb at the Alton and East Yale intersection and then collided with a group of trees at the southeast corner. Apparently, he was speeding at speeds in excess of 80 mph and had run a red light near the Alton Parkway and Harvard Avenue intersection seconds before he met up with the accident.

Reportedly, the 2004, 4-door Nissan Altima was stolen from a nightclub's parking lot in Newport Beach.

Our office wishes to convey our sincere prayers and condolences to the family and friends of the deceased. While the driver likely stole the Altima and was breaking the law, nobody deserves to lose their life.

Ross Jurewitz is an Orange County auto accident lawyer and the managing attorney of the Jurewitz Law Group, a California law firm dedicated to representing people seriously injured and the families of people killed by the negligence of others. If you or a loved one has been hurt or killed in an Orange County car crash, please call Mr. Jurewitz at 888-233-5020 for a free consultation.

In addition, if you would like more information to help you or your family following an Orange County personal injury accident, please order your free copy of Mr. Jurewitz's book, The Ten Biggest Mistakes that can Destroy Your California Accident Case. It is free to all California residents.

A 20-year old Santa Ana resident was killed in an Orange County auto accident that took place on February 14, 2010, sometime before 2:30 a.m. The victim, Cara Lee, a passenger in a 2008 gold Toyota Corolla, was headed west on Sunflower Avenue in Costa Mesa when the Corolla was hit by a 2008 white Toyota Tundra. The driver of the Corolla, Hao A. Nguyen, 21, of Santa Ana, was taken to Western Medical Center in Santa Ana for treatment of minor abrasions and was later arrested on suspicion of DUI.

The Tundra driver, Gustavo A. Vega, 22, of Costa Mesa, was treated for minor abrasions at the scene and arrested on suspicion of murder, vehicular manslaughter, felony DUI, felony injury hit-and-run and possession of a controlled substance. Vega had earlier been involved in a non-injury accident in Santa Ana and also faces additional charges from this traffic collision.

Our office wishes to convey our sincere prayers and condolences to the family and friends of Cara Lee.

Ross Jurewitz is an Orange County auto accident lawyer and the managing attorney of the Jurewitz Law Group, a California law firm dedicated to representing people seriously injured and the families of people killed by the negligence of others. If you or a loved one has been hurt or killed in an Orange County car accident, please call Mr. Jurewitz at 888-233-5020 for a free consultation.

In addition, if you would like more information to help you or your family following an Orange County injury accident, please order your free copy of Mr. Jurewitz's book, The Ten Biggest Mistakes that can Destroy Your California Accident Case. It is free to all California residents.

Four people, including two small children, were killed in a six-vehicle pileup that took place on the interstate leading to San Diego County. This tragic accident occurred on February 13, 2009, during the afternoon hours, on Interstate 15 (I-15) Freeway that connects San Diego County with San Bernardino County.

According to California Highway Patrol Officer Jeff Briggs, the four victims were in a car that was found sandwiched between two tractor-trailers in Ontario, CA. The two adults and two children were killed at the end of a long chain-reaction of car crashes. Though there was no immediate word on a cause, the car in which the victims were traveling is reported to have caught fire. The victims, whose names had not been released till late Saturday, were all declared dead on the scene.

Our office wishes to convey our sincere prayers and condolences to the family and friends of the deceased. We understand how tragic it is to lose a loved one, and especially children!

Ross Jurewitz is an Ontario auto accident lawyer and the managing attorney of the Jurewitz Law Group, a California law firm dedicated to representing people seriously injured and the families of people killed by the negligence of others. If you or a loved one has been hurt or killed in a Interstate 15 auto accident, please call Mr. Jurewitz at 888-233-5020 for a free consultation.

In addition, if you would like more information to help you or your family following a San Bernardino car accident, please order your free copy of Mr. Jurewitz's book, The Ten Biggest Mistakes that can Destroy Your California Accident Case. It is free to all California residents.

A 17-year old Lake Forest teenager was critically injured in an Orange County car accident on February 7, 2010, around 1:50 p.m. on Hidalgo near the intersection of Vista Del Lago in Mission Viejo.

The victim, Brent Sirignano, was a passenger in a 2006 Scion. Brent’s friend, Parker Kalmen, also a 17-year old from Lake Forest, appeared to have been speeding when the car lost traction and slid across the roadway crashing into a tree, according to eye witnesses. The car collided, passenger side first, into the tree. The two students were transported to Mission Hospital, where Brent is now fighting for his life at CHOC. He is in a medically-induced coma. Kalmen was uninjured.

Our office wishes to convey our sincere prayers to the family and friends of Brent Sirignano. We wish for a speedy recovery for Brent. We would also like to add that drivers need to be more careful on the stretch of Vista Del Lago in Mission Viejo. Speeding on this road can lead to serious consequences.

Ross Jurewitz is an Orange County personal injury lawyer and the managing attorney of the Jurewitz Law Group, a San Diego, CA law firm dedicated to representing people seriously injured and the families of people killed by the negligence of others. If you or a loved one has been hurt or killed in an Mission Viejo auto accident, please call Mr. Jurewitz at 888-233-5020 for a free consultation.

In addition, if you would like more information to help you or your family following a California car wreck, please order your free copy of Mr. Jurewitz's book, The Ten Biggest Mistakes that can Destroy Your California Accident Case. It is free to all California residents.

A mother and her one-year old child were injured in a Indio auto accident on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, as the mother ran a stop sign in the intersection of Clinton and De Oro in southwest Riverside County in the city of Indio. This serious car accident occurred around 4:40 p.m.

The woman, driving a red Toyota, pulled out from a stop sign on De Oro in front of a white Nissan that was traveling southbound on Clinton, according to Ben Guitron of the Indio Police Department. Though the mother suffered from minor to moderate head injuries, the child’s car seat became unfastened and rolled forward. The baby was badly shook up after the car accident. Both the mother and the baby were taken to a nearby area hospital. The driver of the Nissan was examined at the scene of the car crash but was let go.

It has to be said that this incident could have turned into a potentially dangerous and tragic one. While driving with a baby on board, you can never be too careful! Running through stop signs is a major hazard.

Ross Jurewitz is an Indio auto accident lawyer and the managing attorney of the Jurewitz Law Group, a San Diego personal injury law firm dedicated to representing people seriously injured and the families of people killed by the negligence of others. If you or a loved one has been hurt or killed in a Riverside injury accident, please call Mr. Jurewitz at 888-233-5020 for a free consultation.

In addition, if you would like more information to help you or your family following a California personal injury accident, please order your free copy of Mr. Jurewitz's book, The Ten Biggest Mistakes that can Destroy Your California Accident Case. It is free to all California residents.

A 75-year old Murrieta man lost his life in a Riverside County auto accident as the vehicle he was driving crashed into a center median of the road along the 41000 block of California Oaks Road in Murrieta. This fatal car accident took place on February 7, 2010, around 6:30 a.m.

The deceased, Eugene Farinas, was driving his SUV when he veered off the road and crashed into the median. He was taken to the Inland Valley Regional Medical Center where he succumbed to his injuries within an hour. An autopsy has been ordered to probe into the cause of death, said Riverside County Coroner's officials.

Our office wishes to convey our sincere prayers and condolences to the family and friends of Eugene Farinas. It has to be said that driving in old age is potentially very dangerous, not only for the elderly driver but also for fellow drivers and pedestrians. Another car accident was also reported a week ago in which a 92-year-old man killed a teenage Vista boy in a hit and run auto accident. Thought has to be given to the danger posed by senior citizens driving when they perhaps should not.

Ross Jurewitz is a Riverside auto accident attorney and the managing attorney of the Jurewitz Law Group, a San Diego law firm dedicated to representing people seriously injured and the families of people killed by the negligence of others. If you or a loved one has been hurt or killed in a Riverside car accident, please call Mr. Jurewitz at 888-233-5020 for a free consultation.

In addition, if you would like more information to help you or your family following a California injury accident, please order your free copy of Mr. Jurewitz's book, The Ten Biggest Mistakes that can Destroy Your California Accident Case. It is free to all California residents.

The autopsy of a 27-year old San Diego woman who was struck by multiple vehicles while standing on Interstate 805 in National City is scheduled for today. This very tragic auto accident took place around 12:30 a.m. on Northbound I-805 on February 7, 2010.

The victim, whose name has been withheld pending family notification, is believed to have gotten out of her SUV when she was struck by multiple vehicles, one after the other, on this very busy freeway. She died on the spot. Her car was found on the shoulder of the highway. No immediate reason could be found out regarding why she was standing in the middle of the traffic lane.

Our office wishes to convey our sincere prayers and condolences to the family and friends of the victim. To lose someone in such a brutal way is very tragic. It goes without saying how crucial it is to be careful while attempting to cross the road on a busy route, especially at night. One can never be too careful, so do all that you can to prevent yourself and your loved ones from such tragedy.

Ross Jurewitz is a National City auto accident lawyer and the managing attorney of the Jurewitz Law Group, a San Diego personal injury law firm dedicated to representing people seriously injured and the families of people killed by the negligence of others. If you or a loved one has been hurt or killed in a National City car accident, please call Mr. Jurewitz at 888-233-5020 for a free consultation.

In addition, if you would like more information to help you or your family following a personal injury accident, please order your free copy of Mr. Jurewitz's book, The Ten Biggest Mistakes that can Destroy Your California Accident Case. It is free to all California residents.

Two people were injured, one severely, as a hit and run driver crashed his vehicle into several parked cars in the Rancho Bernardo area of San Diego on February 5, 2010. This car accident took place around 11 p.m. near 12230 Rancho Bernardo Road.

The victims had been drinking when the driver crashed his car into several cars parked there. The driver then ran away from the scene leaving behind the two injured people said Police Officer David Stafford. One passenger suffered a serious head injury, while the other, suffered only minor injuries. The car crash is being investigated as a felony hit-and-run auto accident.

Such hit-and-run car accidents are on a rapid increase in San Diego area. Both the driver as well as the passengers should be alert while on the road. Attentiveness spares motorists from such injuries which can turn fatal at times. Also, as is well-known, the intake of alcohol while on the road increases the reaction time.

Ross Jurewitz is a San Diego injury accident lawyer and the managing attorney of the Jurewitz Law Group, a San Diego, CA law firm dedicated to representing people seriously injured and the families of people killed by the negligence of others. If you or a loved one has been hurt or killed in a San Diego injury accident, please call Mr. Jurewitz at 888-233-5020 for a free consultation.

In addition, if you would like more information to help you or your family following a personal injury accident, please order your free copy of Mr. Jurewitz's book, The Ten Biggest Mistakes that can Destroy Your California Accident Case. It is free to all California residents.

A 21-year old Greenport resident lost his life in a Riverside auto accident as his car was hit by a transit bus. This fatal car vs. bus accident took place at an intersection in Riverside on February 3, 2010 around 7:40 a.m. The deceased, Michael Brown, was driving a 2000 Ford Focus along CR 63 when he was hit by a Suffolk transit bus moving along CR 51.

According to Southampton Police reports, Brown passed a stop sign and continued into the moving traffic, when his Ford was hit broadside by the northward bound transit bus. Michael Brown was transported to the Suffolk County Medical Examiner's Office after being pronounced dead at the scene. The bus passengers and the driver suffered minor injuries.

Our office wishes to convey our sincere prayers and condolences to the family and friends of Michael Brown. Michael, a recent graduate of Greenport High School was much loved in the community. It is so disheartening to note that so many young adults are losing their lives in auto accidents in Riverside County. We urge all residents of the area to be more cautious when they step onto the roads and adhere to all traffic rules and safety norms.

Ross Jurewitz is a Riverside County auto accident lawyer and the managing attorney of the Jurewitz Law Group, a San Diego, CA law firm dedicated to representing people seriously injured and the families of people killed by the negligence of others. If you or a loved one has been hurt or killed in a Riverside car accident, please call Mr. Jurewitz at 888-233-5020 for a free consultation.

In addition, if you would like more information to help you or your family following a car wreck, please order your free copy of Mr. Jurewitz's book, The Ten Biggest Mistakes that can Destroy Your California Accident Case. It is free to all California residents.

A man suspected of killing a Banning pedestrian in a Riverside County hit and run auto accident was located, detained, and interviewed at the Banning Police Department on February 2, 2010. This fatal Riverside pedestrian accident took place in front of 4500 Ramsey Street in Banning, on January 30, 2010, resulting in the death of 17-year old Cody Rodenbucher.

The suspect, 28-year old Sachin Bhakta from Banning, was taken into custody at the Holiday Inn Express on Ramsey Street after Banning police conducted a sweep of the hotel with the help of the Riverside County Sheriff's Bloodhound team. The police were able to apprehend him as a nearby surveillance camera had caught images of his car as it went east on Ramsey Street after striking Rodenbucher.

Our office wishes to convey our sincere prayers and condolences to the family and friends of Cody Rodenbucher. It is so disheartening to note that so many teenagers are losing their lives in hit and run car accidents in Riverside County. We urge all residents of the area to be more cautious when they step onto the roads, be it on foot or in a car.

Ross Jurewitz is a Riverside County personal injury lawyer and the managing attorney of the Jurewitz Law Group, a San Diego, CA law firm dedicated to representing people seriously injured and the families of people killed by the negligence of others. If you or a loved one has been hurt or killed in a Riverside County auto accident, please call Mr. Jurewitz at 888-233-5020 for a free consultation.

In addition, if you would like more information to help you or your family following a car wreck, please order your free copy of Mr. Jurewitz's California personal injury book, The Ten Biggest Mistakes that can Destroy Your California Accident Case. It is free to all California residents.

The body of a little girl, faced down in the mud, was found in the Tijuana River Valley around 10.a.m. on Sunday, January 31,2010. It was spotted near a park at the west end of Monument Road in San Diego County.

The body, spotted by Pio Cruz--a volunteer with the Desert Angels--might belong to the 5- year old girl who was swept away in a San Diego County auto accident near the Tijuana River’s raging waters on January 20, 2010. The car accident led to the death of a mother and her eldest daughter, while two young children--a 2-year old son and 5-year old daughter--went missing. The body found by Cruz is believed to be the missing girl.

Last Wednesday, another body had been found which was believed to be of the 2-year old boy. But Lt. Margaret San Filippo with the San Diego Sheriff's Department commented that everything will be confirmed after DNA testing. The body is thought to have been swept away from the Tijuana side of the border though large tubes, big enough for a person to walk through.
We all had prayed for the safe return of the children. Unfortunately, that was not to be. Our office wishes to convey our condolences near to the family of the victims. This tragedy that has befallen the husband/father of this family cannot be expressed in words. It is just too great.

Ross Jurewitz is a San Diego car accident lawyer and the managing attorney of the Jurewitz Law Group, a San Diego, CA personal injury law firm dedicated to representing people seriously injured and the families of people killed by the negligence of others. If you or a loved one has been hurt or killed in a San Diego auto accident, please call Mr. Jurewitz at 888-233-5020 for a free consultation.

In addition, if you would like more information to help you or your family following a car wreck, please order your free copy of Mr. Jurewitz's book, The Ten Biggest Mistakes that can Destroy Your California Accident Case. It is free to all California residents.

A 28-year-old San Diego man was killed in a fatal San Diego County motorcycle accident on State Route 78 just east of Pine Hills Road in Julian. The deceased, identified as Carl Davis Jr., was riding a 2007 CVR 600 motorcycle when he was hit in a head-on collision. He died at the scene.

This serious traffic accident happened on Saturday, January 30, 2010 around 12:30 p.m. According to California Highway Patrol Officer Brian Pennings, Carl was eastbound on Pine Hills road when he suddenly crossed the double yellow line and was hit by a 1976 Chevrolet pickup. A witness told the California Highway Patrol Officer that Carl had passed him at a high rate of speed and soon afterward his motorcycle crossed into the oncoming traffic and was hit by the pickup. In his defense, the driver of the pickup, Dean Young, 47, of San Diego said that he “was unable to react in time to avoid a collision with the bike.”

Our office wishes to convey our sincere prayers and condolences to the family and friends of Carl Davis Jr. The number of catastrophic motor vehicle accidents that take place in San Diego County due to speeding is on the rise. Poor decisions, like suddenly switching lanes into oncoming traffic, can lead to disastrous consequences and, as in this case, even death.

Ross Jurewitz is a San Diego personal injury lawyer and the managing attorney of the Jurewitz Law Group, a San Diego, CA law firm dedicated to representing people seriously injured and the families of people killed by the negligence of others. If you or a loved one has been hurt or killed in a San Diego car accident, please call Mr. Jurewitz at 888-233-5020 for a free consultation.

In addition, if you would like more information to help you or your family following a head-on car crash or motorcycle wreck, please order your free copy of Mr. Jurewitz's book, The Ten Biggest Mistakes that can Destroy Your California Accident Case. It is free to all California residents.

A 23 year old San Jacinto man was killed in a San Diego car accident on SR-79 near Beaumont as his car, a 2004 Chevrolet Malibu, vaulted off the road and banged into the mountain side, north of County Landfill Road.

This fatal San Diego County auto accident occurred on January 27,2010, around 3 a.m. The driver, Daniel Eugene Valdez, was driving south on the highway when he lost control of his car. According to California Highway Patrol Officer Scott Beauchene, the sedan then rammed into the mountain, cutting all escape routes for the two occupants. The car crash resulted in Valdez’s death and severe injuries to his passenger, Raymond Trejo, 23, of Hemet. Trejo was later taken to a local trauma center in Riverside.

Our office wishes to convey our sincere prayers and condolences to the family and friends of Daniel E. Valdez and Raymond Trejo, who is still in the hospital. There have been various incidents reported where young adults meet with a horrific accident. Residents of San Diego County need to be more cautious about driving during late hours when they may be tired and fatigued.

If you or a loved one has been injured in a San Diego County auto accident, please contact San Diego, CA car accident attorney Ross Jurewitz and the San Diego personal injury attorneys at the Jurewitz Law Group. You may also contact these San Diego injury lawyers online or at 888-233-5020 for a free consultation and helpful information.

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A 36-year old Julian woman died tragically as her car, a Chevrolet Astro minivan, rammed into a stationary Oldsmobile 98 station wagon, which had crossed over the center divide of highway SR-67 near San Vicente Reservoir. The East San Diego County auto accident also seriously injured the driver of the Oldsmobile, John Hallaway of Las Vegas. The driver of the minivan was killed instantly.

This fatal car accident occurred on January 26, 2010, around 2:30 p.m near Johnson Lake Road. Apparently, the station wagon, had swerved across the road and continued against the southbound traffic for over a quarter of mile.The minivan could not swerve away to avoid the wrong-way driver.The victim’s name has been withheld by the California Highway Patrol awaiting notification from her family. Mr. Hallaway suffered major injuries and was airlifted to a local trauma center. Hallaway claims that he could not control his vehicle because he had fallen asleep just before the crash. You can read more about this accident in this 10news.com story.

Such freak accidents tend to leave one shaky and faithless in the conduct of other motorists. Clearly, Mr. Hallaway’s failure to keep his vehicle on the right side of the road led to this horrific traffic collision. Who would have thought that despite adhering to all the norms and regulations of driving, the young lady would die this way? Our wishes and prayers go out to the family and friends of the deceased woman. We understand how tough it is to cope with the passing away of someone so close to you. Everything seems so unfair!

If you or a loved one has been injured in a San Diego County auto accident, please contact San Diego, CA car accident lawyer Ross Jurewitz and the San Diego personal injury lawyers at the Jurewitz Law Group. You may also contact these San Diego injury attorneys online or at 888-233-5020for a free consultation and helpful information.

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Two children who were involved in a San Diego County auto accident and were swept away by the Tijuana River last week are still reported missing by San Diego authorities. A 5-year old boy and 2-year old girl were thrown into the flowing Tijuana River after their family car crashed into the water last Wednesday. Their 9-year old sister was killed in the car accident while the parents’ conditions were unknown. Several search attempts have been made for a body drifting in the storm waters near the Border Field State Park.

It was early Sunday when migrants near the Border Field State Park reported to the authorities of a body floating in the water. Maurice Luque, spokesman for the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department, said that the fire crew, along with the lifeguards and US Customs and Border Protection agents, searched the area where the body was spotted for hours but found nothing. The area being searched is near where Imperial Beach and San Ysidro meet the Mexican border. The bodies of the 5-year old and 2-year old have not been found.

We can only hope and pray that the children lost in the Tijuana River will soon be found by the authorities and brought back home to safety. According to authorities, last week’s storms caused the water in the dam upstream to nearly crest, leading to a large amount of water to flow through the area. You can read more about the car crash that led to the disappearance of these two children here in this Washington Post story.

If you or any of your loved ones are victims of a San Diego County auto accident and are in need of assistance, don’t hesitate to contact San Diego car accident injury lawyer Ross Jurewitz and the San Diego, CA personal injury attorneys of the Jurewitz Law Group for more information. You can also contact these California injury lawyers at 888-233-5020 or online for helpful information and a free initial consultation.

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50-year old David Reid was killed in a violent car accident in Spring Valley, California last Friday. The serious injury auto accident also left Mr. Reid’s teenage son, Garrett, with major injuries. Andrew Bellatti, 18-years old recent graduate from Steele Canyon High School and a recent draftee of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays baseball franchise, crashed head-on into Reid in a red Mustang, killing him. Bellatti, along with his companion and Reid’s son, were sent to the hospital with significant injuries.

According to the California Highway Patrol, the red Mustang drove head-on into Reid’s Dodge Caravan. The crash happened in one of Spring Valley’s most dangerous highways, Highway 94, where the roads are known to be narrow and accident prone. One of the Reids’ close friends, Russ Hadley and son Joshua, expressed utter shock and sadness over the loss of David Reid and were sad to hear it happened on Highway 94. There will be an open service held for David Reid next Sunday, January 31. More information regarding the car crash in Spring Valley can be found in this 10News.com story.

There have been several reports on car accidents and injuries in which teenagers and young adults are the ones behind the wheel, all of which end up in traumatic experiences, loss, and pain. David Reid’s death is just one of the many tragic stories of San Diego car accidents that could have been avoided. It is important for the citizens of San Diego County to lessen the number of car crashes caused by young adults by being more aware of the dangers of driving along steep roads, in wet and rainy conditions, and to always observe the speed limit. Mr. Bellati’s speedometer was frozen at 80 mph in a 55 mph zone.

If you or any of your loved ones are victims of a Spring Valley auto accident and are in need of assistance, don’t hesitate to contact San Diego County car accident lawyer Ross Jurewitz and the Spring Valley injury attorneys of the Jurewitz Law Group for more information. You can contact these San Diego, CA personal injury lawyers at 888-233-5020 or online for helpful information and a free initial consultation.

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A series of winter storms have created a series of traffic wrecks and car accidents in San Diego County during the last week. The winter storms, part of a series of strong El Nino storms from the Pacific, have brought strong winds and heavy rain to the area after a long dry period. When that happens, oils and debris on the roads rise up and make Southern California freeways slick and slippery.

Rain is a primary cause for San Diego traffic accidents during the Winter. The sad fact of the matter is that most of these collisions could be avoided by simply driving slower and leaving more space between vehicles while driving.

Please protect you and your family by using slightly more care when you are driving in the rain. Help you and your fellow San Diego motorists with exercising a little more alertness and hopefully other San Diegans will do the same.

If you or a loved one has been injured in a San Diego auto accident, please contact San Diego car accident lawyer Ross Jurewitz and the San Diego, CA personal injury lawyers at the Jurewitz Law Group. You may also contact these San Diego, CA injury attorneys online or at 888-233-5020 for a free consultation and helpful information.

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Sometimes it is unclear who caused a traffic collision. If that is the case, can a California car accident victim still be compensated even though they may be partially at fault for causing the auto wreck?

San Diego auto accident lawyer Ross Jurewitz answers this question and tells how you can receive compensation even though you are partially at fault for causing a California car accident in this important article. Follow the link for more helpful information.

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If the other driver caused a San Diego car accident that injured you or damaged your car, should you report the accident to your insurance company?

San Diego auto accident lawyer Ross Jurewitz tells you you should report an auto accident that is not your fault in this important article. Follow the link for more helpful information.

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Nobody likes to admit fault. But if you have ever caused a San Diego car accident, you know that admitting fault is often not only the right thing to do but also allows you to receive some benefits from your insurance company.

San Diego auto accident lawyer Ross Jurewitz tells you why not reporting an accident you caused to your insurance company may be a costly mistake and how failing to report a car accident cost Hulk Hogan $1.5 million in this important article. Follow the link for more helpful information.

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A La Mesa traffic accident occurred when a taxi cab was nearly crushed by a falling 25-ton steel pipe at the interchange of SR-125 and I-8 near La Mesa Boulevard and Grossmont Center Drive. The steel pipe was being transported on the ramp from northbound I-125 to westbound I-8 when it struck a vertical support and broke its' chains. The speed and unsecured load caused the pipe to roll over the bridge and drop 75 feet on top of the taxi cab.

The 47 year-old cab driver and his 73 year-old passenger were both injured and were taken to local hospitals to treat their injuries. Both men were expected to survive.

The investigating CHP officers believe the accident was caused by the big rig driver travelling at too fast a rate of speed on the bridge.

Our prayers go out to the cab driver and his passenger and cannot imagine how much they have gone through. Clearly this accident happened due to the carelessness and recklessness of the driver and the shipping company.

If you or a loved one has been injured in a La Mesa auto accident, please contact La Mesa car accident lawyer Ross Jurewitz and the San Diego, CA personal injury attorneys at the Jurewitz Law Group. You may also contact these San Diego, CA injury lawyers online or at 888-233-5020 for a free consultation and helpful information.

The late Thanksgiving night car accident that injured Tiger Woods just outside his Windermere, FL home appears to have stemmed from a domestic argument with his wife, Elin Nordegren. While there is speculation as to the cause of the domestic argument, including rumors that Woods was having an affair, the facts show that Woods left the home during the argument, got behind the wheel of his 2009 Cadillac SUV, and shortly thereafter crashed into a fire hydrant and a tree leaving him unconscious.

Assuming that Woods lost control of the vehicle himself due to anger or simply not paying attention, the auto accident should serve as a reminder to all drivers, including motorists in San Diego, that getting behind the wheel when angry can be just as dangerous as doing so while drunk or on the telephone. When one drives while upset or under duress, their focus is not on the road and traffic conditions but on whatever made them furious in the first place. In these kind of situations, missing a turn or running a red light is significantly more likely.

For San Diegans and other California drivers, if you are tempted to drive shortly after or even during an argument, take a few moments to collect yourself before attempting to drive. Nobody wants your argument to turn into a more serious car crash.

If you or a loved one has ever been injured or killed in a San Diego auto accident, contact San Diego car crash lawyer Ross Jurewitz and the San Diego car accident attorneys of the Jurewitz Law Group at (619) 233-5020. You may also contact these San Diego, CA personal injury lawyers online here.

Recently, the Jurewitz Law Group reported on a fatal Santee car crash that was the second accident seen at the intersection within a month. The victim has just been identified as a 53-year-old radiology technician.

The San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office reported that Pamela Sue Marabeas of Santee was killed when a pickup truck struck the driver's side of her SUV as she crossed through an intersection at Mission Gorge Road and California State Route 125, near 6:30 a.m. on September 20, 2009.

Marabeas had been the sole occupant of her vehicle, and died at the scene of the fatal San Diego County auto accident. The driver of the pickup truck had to be rushed to the hospital and remains in critical condition.

If you or a loved one has ever been injured or killed in a Santee auto accident, contact Santee auto accident lawyer Ross Jurewitz and the San Diego car accident attorneys of the Jurewitz Law Group at (619) 233-5020. You may also contact these San Diego, CA personal injury lawyers online here.

The intersection where CHP Officer Saylor perished in a fiery San Diego car wreck, along with his wife, daughter, and brother-in-law, claimed another life on September 20, 2009, making it two fatal San Diego motor vehicle accidents within less than a month for the Santee location.

This second San Diego County car accident occurred at 6:35 a.m. at the intersection of Mission Gorge Road at California State Route 125, according to Lt. Gary Steadman of the San Diego County Sheriff's Department. One person riding in the vehicle was killed while another was rushed to the hospital for treatment of serious injuries. The newest auto collision was reportedly caused when their vehicle hit a berm and veered off the roadway into a dirt construction area.

If you or a loved one has ever been injured or killed in a Santee car accident, contact Santee car accident lawyer Ross Jurewitz and the San Diego, CA auto accident lawyers of the Jurewitz Law Group at (619) 233-5020. You may also contact these San Diego, CA personal injury lawyers online here.

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A fatal car crash close to Ramona along state Route 78 was finally investigated, prosecuted, and the El Cajon man who was the suspect was convicted.

The auto accident killed two men and injured a woman, and left the El Cajon man clear of murder charges, but convicted on two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter. Shannon Shimp was found guilty of DUI causing injury as he had been driving with a blood-alcohol level of over .08 percent. Each of these charges had allegations that the suspect inflicted great bodily injury personally, and caused death or injury to three or more victims.

Joseph Edwards, 52, who was the passenger in Shimp's pickup, was killed in the crash, along with Ian Kinney, 19, who had been driving a Lexus that was involved in the fatal Ramona car accident. Kinney's girlfriend was also injured.

A test conducted on Shimp nearly two hours following the traffic collision found that his blood-alcohol level to be .19 percent, more than twice the legal limit. Witnesses to the scene testified that Shimp had been driving eastbound when he tried to pass vehicles on the road, but instead lost control and collided with the Lexus, which became pinned under the pickup. Edwards, of Ramona, and Kinney, of Julian, both perished at the scene. Kinney's passenger and girlfriend, Tessa Medearis of Vista had to be cut from the sedan and was hospitalized. Shimp only suffered minor injuries from the fiery wreck.

Monte Bennett, the Deputy District Attorney of the area reported that the defendant Shimp is looking at about 17 years in prison once sentenced by Judge Herbert Exarhos on the following hearing on January 8.

If you or a loved one has ever been injured or killed in a Ramona drunk driving car accident, contact San Diego, CA DUI auto accident lawyer Ross Jurewitz and the San Diego, CA personal injury attorneys of the Jurewitz Law Group at (619) 233-5020. You may also contact these San Diego injury lawyers online here.

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Two people have died this week in two East San Diego County motorcycle accidents. The first was the tragic accident of Mark Anthony Taylor when he was hit by an unlicensed car driver, which the Jurewitz Law Group has already reported. The second fatal motorcycle accident occurred in Descanso and was just reported by the San Diego County Coroner's Office.

Marleea Anne Gerfen, 21, was killed September 13th after fracturing her cervical spine in a motorcycle accident along California's Highway 79 while she was traveling southbound near Lookout Road in Descanso. Gerfen had been a servicewoman with the Marine Corps Air Station in Miramar on active duty. She struck a dirt berm just as she approached a bend in the highway, causing her to crash on her motorcycle.

Though 911 was called and there was serious resuscitative effort on the paramedic's part, she was unfortunately pronounced dead at the scene in this fatal San Diego motorcycle accident.

If you or a loved one has ever been injured or killed in a San Diego, CA motorcycle accident, contact San Diego motorcycle accident lawyer Ross Jurewitz and the traffic accident lawyers of the Jurewitz Law Group at (619) 233-5020. You may also contact these San Diego, CA personal injury lawyers online here.

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A local band from San Diego called "A City Serene" with six members, were all seriously injured last week when their tour bus, which had been traveling up the California Grapevine along Interstate 5, was t-boned over the weekend.

The band, which has been classified as a screamo/hardcore band, was riding north on Interstate 5 through the Grapevine on September 20 around 3:30 p.m. when their bus crashed on the way to a San Jose show.

A CHP officer reporting on the incident noted that a Ford pickup truck coming in the opposite direction was airborne and flew over the center divider of Interstate 5. The truck caught a Honda Civic before going broadside into the bus belonging to the band. Another Honda just behind the bus then collided with the undercarriage after the bus had tipped over.

All seven people aboard were hurt in the wreck, all with serious injuries, and all six members of the band are reported to have suffered broken bones as a result of the California car wreck. The six musicians had to be transported by air ambulances to various hospitals in Mission Hills, Bakersfield, and Valencia, California. Family members report that two of the band members are barely holding on to life and are in comas at the moment. Other injuries suffered range from severe concussions to broken bones.

If you or a loved one has ever been injured or killed in a California bus accident, contact San Diego, CA auto accident attorney Ross Jurewitz and the California personal injury lawyers of the Jurewitz Law Group at (619) 233-5020. You may also contact these San Diego, CA personal injury attorneys online here.

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The recent tragic Santee car accident that killed a CHP officer along with his family due to floor mats that trapped the accelerator was the catalyst for Toyota make huge efforts recently to order all such floor mats to be scrutinized under mandatory inspections in all Lexus and Toyota vehicles. It appears that a wrong floor mat was installed into the Lexus loaner that CHP Officer Saylor had been driving when the fiery crash took place.

Though the investigation is not complete just yet, Toyota wanted to waste no time in getting the word out to consumer before a similar catastrophe took place. It was investigators with National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that believes the all-weather floor mats found in the wreckage of the accident could have been a cause.

Released 911 tapes that the Jurewitz Law Group has previously reported on showed that backseat passenger Chris Lastrella, brother-in-law to Officer Saylor, made a call to report that their accelerator was stuck adn they had no brakes and they were driving at 120 mph, just before crashing into an SUV at the Mission Gorge intersection with state Route 125 in Santee on August 28 of this year.

By their orders, vehicles may also be taken to dealers for the inspection, and vehicles brought in for any service will have the mats checked as part of the service. The company recently released a statement noting that Toyota takes the safety of the public and their passengers very seriously and will fully cooperate with any investigation. It offers its deepest sympathies to the Saylor and Lastrella families.

An Escondido man was seriously injured last week when he crashed his car into a traffic light pole on Sunday after losing control of his car in San Diego County.

The driver was indentified as Steve Diaz. He accidentally crashed his Honda Civic just before 7 p.m. on September 12, 2009, as he was traveling south on Woodland Parkway just before Rock Springs Road. His sedan actually jumped the curb, sideswiped a concrete wall and then hit the pole. He suffered force injuries to his chest and had to be transported to Palomar Medical Center nearby.

The cause of his accident and the reason he initially lost control of his car is still under investigation, and police have not ruled out alcohol as a possible cause just yet.

If you or a loved one has ever been injured or killed in an Escondido car accident, contact San Diego, CA motorcycle accident lawyer Ross Jurewitz and the California personal injury attorneys of the Jurewitz Law Group at (619) 233-5020. You may also contact these San Diego, CA injury lawyers online here

Recent horrific car and motorcycle accidents in San Diego County, as well as across the country, have been horrifying the nation, and spurred many researchers to look into the causes of car crashes and other unfortunate deaths. A recent study has shown that in 2008, 5.8 million car accidents occurring in the United States has resulted in 2.35 million injuries and over 37,000 deaths. The scary notion is the finding that a huge one-third of the deaths attributed to car accidents were the results of a drunk driver.

As it reported, the California numbers are proportionate to the national average. However, San Diego County ranks among the highest three California counties to have fatal car accidents and deaths. San Diego County residents have approximately a 13 percent higher chance of being involved in a deadly car collision than the rest of the nation.

Though the state's total number of alcohol-related deaths had decreased by 103 from 2007 to 2008, there are still an alarming number of unwarranted deaths on California roadways.

They also credit drivers who text while behind the wheel to be a significant factor in traffic accidents.

If you or a loved one has ever been injured or killed in a San Diego County drunk driving car accident, contact San Diego, CA car accident attorney Ross Jurewitz and the California personal injury lawyers of the Jurewitz Law Group at (619) 233-5020. You may also contact these San Diego, CA personal injury lawyers online here.

Recently, the Jurewitz law Group reported on the fatal San Diego car accident that involved an off-duty CHP officer and his family, when the accelerator of their rental car stuck and they collided with an SUV before their car caught on fire and burned at the bottom of the San Diego river in a fiery Santee auto crash.

The 911 call made by the brother-in-law of the CHP officer was recently released by San Diego 10 News, in a devastating account of the last minutes of the California Highway Patrol Officer, his wife, daughter, and brother-in-law on August 28. The car they had been riding in was a 2009 Lexus. The call was made by the brother-in-law Christopher Lastrella, and released to San Diego 10 News as the following:

Lastrella: "We're on North 125 and our accelerator is stuck."

911 Dispatcher: "I'm sorry?"

Lastrella: "Our accelerator is stuck. We're on 125."

911 Dispatcher: "Northbound 125. What are you passing?"

Lastrella: "We're going 120. Mission Gorge. We're in trouble. We can't … there is no brakes. End freeway half mile."

911 dispatcher: "You can't do anything like turn off your engine?"

Lastrella: "We're approaching the intersection. We're approaching the intersection. We're approaching the intersection."

Others in the car are heard saying "hold on" and "pray."

As investigation showed, the Lexus they were driving had had "all-weather" floor mats which were made for Lexus between 2004 and 2009, but recalled by Toyota in November 2007 due to complaints that if they were not properly installed the mats would slide forward and trap the gas pedal. A full report of the crash is due to be completed in a few weeks.

If you or a loved one has ever been injured or killed in a Santee car crash, contact San Diego, CA auto accident Ross Jurewitz and the San Diego car crash lawyers of the Jurewitz Law Group at (619) 233-5020. You may also contact these San Diego, CA personal injury lawyers online here.

It looked like Labor Day in San Diego County might be more upsetting than celebratory, when a fatal car crash occurred within the first 60 hours of the three-day holiday weekend. However, when all was said and done it was a more successful weekend than anticipated, with that fatality being the only one recorded for the weekend.

37-year-old Mitchell Paul Pinder of Spring Valley had been riding his motorcycle when he lost control of the vehicle and struck a guard rail when he was driving eastbound on state Route 94, just near Barrett Lake Road in Dulzura.

Last year for Labor Day weekend, there were two killed in local traffic accidents according to theCHP. The drunk driving arrests for this year were also down from last year. There were 82 drunk driving arrests made in the hours between 6 p.m. on Friday and 6 a.m. on Monday, as opposed to 110 last year in 2008. Throughout California, 10 people died in fatal wrecks during that same time period, 18 less than the previous year. Altogether there were 1,262 were arrested for drunk driving statewide, down from 1,416 last year.

If you or a loved one has ever been injured or killed in a San Diego drunk driving car accident, contact San Diego, CA car accident attorney Ross Jurewitz and the California DUI auto accident lawyers of the Jurewitz Law Group at (619) 233-5020. You may also contact these San Diego, CA personal injury lawyers online here.

A San Diego street racing car accident near the SDSU campus near Adam's Avenue's Antique Row injured one of its' racers. Two cars were racing one another in the southbound lanes of Interstate 15 when the cars crashed shortly after 10 p.m. on September 3, 2009.

The auto accident sent debris into the air which collided with a vehicle traveling in the northbound lanes. One of the participants in the street race had to be treated for serious injuries at the scene.

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On September 2, 2009, a young 21-year-old woman from San Diego was killed as a direct result of her injuries suffered when another car collided with her vehicle in San Diego's North County area. The crash broadsided her motor vehicle and ultimately killed her.

The woman was identified as Rosa Mora of Vista, and had been the shotgun passenger in a 2006 Mazda 6 that had been stopped in a left turn lane waiting to turn while at an intersection's red light. They were riding westbound along state Route 76 at East Vista Way, according to Eric Newbury of the California Highway Patrol. It was not known why the driver of the car, a 19-year-old, ventured to make the turn against the light just after 11:00 p.m., and collided with a 2004 Nissan Xterra SUV that was traveling eastbound.

The car wreck caused major head trauma to Mora, who had to be transported via air to the hospital, where she died. The rest of the people involved in the two cars suffered only minor injuries. The driver of the Mazda looks at being faced with misdemeanor manslaughter charges because of his actions.

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An 73-year-old woman from Julian, a City in San Diego County, was killed on August 10, 2009, when the 2001 Ford Explorer she was driving overturned multiple times and crashed into a large pine tree on a mountain road in eastern San Diego County. Authorities recently released the name of the victim, identifying her the next day as Charlotte Lorraine Winn.

Winn, along with her 68-year-old husband, were in the single-vehicle collision on San Diego's State Route 79, north of Wolahi Road just before 3:30 p.m. on August 10, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office. Paramedics who arrived on the scene transported Winn to Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, although she died a short time after getting to the hospital. Winn's husband had suffered moderate injuries and had to be taken to Sharp Memorial Hospital.

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On August 6, authorities released the name of a 24-year-old man who was killed when his Toyota truck struck a row of parked cars, lost a tire, and subsequently overturned in Imperial Beach. John Kirk Colgan, Jr. hadn't been wearing a seat belt when he was ejected by the car crash, which occurred on the 1200 block of 11th Street around 10 p.m. on August 5, according to San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office. The cause of the San Diego County rollover car accident has still been under investigation.

Witnesses to the tragic auto accident performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation on Colgan when they saw what had happened, but he was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics who arrived shortly thereafter. Colgan had lived in Imperial Beach and is survived by his wife and young son.

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A firefighter suffered minor injuries on the morning of August 15, 2009, when a motor vehicle hit the back of his engine at an earlier freeway crash, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.

The engine crew of the firefighter had just arrived at the scene of a prior car accident on northbound Interstate 15 at Mira Mesa Boulevard, and was around midnight. The California Highway Patrol reported that a car had hit a tire in the freeway lanes and rolled over as a result. When the firefighter exited the fire engine, he had seen the car approaching and tried to take cover behind the rig. However, the car hit the engine, which then had impact on the firefighter, propelling him in the air. He had to be taken to a hospital for treatment of bumps and bruises, and was thankfully released back to duty.

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A San Diego car accident injured five people in the Mira Mesa area of San Diegolast week. San Diego police reported that a man they suspected had been drinking was behind the wheel of a 2001 Ford Escort driving east on Mira Mest Boulevard close to Reagan Road at 3:30 p.m. the day of the collision.

The man suspected of drinking drove straight through an intersection with a red arrow without stopping and ultimately collided with a 1998 Toyota Sienna van, resulting in a devastating San Diego auto accident that injured both drivers and three passengers. No arrrests had yet been made pending results of an investigation of the situation.

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A brutal car accident in San Diego County so badly damaged the vehicle that it had to be airlifted out of Torrey Pines States Reserve last week by helicopter.. The 1984 Mercedes 300SD had exasperated park officials who did not have financial resources to remove it from the ditch where it's been lodged in one of California's most enviornmentally sensitive nature area.

Multiple agencies collaborated to remove the vehicle, led by the state Parks Department, requiring chains attached to a cable dangling from a Huey helicopter and then lifted a short distance to a remote road in Sorrento Valley. The car had originally flown off of a precipice along North Torrey Pines Road on January 5 when the driver lost control narrowly missing a man walking along the shoulder of the road. It remained lodged 140 feet down a vertical bluff near gold sandstone that faced Interstate 5. The uninsured driver of the car both survived the crash and made it halfway up the cliff by the time rescuers had arrived. The car had remained visible from roadways over a mile away, prompting many to call 911. A supervisor speculated they received about a half-dozen calls daily to emergency responders.

While it seemed easy and low-budget to simply drag the car out of the area, many feared dragging the car out would be too damaging to the natural reserve which has extremely rare wildlife that has not changed for thousands of years.

It is very fortunate that the driver survived the fatal car wreck that took him down an embankment, but avoiding such a wreck in the first place would have been much more settling to all. Please pay careful attention while on the road, often times we are unaware the power we and our vehicles have and how damaging they can be. Safe driving in the best driving.

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A man killed in a single-vehicle San Diego car crash on August 13, 2009, was identified as John Kirk Colgin Jr., 24, according to the San Diego Medical Examiner's Office. Colgin had been speeding in a Toyota pickup truck on 11th Street near Fern Avenue at 10 p.m. when he hit several parked cars, officials said. The right front tire came off of the vehicle which caused Colgin to lose control of his truck and it overturned, killing him in the San Diego car wreck.

Colgin had not been wearing a seat belt and was partially thrown out of the truck, which then rolled on top of him. Witnesses had lifted the truck off of him and worked on performing CPR when the paramedics arrived, but he still died from the injuries he sustained. Colgin was married and lived with his wife and son in Imperial Beach, the Medical Examiner's Office reported.

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A suspected car thief was hospitalized on August 6 following a San Diego County car crash that killed his passenger as the vehicle he was in was being pursue by sheriff's deputies in San Marcos. The auto accident occurred off the eastbound side of San Diego's State Route 78, east of Nordahl Road, just before 8 p.m. on August 5. The pursuit happened just moments earlier when deputies had spotted a stolen two-door Honda Accord by Center Drive and Nordahl Road in Escondido.

The vehicle had been reported stolen earlier in the day from another area of San Marcos, according to sheriff's Sgt. Charles Cinnamo. In the midst of the car chase it appeared as though the driver of the Honda was not familiar with how to handle a manual transmission vehicle, and lost control of it on the highway of the chase that lasted merely a quarter mile. The car chase ended when the Honda slid off the freeway across a dirt path, struck a tree and flew into a concrete drainage ditch, ejecting both the driver and the passenger. The driver, Gumersindo Gutierrez, 19, has been seriously injured in the San Diego car chase but is expected to survive.

The passenger was identified as Guillermo Ceja, 23, who died at Palomar Medical Center at 11:36 p.m. Deputies recovered a stolen car stereo and a loaded handgun in Ceja's possession. Gutierrez faces charges that will include vehicular burglary, possession of stolen property, felony evading, driving under the influence and vehicular manslaughter.

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A San Diego native was killed last week in North Dakota in an auto accident that occurred between his car and a semi-trailer on the road.

According to authorities, 45-year old Ray Gibbons, Jr. of San Diego was on the road when a motor vehicle crossed a center line while driving south on North Dakota's state highway 3 around 9:30 a.m. last Thursday. The state Highway Patrol of the northern United States reported that the northbound tractor-trailor truck braked and turned right before striking the car head-on. Gibbons was pronounced dead at the scene about 10 miles north of the city of Harvey. The semi driver was treated and released.

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An Oceanside car accident a few weeks ago that left a 9-year-old girl dead has put the 23-year-old driver on trial. The driver plead not guilty to the charges of gross vehicular manslaughter, DUI, and child endangerment. The girl was the daughter of a woman he was dating.

Michael J. Wright Jr. of Commerce in Los Angeles County had been ordered to be held on $400,000 bail by Judge Marshall Hockett of Vista in San Diego County. Wright is facing up to 15 years in prison if convicted, according to Deputy San Diego District Attorney Jodi Breton.

The defendant was arrested after the fatal San Diego County car crash that killed his young passenger. The freeway collision occured around 1 a.m. on Monday on northbound Interstate 5 at Cassidy Street. The victim is identified as Violet Rosenquist, also of Los Angeles County, who was riding in the rear seat of the 2006 Lexus RS3300. Wright, the driver, failed to notice vehicles slowing down ahead of him in time, swerved to the right and then crashed into a Dodge Caliber, hit a Honda CRV, and slammed into the left rear side of a big-rig commercial truck.

The girl was flown to Rady Children's Hospital, where she died minutes after the arrival. Wright is charged with one count each of gross vehicular manslaughter with alcohol, DUI causing injury, DUI with a blood-alcohol content of .08 percent of higher and two counts of child endangerment with an allegation of great bodily injury.

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Five people, all family members, were reported dead after their SUV crashed and caught fire on an Orange County freeway in Mission Viejo on April 4, 2009.

California Highway Patrol Officer Gabe Montoya notes that witnesses saw the SUV blow a tire causing this Interstate 5 auto accident. The vehicle then spun over an embankment and rolled several times before landing on the roof and catching on fire.

The Orange County Coroner mentioned that a 37-year-old man along with a 33-year-old woman were inside the SUV at the time, along with three other females. The passengers had apparently been trapped inside the car and could not escape. Their bodies had tragically been burned beyond recognition.

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A Valley Center man was the center of a fatal truck accident in San Diego that left him dead last week. The accident took place in the Hillcrest neighborhood of San Diego. It is suspected that the man suffered a medical emergency while behind the wheel.

The truck motorist had been driving southbound near Robinson Avenue around 12:45 p.m. on August 4, 2009, and lost control of his 2002 Ford F350 when it veered off the left-hand side of the roadway and struck a guardrail. The truck then came to a stop at the center median of the road, according to the California Highway Patrol. Medics that arrived on the scene did perform CPR on the man before taking him to the nearby Scripps Mercy Hospital, but was pronounced dead shortly after his arrival. His name was withheld pending notification of his family.

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Northbound Interstate 5, which runs up the western coast of the United States, saw a deadly pedestrian accident in Oceanside just north of Harbor Drive on August 10, 2009, when a pedestrian was struck and killed on the freeway.

A motorist in a Honda struck the pedestrian in the early morning hours, according to the California Highway Patrol. The CHP was forced to shut down all four lanes of the northbound I-5 highway while officers investigated the car crash. While the lanes were reopened shortly before 2 a.m., the pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene. Further information regarding the victim, driver, or accident had not been made known as of Tuesday afternoon.

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A recent survey by Allstate Insurance Company of cities with the best drivers found that Los Angeles and Orange County drivers fared far worse than the national average in terms of safety. The survey, which looked at accident rates and data from 194 cities, found a number of Southern California cities within these counties to be in the bottom third of the results. In fact, four Los Angeles area cities were in the bottom 20 cities in the safety survey.

The survey also found that cities with a population of more than one million people were far more likely to have a higher than average accident rate. For example, San Diego car accidents were found to occur at a rate of 13% greater than the national average. Not too bad for a city that finished at 108, near the middle of the rankings. But Los Angeles auto accidents were 46.6% more likely to occur, earning them their 184th place finish.

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A young man from Southern California died this past weekend in an Interstate 5 car accident when the vehicle he had been a passenger in swayed off of the highway and then overturned.

California Highway Patrol identified the victim as Frederick Windsor IV, 18, from Southern California's Highland. The Bakersfield rollover car accident happened at approximately noon on August 9, 2009. The car had been headed south on Interstate 5 around the Bakersfield area near the Ashe Road exit, traveling around 70 miles per hour when the driver, Melissa Chavez, 18, drifted onto the right shoulder. Chavez over-corrected and rolled the car into a dry ditch.

Windsor was killed in the fatal Kern County car crash, while Chavez and another passenger, Anythony Stith, 18, received only minor injuries. The CHP reported that Windsor had not been wearing his seat belt at the time of the wreck, and it is still under investigation whether or not drugs or alcohol played a part in the fatality.

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A Fresno commercial truck driver was arrested on August 3, 2009, when his big-rig carrying tomatoes was involved in an early morning crash that ended up leaving four people dead from this Fresno interstate trucking accident.

The California Highway Patrol reported that the car wreck happened just after 5 a.m. on August 3 just 40 miles southwest of Fresno when the truck driver allegedly ran a stop sign and hit a small car nearby. Witnesses to the collision noted that the truck driver fled the scene but was located about three hours later and arrested on suspicion of both a hit-and run-accident with injuries and vehicular manslaughter. The commercial truck was towed for evidence. The collision was strong enough that it ripped the roof off of the car.

The only survivors of the multiple car pileup was one young woman, who had to be taken to the hospital for treatment of serious injuries.

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Five people died on August 4, 2009, when an SUV rolled off of San Diego's Interstate 5 southbound in Mission Viejo and rolled down an embankment and ultimately burst into flames.

The crash had been reported at 10:25 a.m. near the La Paz Road exit, according to CHP Office Gabe Montoya. Initially it was unknown how many died in the fiery wreckage burned from the accident, but it was later confirmed that 5 people were killed.

Witnesses to the accident noted that a tire on the SUV blew out, and caused the driver to lose control. Investigation was still under way as of Thursday, and the exact cause is still not yet known.

What is known, however, is that there were multiple people in the vehicle. The exact number is not known, but the occupants were trapped inside while it burned. No one was able to survive and there were numerous fatalities in the deadly Orange County multi-car accident.

Some other reports note that many inside the car were children, and that the driver had survived the crash initially, but went back into the burning vehicle in an attempt to rescue the other occupants, but was unsuccessful.

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A California Highway Patrol patrol car was involved in an auto accident on San Diego's Interstate 805 on the night of August 4, 2009.

The CHP cruiser was cut off by another driver on the northbound side of the freeway close to Imperial Avenue near to the Lincoln Park area of San Diego. The patrol car then spun out of control and collided with the center divider of the freeway.

The car accident, which happened around 9:35 p.m., closed a lane of the northbound I-805 and the CHP officer suffered only minor injuries and did not require medical attention.

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A nine-year-old girl from Los Angeles, identified as Violet Rosenquist, was the sole victim of a multi-car pile-up on Interstate 5 in Oceanside early in the morning of August 3, 2009. The driver of the car she was riding in was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and drunken driving, according to California Highway Patrol authorities.

The deadly Oceanside car accident happened just after 1 a.m. when traffic on northbound I-5 was heavy and slowing to nearly 25 mph. It took place north of Cassidy. A Lexus sport utility vehicle was traveling at 50 mph in the fast llane and needed to swerve to avoid the slowing Dodge Caliber in the lane ahead. Unfortunately, the Lexus' left side hit the right rear of the Caliber, cause the Lexus to lose control completely/ The right side of the SUV struck a Honda CRV and a semi-truck before coming to a rest on the freeway.

The girl who died had been a back-seat passenger in the Lexus and was taken by helicopter to Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego. She was pronounced dead at the hospital.

The driver of the Lexus, 23-year-old Michael Wright of Commerce, was arrested on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter and drunken driving. Authorities did not release information about his relationship to the girl.

A 38-year-old man in the Honda did suffer moderate injuries and was taken to Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside. A 50-year-old man in the Dodge suffered only minor injuries. The crash briefly closed all lanes of the freeway and affected traffic until after 3 a.m., according to the CHP Web site.

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A deadly San Diego County motorcycle accident occurred last weekend when a motorcycle collided with a car on the road, and the man driving the motorcycle was killed. He has been identified as a 44-year-old Chula Vista resident.

Michael Vankleeck was the rider, who died at the UCSD Medical Center at 2:35 p.m. on July 31, 2009, merely an hour after the crash took place at Nacion Avenue and Montclair Street in Chula Vista, per reports from the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Officer.

Vankleeck had been riding southbound along Nacion Avenue and broadsided the motor vehicle while in an intersection, according to Officer C.J. Burroughs of the Chula Vista Police Department. It is a tragic occurrence and we continue to ask all on the road to exercise cautious and safe behavior while sharing it with everyone else, as lives are easily taken, especially in motorcycle accidents.

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Earlier this week, a man was killed when the vehicle his wife was driving swiped a van along Interstate 8 in the East County highlands and rolled into a gorge, leading to his death. He was recently identified as being a 70-year-old man resident of National City in San Diego County.

Dennis Conrad Wolf had been the front seat passenger in his wife's vehicle, a 1999 Chevrolet Cavalier that unexpectedly swerved in front of a commercial van just off of Willows Road in Alpine around 12:45 p.m. on July 31, 2009, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Officer. The back of the their car hit the front of the truck in this fatal San Diego auto accident. The Cavalier then spun out and off the south side of the freeway, rolling around 50 feet down a steep embankment.

Wolf was partially thrown from the car, which then ended up landing on top of him, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Wolf's wife was airlifted to a trauma center for evaluation on suspicion of neck and back pain. The driver of the truck had no reported injuries.

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A United States Marine was killed on August 2, 2009, when the car he was riding in as a front seat passenger crashed into a tree in San Clemente. He has since been identified as a 22-year-old corporal.

Cpl. Edmond K. Vandecasteele IV, of Rockingham, N.H. had been an ammunition technician with the 1st Marine Division based at Camp Pendleton near Oceanside, according to 2nd Lt. Joshua Benson. The fatal San Diego area car crash occurred around 2:15 a.m. on Sunday in the 200 block of Avenida Vista Montana in the Orange County city just north of the Camp Pendleton Marine base. The other three riders in the cars were also Marines. The driver is still listed as being in critical condition at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, according to Benson. The two back seat passengers escaped without serious injury.

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The Interstate 405, known as the San Diego Freeway, saw a deadly motorcycle accident over the weekend when a 27-year-old man was killed in a collision along the highway.

The victim was Matthew Wekall of Cypress, who had been riding south on the 405 freeway when the accident happened, shortly after 7:40 p.m., just north of Magnolia Street. The accident was said to have involved a car, a sports utility vehicle, and a fixed object. Following the collision, Wekall was taken to Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center in Fountain Valley, and was pronounced dead at 8:32 p.m. at the medical center.

Traffic fatalities in Orange County had steadily been declining, with a reported rate of 14 percent drop in 2008. However, motorcycle deaths rose a staggering 44 percent from the previous year. The California Highway Patrol is currently investigating the motorcycle crash, with the concern of the rise of motorcycle fatalities.

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An officer of the California Highway Patrol was injured on August 1, 2009, when a woman driving a stolen car ran into the cruiser head-on. The pursuit began around 8:30 a.m. along San Diego's Interstate 805.

The car was followed by a CHP officer onto West Street, which is a dead-end road close to Imperial Avenue in San Diego's Mountain View neighborhood. The woman driving the stolen vehicle backed the car into a utility pole before driving straight towards the officer, who at that point had already gotten out of his car and had his gun drawn. While the officer jumped out of the way, the woman rammed a second patrol car that had arrived at the scene.

After the car crash, the woman still refused to obey commands from the officers. She was taken into custody after officers fired a Taser at her. The injured CHP officer whose car was hit was taken to the hospital for some medical complaints following the incident but was later released.

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A big rig truck wreck and car accident were involved in a large, fatal traffic accident in Orange County that closed both sides of State Route 57 in Fullerton last week.

The Los Angeles Times reported that the auto accident happened around 7 p.m. at the Chapman Avenue exit. The driver of the truck was presumed to be killed within the fiery wreck. There was also footage of firefighters tearing into the cargo compartment of the overturned truck to rid the flames.

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A woman who died last week when her pickup truck collided with the back of a parked truck and burned in Clairemont Mesa was recently identified by authorities.

Melissa Ann Porter of Santee, had died at the scene of the crash, in the 5400 block of Clairemont Mesa Boulevard in San Diego. The Medical Examiner's Office reported the incident to the press on Saturday.

Porter had been driving alone and was taking at exit at Clairemont Mesa Boulevard off of southbound Interstate 805 at 4:45 a.m. on July 24, 2009, when her pickup veered across all the lanes and slammed the back of a commercial truck parked near the freeway offramp, catching fire. A local passerby removed Porter from the burning vehicle, according to the Medical Examiner's report. Severe blunt forces were identified as the cause of death, said San Diego Police Sgt. Max Verdusco. The pickup had appeared to be traveling around 60 mph when the accident happened, believing that speed may have been a factor in the crash. The offramp had to be closed for nearly five hours following the accident for cleanup. You can read more about this San Diego car accident in this SanDiego6.com story.

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In Los Angeles, the California Highway Patrol is naming a Southern California man a hero after he rescued a 3-year-old girl from a burning vehicle on a Los Angeles freeway.

John McDonald of West Covina had been driving on Interstate 10 in El Monte on Wednesday, July 22, 2009, and saw an overturned sports utility vehicle engulfed in flames. There had been video footage of the man running to help while 3 people who escaped from the SUV ran away. The CHP mentioned that the driver of the SUV shouted that her granddaughter was still inside, and McDonald braved the car to rescue the girl. Both victim and rescuer had to be treated for minor injuries, including burns.

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On July 19, 2009, a woman was airlifted to a nearby hospital suffering moderate injuries when the car that she had been driving plunged 200 feet into a ravine near eastbound Interstate 8, west of Pine Valley in San Diego County.

It is still unknown why the sedan the woman had been driving had veered off the San Diego Interstate highway, around 4:30 p.m., happening near the Pine Valley bridge, according to a Cal Fire spokesman. An off-duty firefighter had been passing by and was able to help the woman, who had been trapped in her car from the results of the fall. She was also aided by rescuers from Alpine, Viejas, the U.S. Forest Service and the California Highway Patrol, who responded and worked to free her from the damaged motor vehicle, which had landed upside down. You can read more about this San Diego rollover car accident in this SignOnSanDiego.com story.

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Just before festivities of San Diego's Pride Weekend began on July 17, 2009, a two-vehicle car accident in Hillcrest, the hub of San Diego's LGBT community, left a 10-year-old child with serious head injuries in the wake.

San Diego police reported that the auto accident occurred around noon on Friday, July 17 when a southbound motorist made an illegal U-turn in the 4000 block of Sixth Avenue, crossing into the path of an oncoming vehicle. The child had been riding in the southbound car. Paramedics who arrived on the scene took the child to the hospital for treatment of a skull fracture, while no other injuries had been reported. You can read more about this San Diego auto accident in this SanDiego6.com story.

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A fatal Riverside car crash left a 3-month-old boy from the town dead, due to injuries he had sustained in the auto accident. The car in which he was riding had apparently slammed into a power pole, San Bernardino County coroner's officials reported.

Ziad Abdel-Hadi was one of the five people riding in the white Nissan sedan when it crashed into the pole around 6:30 p.m. on July 18, 2009, near Mission Boulevard and Pyrite Street in the Pedley area of Riverside. The utility pole was down and ultimately knocked out power to about 250 Southern California customers. It also consequently sparked a blaze in a field nearby.

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A San Diego car accident on July 15, 2009, hospitalized a 55-year-old woman with two broken vertebrae and a fractured hip. San Diego Police said that the auto wreck included two cars in the Roseville area of San Diego.

The woman who was hospitalized had been driving a Volkswagen on Scott Street northbound when she tried to turn onto westbound Nimitz Boulevard around 4 p.m. on Tuesday, and was struck by another motor vehicle headed eastbound on Nimitz.

The injured woman was taken immediately to Scripps Mercy Hospital after emergency crews were able to free her from her vehicle, which had serious damage and made it difficult to get inside. There were no other injuries reported. You can read more about this San Diego auto accident in this 10News.com story.

If you or anyone you know has ever been injured or killed in a San Diego car crash, please contact San Diego personal injury attorney Ross Jurewitz and the San Diego personal injury lawyers at the Jurewitz Law Group at (619) 233-5020. You may also contact these San Diego injury lawyers online here.

San Diego authorities reported on July 15 that two people were injured in Otay Mesa near Brown Field on Tuesday morning in a rollover auto crash that they believe may have been the result of drunk driving.

The car accident occured just before 6 a.m. on Otay Mesa Road just by Britannia Boulevard, according to the California Highway Patrol. Paramedics arrived on the scene and took two people to the hospital with injuries, according to a San Diego Fire-Rescue dispatcher. It was not made known just yet the extent of their injuries. Police are still investigating whether or not the driver was drunk at the time of the accident. You can read more about this San Diego drunk driving auto accident in this SanDiego6.com story.

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A 68-year-old woman riding in a crosswalk in her motorized wheelchair was hospitalized on July 9, 2009, after being struck by a car in San Diego's Mission Valley area. She was attempting to cross an intersection at the time.

The woman had been crossing at the 200 block of Camino de la Reina around 6:30 p.m. when a 25-year-old man driving northbound in a Ford Mustang on Hotel Circle South came up to Camino de la Reina, according to Officer Brad Ruff of the San Diego Police Department. The man had been looking for freeways signs and did not see the woman when he turned onto Camino de la Reina. The man was going slow when he collided with the woman, but struck her hard enough to break her femur. You can read more about this San Diego pedestrian run over by car accident in this 10News.com story.

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A man was sentenced to life in prison by a Florida jury when he stood trial after admitting to smoking crack cocaine before a hit and run auto accident that killed a San Diego boy. The fate was decided within 24 minutes.

Zachary Foster was 3 when he was killed last year in Florida. Zachary's mother Amy, talked to reporters outside the courthouse , saying "Our hearts are broken forever. He'll never know what he took from us. I'm glad justice was served."

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One of San Diego County's main and most congested freeways, Interstate 15, had a six vehicle crash on July 8, 2009, leaving two lanes of traffic blocked for about an hour, just near the Rancho Penasquitos neighborhood.

None of the drivers or passengers involved in the large car wreck reported having any injuries. It occurred on the southbound lanes of I-15 just south of Rancho Penasquitos Boulevard around 8:01 a.m., California Highway Patrol indicated.

An ambulance was called to the scene due to the size and nature on the incident, but no one needed to be taken to the hospital, and it remained a precautionary measure, according to a San Diego Fire-Rescue dispatcher.

A SigAlert was kept in effect until 9:09 a.m. that day. You can read more about this multiple vehicle San Diego car accident in this 10News.com story.

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A crash in the Paradise Hills neighborhood of San Diego on the night of July 7 left the driver injured after he had crashed into two cars in the area. A dispatcher of the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department reported that the motor vehicle wreck, which took place around 8:40 p.m., happened on the 5800 block of Albemarle St. Witnesses to the car accident also reported that the woman who was driving the Ford Explorer SUV that crashed, had suffered an unknown medical problem before she lost control of the car. With two children in the car, the woman driving was the only one injured.

There were some bystanders who were outside at the time of the crash that were not injured by the San Diego car wreck, although they are now currently displaced. San Diego city housing inspectors reported that the damage to one house was substantial and made it uninhabitable, while the other house suffered only damage to a car and the subsequent garage. The San Diego Red Cross is arranging shelter for the family. If you would like to read more about this San Diego auto accident please read this 10News.com story.

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A serious July 6 San Diego car wreck left two passengers seriously injured and in the hospital. Reportedly, a vehicle that had been traveling along San Diego County's State Route 56 overturned, and then was struck by another vehicle. The crash occurred on the westbound side of the freeway, west of the Carmel Valley Road exit, in the early morning hours just before 2 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol.

The two who were injured did not yet have names released as of Tuesday afternoon, but they were taken by officials who arrived on the scene to Scripps Memorial Hospital via ambulance. Though this information was given by a member of the San Diego fire-rescue dispatch team, both they and the CHP classified the injuries suffered by the victims as "major". You can read more about this San Diego rollover auto accident in this SanDiego6.com story.

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Police were on a wild car chase throughout San Diego following a suspected drunk driver early on the morning of July 6, 2009, ending when the driver ran over a spike strip and crashed into the office of Congressman Bob Filner.

The driver's name was still being withheld as of Monday afternoon, but he was known to be taken to UCSD Hospital and is expected to survive, according to Chula Vista Police Lt. Vern Solis. The chase had begun around 1:30 a.m. when an officer attemped to pull over the silver pickup truck which had been heading west on state Route 54 near Woodman Drive for speeding and failing to use turn signals. The driver had refused to pull over and simply continued on State Route 54, speeding around 110 mph before exiting onto southbound Interstate 805. Another officer went ahead to lay down a spike strip at F Street and Third Avenue in Chula Vista, and the driver came to a stop just before hitting it. When he stopped, the officer pointed his gun at the driver and ordered him out of the vehicle. The driver, refusing to be complient, then hit the accelerator, driving over the spike strip and continuing through the intersection. You can read more about this high-speed San Diego car chase and crash in this SanDiegoNewsNetwork.com story.

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Jesus Fernandez Alonzo, 26, was the allegedly drunk man behind the wheel who caused a rollover car crash in Vista, killing a passenger. At an earlier hearing, Alonzo pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated in San Diego County's Vista Courthouse, and was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Aaron Katz on Thursday to four years in state prison.

The sentencing comes from the April 17 incident when San Diego Sheriff's Officers reported that Alonzo was eastbound on West Vista Way near Santa Clara Drive about 11:30 p.m. when he crashed his Toyota 4-Runner. His passenger was 45-year-old Lorenzo Gabriel Lopez Gonzalez of Oceanside, who was thrown from the SUV and died before he could be airlifted to a hospital. To read more about this San Diego fatal DUI car accident, read this SanDiego6.com story.

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A celebrity fashion designer crashed her car through the front window of a hardware store in San Diego last week, damaging the store and injuring a customer inside. Zandra Rhodes, who has designed for such celebrities as Princess Diana, confirmed that she was the driver involved in the San Diego car crash Tuesday but didn't want to discuss the cause of the accident.

Maurice Luque, a spokesman for the San Diego Fire Department reported that a 42-year-old woman in the Meanley & Son Ace Hardware store was hit when Rhodes's car smashed into the store, hitting a table that slammed into her. She was taken to the hospital but did not suffer any life-threatening injuries. Rhodes reported to the San Diego Union-Tribune that she wasn't hurt, and it was not known if any charge would be filed.

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A high speed car chase on June 30, 2009, was led by a 35-year-old man in El Cajon, ending when the stolen car that he was driving crashed through a fence and into a vintage airplane inside a hangar at Gillespie Field. The chase had started around 1 a.m. when El Cajon police pulled over Patrick Michael Ray for driving well in excess of the speed limit, according to El Cajon Police Sgt. Pete Faubel.

Once the police officer had gotten out of his car to approach the vehicle, Ray sped off, driving north at more than 100 mph on Johnson Street near Bradley Avenue. He lost control while making a righthand turn, the vehicle went across a ravine and onto the tarmac at Gillespie Field, and then crashed into a vintage airplane. The impact was so strong it broke one of the airplane wings and damaged an antique car stored there. You can read more about this San Diego high-speed car chase accident in this SanDiegoNewsNetwork.com story.

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San Diego County is among the many counties in California that see drivers continue to ignore the hands-free cell phone law. California made it illegal to talk on a handheld phone device while driving last year on July 1, 2008, but drivers cannot seem to comply. The amount of car drivers being cited seems to grow more and more each month, especially in San Diego, despite the amount of authorities on the lookout for it.

Many motor vehicle owners adapted to the law by getting earpieces such as Bluetooth-enabled headsets to connect to their phones, yet California Highway Patrol wrote 12,596 tickets statewide last month for cell phone and texting-while-driving violations, a record since the laws have been effective. San Diego itself grabbed a record in May with 994 violations, as opposed to 300 last August when the city start fully enforcing the law. For more information about San Diego cell phone while driving violators, you may want to read this SignOnSanDiego.com story.

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An elderly couple, which included a 77-year-old man and a 79-year-old woman, were injured on June 25, 2009, when their car veered off of a South Bay street and struck six parked vehicles before crashing to a stop against a private residence in Chula Vista, in south San Diego County. The accident happened around 12:45 p.m., when the man, who had been driving, lost control of the vehicle while he was exiting a parking lot, located in the 200 block of Fourth Avenue in Chula Vista, according to police reports.

The car being driven by the couple actually struck several automobiles parked on the east side of Glover Avenue before veering around 180 degrees and re-entering the lot, where it again crashed into another vehicle, and then ricocheted into yet another one. The vehicle out of control continued on to strike a wooden fence just before crashing into a house. Medics that arrived on the scene took the driver to the UCSD Medical Center for treatment of a broken arm. The passenger was taken to the same San Diego hospital for evaluation of chest paints. As of the late afternoon, investigations of the cause of the accident were still underway. You can read more about this Chula Vista car accident in this 10news.com story.

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Travis Chris Weber, 44, is an unemployed drifter with a longstanding history of drunk driving convictions who pleaded guilty on May 26 to gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and admitted an allegation of hit-and-run causing death in San Diego County. On Thursday, June 25th, he was sentenced to 11 years in prison for an alcohol-related hit-and-run car crash in Alpine that killed a bicyclist.

The collision occurred around 5p.m. in the bicycle lane on eastbound Alpine Boulevard last December 2, killing Edward Costa, a 30-year-old self-employed construction worker and father of two. Two days after the fatal hit-and-run accident, Weber was taken into custody.

The California Highway Patrol Office Michael Edwards testified during a January 21 preliminary hearing that having searched the silver Ford F-150 belonging to the defendant at the scene, he found three empty half-pint bottles of vodka in the cab, along with seven empty beer cans in the bed in the vehicle. Edwards also reported that he questioned Weber on the night of his arrest, when Weber told him he had been on a drinking binge for five days and woke up in Campo, hours after the collision, and had no idea how he had gotten there, according to the officer. Just after his arrest, Weber was documented as having a blood-alcohol level of .19 percent, more than twice the .08 legal limit. You can read more about this fatal San Diego hit-and-run car accident in this San Diego News Network story.

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The morning of June 23, 2009, in San Diego was brought in with a massive car wreck on State Route 163 that involved five vehicles on the freeway, including a school bus. The crash occurred near Mesa College and the highway was cleared a few hours later.

The San Diego five-car accident happened on the northbound side of the 163 freeway at Mesa College Drive just before 8 a.m., as reported by the California Highway Patrol. The road was narrowed down to two highway lanes, as well as the Mesa College Drive offramp for about an hour. The SigAlert was lifted at about 9:01 a.m. One of the five vehicles involved flipped onto its side. Paramedics who had arrived on the scene took had to take one motorist to Sharp Memorial Hospital due to injuries from the traffic accident. The victim's condition is still currently unknown. You can read more about this San Diego car crash in this sdnn.com story.

If you or anyone you know has been injured or killed in a San Diego car accident, please contact San Diego car crash attorney Ross Jurewitz and the San Diego personal injury lawyers at the Jurewitz Law Group at (619) 233-5020. You may also contact a San Diego injury attorney online here.

A police chase happened in the Clairemont area of San Diego last Thursday when a driver refused to yield to a California Highway Patrol officer along State Route 52. The driver ended up crashing his car after refusing to pull over, and then attempted to escape by running away on foot. He was caught by CHP officers in the end.

The unidentified driver had been speeding when he lost control of the car before it spun out of control and crashed just west of Interstate 805, a high-profile freeway going through San Diego county and city. After the car wreck, the driver jumped and ran away. But he did not get far before he was caught and taken into custody, according to CHP public affairs Officer Larry Landeros. It is still not certain why the driver was being signaled to pull over in the first place, but there is no question that his actions following were dangerous and illegal. You can read more about this San Diego car wreck in this SanDiego6.com story.

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The well-publicized death of Alexandria Drake (we've written about her story in San Diego Car Accident on SR-67, Mother Killed in Ramona Street Racing Accident, and Alexandria Drake's SR67 Car Crash) has taken a new step now that one of the drivers will be charged with manslaughter. Alexandria Drake was a 25 year old mother who died when, according to witnesses, one car of two that were street racing on the State Route 67 in San Diego slammed into her car, killing her with her infant child in the back seat. The second car, identified as a white BMW, sped off and has not been found.

After a few months of suspense and legalities as the case was being sifted through, the driver of the car that hit Drake's, Melvin Pearless, will be charged with manslaughter and should appear in court on Thursday. If convicted, he faces up to six years in prison. Authorities are still seeking to find the driver of the white BMW that had been racing with Pearless. You can read more about this San Diego County car accident in this 10news.com story.http://www.jurewitz.com

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San Diego saw another DUI car accident on June 14, 2009, when a motorist fled on foot after the two-car crash in South Bay and was arrested for driving drunk. The crash occurred on Jamacha Boulevard, just west of Sweetwater Road shortly after 10:30 p.m. according to the California Highway Patrol.

Witnesses to the accident helped police find the suspect, who fled the scene, and were able to put him behind bars. His name had not been released as of yesterday afternoon. You can read more about this car accident in San Diego in this 10news.com story.

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A pregnant woman who lost control of her car and crashed in San Diego County was rescued on June 15, 2009. The La Jolla car wreck happened around 4 p.m. while the woman was driving south on Alta La Jolla Drive and Soledad Road.

Police say that the woman lost control of her car for as-of-yet unknown reasons, and her car went down a canyon and hit a tree. The woman, who has not yet been identified, suffered minor cuts and scratches, and was pulled to safety to be taken to a hospital as a precaution. She is 31 years old and three months pregnant. She and the baby are both reported to be in good condition following the car crash. You can read more about this car accident in San Diego in this SanDiego6.com story.

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A multi-vehicle rollover crash that occurred last week on State Route 78 is being blamed on a San Diego hit-and-run driver. The accident ended up involved a big rig truck, a transit bus, and many other vehicles in Oceanside, leaving several people injured.

However, the damage did not stop there. Some power lines were damaged in the crash, their sparking led to a small brush fire off the road, and power was disabled to about 1,800 homes as a result. The site of the initial collision was State Route 78 eastbound just before Jefferson Street. You can read more about this Oceanside hit-and-run car accident in this SanDiego6.com story.

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In East San Diego County's Live Oak Springs, a 59-year-old woman from Ramona was killed in a traffic accident.

The East County resident was identified Wednesday as Sharon Marice Clanton. She had been delivering meals in rural East County and was found dead around 2:30 p.m. on June 9, 2009. Clanton was wedged between her vehicle and a fence post on Via Road in Live Oak Springs according to San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office. Details of the accident were not initially made known.

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Despite being attributed solely to the coast and beach-side towns, California's Inland Empire got a dose of June gloom with fog thick enough to cause a massive car accident resulting in a 30-car pileup, and injuring 15 in its wake. Luckily there were no fatalities reported.

Both cars and trucks stacked up against each other in the heavy fog on the Interstate 15 near the summit of Cajon Pass just north of Rancho Cucamonga in the early hours Wednesday morning. All the car collisions took place in the northbound lanes, according to California Highway Patrol Officer Daniel Hesser, who was at the scene in the pass at the western end of the San Bernardino Mountains.

Paramedics arrived at the scene and took 10 people to local hospitals, and five others interviewed declined treatment of their own accord. You can read more about this Inland Empire car accident in this SignOnSanDiego.com story.

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Shannon Maureen Mahoney, 22, of Vista had been riding in a truck along State Route 78 on the evening of June 6, 2009, when she was ejected from her pickup truck as the result of a violent crash. She died at the scene.

The fatal San Diego County area car accident happened around 10:22 p.m. near the El Camino Real exit from eastbound State Route 78. The driver of the truck was identified as Charles Lemay, 27, of Oceanside, driving a 2007 Ford Ranger pickup. Apparently the pickup swerved to the right suddenly, went off the freeway and subsequently overturned multiple times. Mahoney had not been wearing a seat belt, and was ejected from the truck. CHP reported that Lemay suffered moderate injuries.You can read more about this San Diego car accident in this SignOnSanDiego.com story.

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A negligent driver driving on the wrong side of the road on June 4 in San Diego lead officers on a high-speed chase both on and off of freeways. The car chase ended in a crash with a patrol car and the driver's arrest. The officer driving the patrol car was injured as a result.

The reckless dark SUV had been driving south in the northbound lanes of Interstate 805 from State Route 54 at 5:49 a.m., and was being driven by a 47-year-old woman. She eventually came up to Palm Avenue, where she made a u-turn and headed north in the right direction this time, but driving furiously at speeds of up to 100 mph. She continued her chase off 43rd St, running many red lights in Lincoln Park, and taking her vehicle onto 47th Street, and then onto Imperial Avenue, speeding toward a CHP vehicle positioned just south of the upcoming intersection.

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Interstate 805 was the scene of a chaotic series of events on June 1, 2009, that ultimately injured five people in San Diego, three of them very seriously, according to authorities.

The main source of the San Diego car accident with injury was when a Ford Expedition overturned on the busy I-805 which occurred about noon near Interstate 8. It also involved two other vehicles. As of Tuesday, it was still undetermined the exact cause of the accident, or how the Expedition had overturned.

The incident seriously injured three children, aged 5, 6 and 9, all of whom were passengers in the Expedition, although San Diego fire department Fire-Rescue Department spokesman Maurice Luque reports that all were expected to survive. Two adults in the Expedition suffered moderate injuries from the crash. You can read more about this San Diego car accident in this SignOnSanDiego.com story.

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A three-vehicle crash on Mission Avenue at Douglas Drive in Oceanside on May 29, 2009, left a 15-year-old boy in critical but stable condition according to an Oceanside traffic sergeant on Sunday.

Sgt. Kenneth Gow reports that the official cause of this San Diego area car crash had not yet been determined, although is appears that the traffic signal at the intersection of the car wreck was out at the time, shortly after 10 p.m., as there was a collision early that same evening. The San Diego Gas & Electric Company crew had been working to fix the light just before the second crash occurred, which involved a Hyundai Tiberon, a Chevrolet Silverado pickup and a GMC Yukon. The Silverado was carrying the 15-year-old and an 18-year-old, both males. Only the 15-year-old sustained serious injuries, which he is still currently battling through.

Four ambulances had arrived on the scene and taken two people to the trauma center at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, one person to Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, and another to Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside. You can read more about this Oceanside car accident in this North County Times story.

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In the early hours of June 1, 2009, an unidentified 32-year-old man from Chula Vista died when he drove on the wrong side of the road and crashed head-on into a pickup truck in this fatal San Diego County car accident.

The scene of the auto accident was at Lake Jennings Park Road, over a hill near Jack Oak Road, around 5 a.m. The man was driving a 2003 Dodge Dakota on the wrong side of the street, and collided with a 51-year-old man from Utah who had been d riving a 2004 Dodge truck west on Lake Jennings Park. The Utah man had been driving an estimated 45 to 50 mph and swerved to the left and braked when he saw the oncoming 2003 Dodge Dakota, but could not prevent the deadly collision, according to California Highway Patrol Officer Brian Pennings. You can read more about this San Diego car accident in this SignOnSanDiego.com story.

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A rollover San Marcos car accident on Highway 78 in San Diego County left a 20-year-old man from San Marcos brain dead. Though the incident occurred on the morning of May 25, 2009, the man had just recently been identified.

Rafael Rivera Jr. had been the only present in the Honda CRX which rolled over around 10:50 a.m. on Monday morning in this near fatal San Diego car accident. Rivera had been traveling at an unsafe high speed on eastbound Highway 78 to make it roll, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office. Rivera had been trapped in the car and was freed from the wreckage by firefighters, though with serious head injuries. Paramedics that arrived on the scene took Rivera to Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, where he was pronounced brain dead at 1 p.m. on Tuesday. You can read more about this San Marcos auto accident in this SanDiego6.com story.

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IA fatal San Diego car wreck on May 26, 2009, involved two motor vehicles, one of which illegally ran the red light of an intersection. It was just announced on Wednesday afternoon that the driver of the car that ran the light may now be charged with misdemeanor manslaughter.

The California Highway Patrol reported that a 47-year-old man from Fallbrook had been driving a Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck on Mission Road eastbound when he ran the red light at the intersection and slammed into a sedan turning left onto Mission Road from I-15. CHP Sgt. Lewis Hall says that it seems as though the driver of the pickup truck didn't notice the red light because of other distractions.

The driver of the sedan was 84-year-old Evelyn Crenshaw of Fallbrook, who was both died at scene of the car accident. The San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed the injuries of Crenshaw. The driver of the Chevy Silverado will now most likely face misdemeanor manslaughter charges. You can read more about this San Diego car accident in this SanDiego6.com story.

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A pickup truck traveling on Interstate 5 early Friday morning went off the roadway near Camp Pendleton and crashed onto Las Pulgas Road just below. Interstate 5 is one of the longest continuing freeways within the contiguous United States, stretching from the southernmost California border with Mexico, through the western states of Oregon and Washington, and into neighboring Canadian territory. The 1,381-mile stretch of this roadway sees hundreds of deadly car accidents a year, and this particular tragedy is just one of dozens to have occurred within the San Diego area in 2009.

The accident was reported at 4:52 a.m. on Friday, according to the California Highway Patrol. The truck landed just west of southbound I-5, and was the only vehicle involved in the wreck, although there was one death as a result of the wreckage on Las Pulgas Road. The main gate at Camp Pendleton was recommended for use while the police investigated the wreck. Many details are still not known and are still being investigated. You can read more about this fatal San Diego car accident in this SanDiego6.com story.

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San Diego County is one of over 90 counties in the state that are preparing to work aggressively in the next two weeks to enforce seat belt and safety restraint laws for both car drivers and passengers. While the risk of death apparently isn't enough motivation for car drivers to buckle up, it might help to know that you will now be specifically targeted. Don't forget that the fines for not wearing a seat belt (and wearing it correctly), were raised Jan. 1, along with the laws that now make texting while driving illegal in California.

The fines for a first-time offense is up to $132, as opposed to $91 from last year, and for children under 16 who are fastened, first time offenses are $435 now, while they were $401 last year.

While all of San Diego County is looking to increase coverage of the seat belt laws, police in Chula Vista and National City are planning with the California Highway Patrol to enforce California's "occupant protection laws" between now and May 31. You can read more about this effort by San Diego police to crack down on car seat belt violations in this SignOnSanDiego.com story.

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Two separate incidents on Sunday caused the loss of power to San Diego Gas & Electric customers on May 17, 2009, one of which was a reckless San Diego car accident.

Around 8 a.m., an unidentified car jumped a curb, smashed an electrical box, sheared off a fire hydrant, and flooded a business, according to a National City police dispatcher. It was also disclosed that someone had to be driven to the hospital after the crash in the 900 block east of Plaza Boulevard in a private vehicle. The crash caused extensive flooding at a shoe store adjacent to the crash scene, and SDG&E customers lost power roughly between Highland and Palm Avenues, and 9th and 15th Streets.

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The friends and family of those closest to a Santee woman recently started a memorial site online to preserve her memory and spirit despite her death.

The 25-year-old Santee woman, Melissa Ann Porter, was the victim of a deadly car wreck last Friday. Porter was exiting Interstate 805 at Clairemont Mesa Boulevard when the Chevrolet pickup she was driving crossed the lanes of traffic. Sergeant Ramona Hastings reported that her truck collided with a parked tractor trailer, and both caught on fire from the auto accident. Despite the help of a passer-by who pulled Porter from the truck, Porter still died at the scene.

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Downtown San Diego eyewitnesses spotted a DUI arrest on India and Hawthorne streets on Friday evening around 10:45 p.m. in the Little Italy district. The driver, identified only as a man was driving a champagne colored Honda Accord down India Street the wrong way. The car was pulled over by San Diego Harbor Police patrol and the driver was arrested after failing to pass a sobriety test. It is unknown what the driver's blood alcohol content was at the time of his arrest.

No other cars seemed to be involved and it did not look as though there were any injuries suffered.

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A fatal San Diego County car accident on May 11 left 85-year-old Robert Francis Brunswick dead. A California Highway Patrol spokesman relayed the events that happened around 11:15 a.m. on Monday morning. Brunswick was exiting a business on Alpine Boulevard by Bay Meadows Drive in his Saturn sedan when a Ford Mustang traveling east collided with him on the driver's side.

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Authorities report that Brunswick passed away from this Alpine, CA auto accident while waiting for a helicopter to arrive on scene to airlift him to a hospital after the car crash. He had not been wearing a seat belt at the time of the incident. The 40-year-old driver of the Ford Mustang reported suffering from back pain and was transported to a hospital.

The CHP officer notes that there was no evidence that either driver was under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and the Mustang's speed was recorded as being under the speed limit of that particular road. Brunswick's name had not been immediately released, but was reported by the Medical Examiner's Office on Tuesday. You can read more about this San Diego County auto accident in this SignOnSanDiego.com story.

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Conditions on the road and overall weather is something drivers have very little control over that directly contribute to their likelihood of being involved in a fatal San Diego County auto accident. The State of California has the unique and coveted quality of allowing drivers to reach the mountains from the beach in a matter of mere hours, but that does not mean that everyone has the same familiarities with different weather conditions in our varied locales.

Fog is very common in many parts of California, and the coastal area account for a huge percentage of this. For cities like Oceanside, Chula Vista, and San Diego, foggy conditions are most prevalent during the spring and summer months, which is now. Though commonly referred to as "June Gloom", the fog really tends to roll in as early as March or April and carries the blame for many a serious San Diego car wreck.

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Two San Diego County border patrol agents became suspicious of a silver 1995 Ford Taurus on May 13, 2009, around 9:30 a.m., when they saw the vehicle take northbound Sunrise Highway, a route traversed often by migrant smugglers trying to evade the Border Patrol checkpoint on westbound Interstate 8 near the junction with the highway.

Border Patrol agent Jerry Conlin reports that they tried to pull the sedan over near Pine Valley but the driver sped off instead. They pursued the Taurus for only a short while before they deemed the speed too fast for road conditions, though the exact speed of the vehicle was not known. The agents finally found the Taurus about four miles north of where it was originally spotted, and saw that the car had crashed into a tree. Two men inside were seriously injured and required helicopter evacuations to San Diego hospitals, and a third was taken to a hospital via ambulance. There has been no word on their conditions nor their immigration status. You can read more about this San Diego car accident in this SignOnSanDiego.com story.

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State Route 76 on Rincon Indian Reservation Road in North San Diego County was closed in both directions for nearly five hours on Monday following a head-on car crash on Valley Center Road that injured two people, one of which was a sheriff's deputy working on call.

Deputy Anthony Radicia was traveling north along Valley Center Road just by Gulch Road at about 8:50 a.m. in a clearly identifiable sheriff's Ford Expedition when another vehicle illegally crossed double yellow lines in an attempt to turn into a driveway and collided head-on with the SUV, according to sheriff's Lt. Julie Sutton. The other driver was a woman from Los Angeles but had not been identified further. The woman claimed that she was unfamiliar with the area and had been visiting the Harrah's Rincon casino nearby, according to Sutton. You can read more about this San Diego auto accident in this SignOnSanDiego.com story.

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Brian Simnjanovski was identified as the 27-year-old Escondido native who died after his car crashed into a tree. The Medical Examiner's Office confirmed the details of the driver's identity yesterday morning.

Simnjanovski had reportedly been driving an Audi sedan on Valley Center Road south on Sunday just before 10 p.m. and failed to negotiate a curve at Vesper Road before running off the road. Simnjanovski was pronounced dead at the scene of the fatal San Diego auto wreck. Luckily no other vehicles were involved in the car crash. You can read more about this Valley Center car accident in this SignOnSanDiego.com story.

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Many details were left unknown following a Friday morning accident that left a woman dead. According to San Diego police, a woman is dead after she crashed her car into the back of a semi-truck.

The fatal San Diego car accident transpired when the woman was getting off of Interstate 805 at Clairemont Mesa Boulevard on Friday morning around 5:00 a.m., and her vehicle veered and collided with the semi-truck, and her car burst into flames. The 805 offramp was closed for hours following the car wreck. While investigators were still deciphering the details of the accident on Friday afternoon, the name and causes would be released as they became known.

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Valeria Atondo, a Chula Vista resident just 17 years old, died Thursday afternoon as a result of a three-vehicle crash on northbound Interstate 5 just south of Washington Street in the San Diego car wreck. According to authorities, Atondo was ejected from a pickup and was identified by the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Officer.

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The three-car pile up reportedly happened around 2:20 p.m. on Thursday when the driver of a Toyota Corolla lost control and hit the median wall, according in California Highway Patrol Officer Brad Beahr. It is unknown why the driver lost control. The Toyota bounced off the wall and struck a Ford Mustang, which made the Toyota spin, and was then hit by a Ford Ranger. The Ranger's passenger door opened and Atono was ejected from the right-front passenger seat, creating a fatal San Diego car accident. The other passenger in the Ranger left with an injured wrist from the San Diego car crash, but no one in the other vehicles was hurt. You can read more about this San Diego auto accident in this SignOnSanDiego.com story.

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The San Diego trial of Alan Lester Mabrey, the man accused of driving a truck under the influence of alcohol and killing Pacific Beach pedestrian Emily Dowdy, 24, has been set for June 25. Mabrey, who had seven prior DUI convictions while living in Texas and Colorado, now faces a felony charge second degree murder, as well as several other charges, arising from the fatal February 7 San Diego DUI and pedestrian accident.

The Jurewitz Law Group has written about this Pacific Beach DUI car accident and Pacific Beach pedestrian accident twice before.

Mabrey had allegedly been drinking at a nearby bar when he got into the driver's seat of his friend's truck and drove along Reed Avenue before hitting Dowdy as he was turning left onto Mission Boulevard. Dowdy suffered massive head injuries and was declared brain dead 24 hours later.

If Mabrey is convicted of the murder charges, he could be sentenced to 15 years to life behind bars. A guilty verdict for the remaining charges could add on an additional seven or nine years. Some of the other charges include gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, hit-and-run causing death, DUI causing death, and driving under the influence with a blood-alcohol level of .08 percent or higher.

The legal limit is .08 percent, and Mabrey's blood alcohol content was measured at .22 percent.

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The Riverside County manslaughter trial of Mark Davis Julian, 31, of Homeland, has finally been set. The charges arise from a fatal 2008 Riverside County car crash that killed a Perris woman Terri Keller-Houle, 36, and seriously injured her two daughters. Julian had reportedly been driving under the influence of alcohol when he caused the fatal Murrieta auto accident.

One of the Keller-Houle's daughters, Amanda Keller, 10, remained in a vegetative state after the auto accident until she died in January. A preliminary hearing lasting by Riverside County Superior Court Judge Timothy Freer, resulted in Freer ordering that Julian be jailed in lieu of a $100,000 bail, and Julian was immediately taken into custody.

The fatal DUI car accident leaves Julian charged with two counts of DUI gross vehicular manslaughter and two counts of DUI with injury, with allegations of inflicting great bodily injury, great bodily injury causing paralysis or a comatose condition and having multiple victims. He now faces a maximum of 18 years in prison if convicted on all counts.

According to accident reports, Keller-Houle had the green light as she drove her car through the intersection of Briggs Road and State Route 74 in Murrieta around 5 p.m. As she passed through the intersection, her red Ford Excursion was broadsided by a large, lifted work truck traveling at full speed through the red light, causing the SUV to spin 180 degrees counter clockwise. Keller-Houle was killed instantly and daughter, Amanda, was almost ejected despite wearing a seat belt.

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Interstate 5 in Oceanside was the scene of a fatal Oceanside car wreck that claimed the life of a 49 year-old Rosemead man on Tuesday, whose name has not yet been released. The Rosemead native was reportedly driving a box truck behind a big rig that had begun slowing down for the truck scales on northbound I-5 when he drove into the back of it. California Highway Patrol Acting Sgt. Brad Denham says that the accident occurred after the big rig stopped in traffic in the far right-hand lane at about 11:10 a.m.

While it is unknown at what speed the driver of the box truck had been driving at, investigators say that there were no signs of the box-truck driver having applied brakes before the impact took place. The Oceanside trucking accident caused several lanes to close for a few hours along the very popular and busy Interstate 5 in Oceanside which weaves on and off of the Pacific Coast. The driver of the box truck was pronounced dead before he could be taken to a hospital. You can read more about this fatal Oceanside trucking accident in this SignOnSanDiego.com story.

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The long standing investigation of the March 29th San Diego County car accident which took the life of 25 year-old mother Alexandria Drake was completed recently by the California Highway Patrol and submitted for review to the District Attorney's Office. While the CHP have not released specifics on their recommendations for charges against Melvin Pearls, 48, of Ranchita, they will be made available at a later date, according to Deputy District Attorney Doug Rose.

The highly publicized San Diego County fatal car crash ensued when Pearles was driving along the highly problematic State Route 67 near Ramona. Pearles was driving about 80 mph in a Jaguar when he lost control and crossed into oncoming traffic and reportedly collided with several vehicles, one driven by Alexandria Drake of Chula Vista. The collision spun Drake's car off the road and into a tree, resulting in her death.

Pearles claims that the cause of his losing control was a white BMW just east of Archie Moore Road where the highway's two lanes merge. It had been originally thought that the drivers of the Jaguar and BMW had been street racing, although not confirmed, and the white BMW had disappeared and never stopped after the car collisions.

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On Wednesday, April 15, an 86-year-old female driver crashed her car through a wall and into a Tierrasanta dental office. We posted a story about this San Diego car crash a couple of days later reporting that a 59-year-old man had been pinned up against the wall near the reception desk. According to the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office this Tierrasanta dental office patient passed away last Wednesday.

The victim, who had lived in Spring Valley with a roommate, had been admitted to Sharp Memorial Hospital after suffering multiple fractures and organ damage. Two days after being admitted he went to cardiopulmonary arrest. He was resuscitated but remained unresponsive and was put on a ventilator. He died a week and a half after the crash. You can read more about this San Diego car accident in this SignOnSanDiego.com story.

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State Route 67 runs off of Interstate 8 in El Cajon to Lakeside, known as the San Vicente Freeway before turning into Main Street in Ramona, California. A variety of terrain and changes in the road's usage have caused several drivers to overestimate or misjudge their driving. The roughly 25 mile stretch of highway in San Diego County has seen dozens of fatal auto accidents in the past decade, and only seem to continue.

The death of Chula Vista resident Alexandria Drake, 25, and her infant son that took place about a month ago along the highway due to what was thought to be street racing and turned into a hit-and-run fatal auto accident in San Diego County by one of the cars is under investigation, but it has opened awareness to the dangers of the route at a few select areas of State Route 67.

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Monday saw several hit-and-run auto accidents throughout San Diego committed by the same driver on various streets and freeways in the Jamacha area, according to authorities. The car driver is suspected of driving while under the influence, finally slamming head-first into a vehicle which injured himself and two women.

The auto collision happened on the 8600 block of San Vicente Street around 8:20 p.m. on Sunday, as told by San Diego police Sgt David Jennings. After his spree of hit-and-run car crashes in San Diego County, the driver, whose name was not initially released, failed to take a curve correctly while driving eastbound and veered onto the westbound path, where he collided with a 58 year-old woman driver. The woman was hospitalized with a fractured foot and her 41 year-old passenger suffered neck injuries, while the DUI driver at fault was hospitalized with possible internal injuries. You can read more about this San Diego hit and run auto accident in this 10news.com story.

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San Diego police reported that illegally dumped oil on an Oak Park neighborhood roadway caused Jose Lerma, 36, to lose control of Ford Expedition and collide head-on with a trash truck doing rounds on an Oak Park-area thoroughfare. This happened while Mr. Lerma was exiting eastbound State Route 94 around 3:15 p.m. Tuesday.

San Diego PD Sgt. Art Campa reports that the wrecked SUV fishtailed along the offramp and into Federal Boulevard traffic along the 5900 block, crashing into the ECO garbage truck head-on. Authorities closed the freeway exit and nearby onramp to State Route 94's westbound lanes for their investigations and cleanups. Paramedics who arrived on the site took Mr. Lerma to Scripps Mercy Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. You can read more about this San Diego car accident in this SanDiego6.com story.

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The San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office reported on Sunday morning that a 27-year-old male driver died on Saturday night when his Toyota Corolla veered off northbound Interstate 5 near Camp Pendleton in North San Diego County. The auto accident happened just south of Basilone Road.

San Diego County authorities do not know why the man veered off the freeway but several other motorists stopped to help along with Camp Pendleton paramedics and the California Highway patrol.

Louis Andres Mendoza was pronounced dead at the scene Saturday night. You can read more about this San Diego County car accident in this SignOnSanDiego.com story.

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Last Thursday night a border patrol agent was transporting eight suspected illegal immigrants to a border patrol station when the agent's truck overturned on Kitchen Creek Road. According to the California Highway Patrol, the agent swerved to avoid hitting a mountain lion. The truck rolled and came to a stop upside down. All eight of the suspected illegal immigrants and the agent were taken to a nearby hospital and treated for minor injuries. You can read more about this San Diego car accident in this SignOnSanDiego.com story.

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An 18-year-old was the suspect of a drunk driving spree in the Mission Hills neighborhood of San Diego early Thursday morning, where the car driver and another teenage passenger crashed into two vehicles parked in front of a home and left the two with severe injuries.

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San Diego Police Sgt. Jeff Fellows reported that those present in the car had been at a friend's house in the area drinking before they decided to leave around 3:30 a.m. to go to the store. It is thought that they were going around 80 mph when the driver lost control and crashed the car on Arista Court, just off of Arista Street, in this San Diego injury accident. The car wreck came about when the car hit the two vehicles and stood on end, leaning against the two cars it hit, and the garage. The passenger, who is believe to be 17 or 18, and driver both left and immediately ran back to their friend's house, where police tracked them down. They were taken to the hospital for treatment to their injuries which, though severe, were not life-threatening.

The two involved in the drunken joy ride said that their friend's mother was on her honeymoon and they took the keys to her car. Fellows reports that the driver will now be facing misdeameanor drunken driving charges. You can read more about this San Diego car accident in this SignOnSanDiego.com story.

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San Diego County Officials have confirmed the death of Lorenzo Gabriel-Lopez-Gonzalez, a passenger in a Vista drunk-driving auto accident this last Saturday night. The driver, Jesus Alonzo, 26, was arrested on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter and drunken driving. You can read more about this San Diego County car crash in this CBS8.com story.

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San Diego County police came to the car accident scene at Highway 78 and Melrose Drive at about 11:30 p.m. realizing that the vehicle came from West Vista Way and Santa Clara Drive. The vehicle had crashed through the guardrail and ended up near the freeway!

According to the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office, Gabriel-Lopez-Gonzalez, 45, was thrown from the car and passed away 45 minutes later. He left behind his wife and their children who reside in Oceanside. Our prayers and thoughts go out to his family and particularly his children.

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A suspected drunken driver fleeing from San Diego County law enforcement officers hit a 1999 Toyota pick-up truck head-on on SR-76 this last Sunday night, killing the driver of the pick-up truck--Douglas Tarry--and injuring two others in the car accident.

The driver, Silvero Morales Romero, was being chased by California Highway Patrol officers when he decided to exit at SR- 76, running a red light at the intersection with Old Highway 395. At that point, the officers lost sight of the truck but continued on with their lights and sirens on.

While being pursued by law enforcement, Romero crossed over the double yellow line and crashed head-on into Tarry's vehicle, killing Tarry. Romero's truck then continued on to hit a 2004 Ford F-350 being driven by a 50-year-old man from Barstow with his 43-year-old wife as a passenger. Both suffered minor injuries. Romero, himself, lost a leg as a result of the auto accident. You can read more about this San Diego County DUI car crash in this SignOnSanDiego.com story.

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Two months ago, in February, we posted this article about a Pacific Beach DUI car crash where Emily Cathleen Dowdy, a pedestrian who was hit by Alan Lester Mabrey while he was intoxicated. The pedestrian accident happened on the intersection of Reed Avenue and Mission Boulevard when the drunk Mabrey attempted to make a right turn, but instead hit Dowdy.

Alan Mabrey, who according to a San Diego Deputy District Attorney had a blood-alcohol level of .22 an hour and a half after the incident, left the scene to get a burger at Burger King. After he got his burger, he returned to the scene and confessed to San Diego Police officers that he had hit someone.

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Some of us may suffer a few nerves while driving late at night or being on the road during rush-hour traffic, but apparently there's a new situation to apprehend: the dentist's office.

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Wednesday morning around 10 a.m. at Tierrasanta Boulevard near the intersection with La Cuenta Drive, an 86 year-old woman drove into the lobby of San Diego dental office. A San Diego Fire-Rescue Department spokesman Lee Swanson reported that the driver was pulling into a disabled parking spot and could not put her foot on the brake in time. The result was that her Toyota Camry ran over a pole before driving through front glass windows and pushing a 59-year-old waiting patient 20 feet and pinning him against the wall near the reception's desk. Firefighters who arrived on the scene were able to quickly free him and took him to the hospital for further treatment. The man was reportedly at the dentist to be treated for a broken tooth, and instead left with a broken pelvis as well, while the driver did not suffer any injuries. The San Diego area building did not suffer structural damage, but will be closed for two days to repair the results of the car wreck. You can read more about this San Diego car crash in this SignOnSanDiego.com story.

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Following the recent death of Dusha Flowers, 33, from a deadly San Diego auto accident on the 805, comes another fatal auto accident on the Interstate freeway in the early pre-dawn hours of the morning. At about 5 a.m. on Wednesday, a 60 year-old woman driving a 1989 BMW northbound apparently lost control of her vehicle, causing it to slide to the right of her lane and collide with a 2005 Chevrolet Silverado. The minor ultimately caused both vehicles to both spin out of control and up an embankment on the side of the freeway and overturning. The Silverado pickup came to a rest on its side, partially in the freeway lane. You can read more about this San Diego car wreck in this SignOnSanDiego.com story.

The passengers of the Silverado included the 36-year old male driver, a female passenger, and 2 year-old toddler riding in a car sea in the right rear of the vehicle. When the pickup overturned, the boy was ejected from the car completely. Paramedics who arrived on the scene took all three passengers to different hospitals, and the boy died at the Children's Hospital. The driver of the BMW did not suffer any injuries.

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At about 9:15 p.m. Monday night, police officers in San Diego started on the pursuit of car thief, which would later result in a public crash just minutes later. Having identified a reported stolen car, police signaled for the driver to pull over, which was the opposite of what ended up happening. A chase ensued with patrol and gang-unit officers following on westbound state Route 94 near the busy Interstate 805. You can read more about this San Diego car accident in this 10News.com story.

The suspected thief driving the stolen car defiantly drove up to about 90 miles per hour while leading the patrol chase. A police officer reported to the newspaper that the suspect proceeded to get on the 805 southbound, exited at Imperial Avenue and got back on the 805, this time northbound, and then chose to head east on Route 94. After the freeway fiasco, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports that the car exited at College Avenue and headed north where he was abruptly stopped once he crashed at College Grove Way. By 9:25 p.m., the driver and passenger were taken into custody by authorities.

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Two hours after midnight the morning of Easter Sunday, April 12th, San Diego resident Dusha Flowers was riding in a BMW sedan on the Interstate 805. The county Medical Examiner's Office reported that as the southbound vehicle approached SR-54 in National City, the driver lost control, the car veered to the side and ultimately overturned in this San Diego car accident. California Highway Patrol reported that Flowers, 33, was ejected from the vehicle onto the freeway, where a pickup truck ran over her and drove away without stopping or returning to the scene. You can read more about this fatal San Diego auto accident in this SanDiego6.com story.

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While the involvement of alcohol has not been confirmed, it is suspected that the accident was the result of a DUI. The identity of Dusha Flowers was not originally released after her fatal car accident pending notification of her family, but was released on Tuesday by the proper authorities.

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Robert Johnson's wife, Margaret Johnson, past away this last Saturday at a San Diego hospital according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office. Margaret Johnson's death followed that of her husband's on Thursday. Margaret, 57, and Robert, 62, were found in their Dodge Caravan by San Diego County officials after the couple plunged into the San Diego Bay. According to San Diego Harbor police, neither of them were breathing and were unconscious when they were found.

We've written about the Johnsons' San Diego minivan accident before (here, here, and here). You can read more about Ms. Johnson's passing in this SignOnSanDiego.com story.

The married couple of 19-years had just left the Sheraton where they had spent the evening visiting their family and their 2-year-old grandson. San Diego investigators are still trying to figure out why it is that their van plunged into the San Diego Bay.

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In the last week we posted two stories (here and here) about a couple, Robert Johnson and Margaret Johnson, that plunged their mini-van into the San Diego Bay just off of Harbor Drive. It is not yet known why Margaret Johnson, the driver, directed the vehicle towards the bay. The couple had just finished visiting with out-of-state family and their grandson at the Sheraton Hotel when their vehicle plunged into San Diego Bay. Margaret was found by San Diego divers near the driver's seat and Robert in the rear of the van.

Both Robert and Margaret Johnson were taken to UC San Diego Medical Center where Margaret remains in critical condition. Robert, on-the-other hand, passed away. But his family has some solace in the fact that his death has helped save two others. Two people received Robert Johnson's kidneys on Friday, Good Friday, in separate transplants here in Southern California. You can read more about Mr. Johnson's generous gift of his kidneys in this SignOnSanDiego.com story.

Robert Johnson was also the victim of Parkinson's disease and both his wife and he used to attend Calvary Baptist Church in Oceanside.

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Following up on our previous post about this San Diego car accident, the male passenger in the submerged minivan has died. Robert Johnson of Vista was a passenger of the minivan driven by his wife, Margaret. San Diego Harbor police officers pulled the Johnsons, both of whom were unconscious, from the submerged vehicle. You can read more about this San Diego car crash in this 10news.com story.

Margaret Johnson remains hospitalized at UCSD Medical Center.

If you or a loved one has been injured or killed in a San Diego car accident, please contact San Diego auto accident lawyer Ross Jurewitz and the San Diego personal injury attorneys at the Jurewitz Law Group at 619-233-5020. You may also contact these San Diego car crash lawyers online here.

A Chevrolet Tahoe driving southbound on SR-67 overturned and rolled an estimated 60 feet below on Wednesday. The accident happened around 7:30 a.m. north of Lakeside near Slaughterhouse Canyon Road. The sides and roof of the sport utility vehicle were completely crushed, and the two passengers inside had to be removed by professional rescue crews. You can read more about this San Diego County auto accident in this 10news.com story.

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This is one of many car accidents in San Diego County that have recently occurred on the small, 24 mile stretch of Highway 67. Portions of the road have been known by certain lethal nicknames, such as "Blood Alley", due to its windy and hilly disposition that gives way to numerous fatal car and motorcycle accidents yearly. While the cause of this incident is still under investigation, many auto accidents in this area are due to alcohol related offenses, driver fatigue, simple negligence, and the road's sharp turns itself.

If you or a loved one has been injured or killed in a San Diego car accident, contact your San Diego car accident lawyer Ross Jurewitz and the San Diego personal injury attorneys at the Jurewitz Law Group at (619) 233-5020. You may also contact these San Diego car accident lawyers online here.

Los Angeles Angels rookie pitcher Nick Adenhart was one of three people killed in an early morning hit and run car accident earlier today. Investigating police officers suspect alcohol to be involved.

The car crash occurred after the Angels' game yesterday in nearby Fullerton, California. Adenhart was a passenger in a silver Mitsubishi Eclipse that was broadsided, or "T-Boned", at an intersection by a minivan that allegedly ran a red light. Both vehicles spun in the intersection and one struck another vehicle. You can read more in this ABCnews.com story.

The minivan driver fled the scene of the auto accident on foot but was captured thirty minutes later. He has been identified as Andrew Gallo, 22, of Riverside. Gallo was driving on a suspended license for a prior drunk driving conviction. Tests of Gallo's blood-alcohol content indicate that it was above the legal limit at the time of the accident. It is likely that he will face vehicular manslaughter or murder charges for his role in the accident.

Two others involved in the accident, a 27-year-old man in the Mitsubishi Eclipse and 20-year-old Courtney Frances Stewart of Diamond Bar, were pronounced dead at the scene. Adenhart died during a last surgical attempt at the University of California, Irvine Medical Center.

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SR-67 in East San Diego County has the ability to make one feel as though they have left the city and its sprawling suburbs. The approximately twenty-four miles of road starts from an interchange with Interstate 8 in El Cajon and ends at an interchange with California SR-78 in Ramona is known not only for the winding and mountainous route it takes, but consequently the high incident of auto accidents seen on its scenic back country stretch. Most of these car wreck accidents tend to be fatal.

Since 2006, the 19 fatalities due to car crashes on California Highway 67 include 11 due to drunk driving. Despite the reputation this road has received for car and motorcycle accidents, it has not seemed to affect the attitude of drivers as the death toll remains steadily on its increasing pattern. Even if one does not drink and drive, it is important to remember that others on the road may not be as responsible. Always be cautious and alert to avoid potential auto accidents.

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A Vista man pulled into a Circle K on College Boulevard and Vista Way at about 3:20 a.m. The man wanted to get gas but the store was closed and the gas store clerk refused to sell him any gas. The man then proceeded to ram his truck into the two glass windows of the store and drove off northbound on College Boulevard, leading San Diego County police officers in a car chase through Vista, Bonsall, Oceanside, and Carlsbad roads.

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The man was pulled over on Old Grove Road, but then sped off again as San Diego County law enforcement officers approached him. He reached speeds of up to 90 mph and and at times he drove on the wrong side of the road. The man was chased by two police vehicles and ended on Chroma Drive where one of the police vehicles crashed into the wall. One of the officers received minor injuries and was taken to the hospital.

The driver then headed into the rural North San Diego County community of Bonsall along State Route 76, but the chase was called off due to fear of public endangerment.

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San Diego Harbor Police found a submerged minivan in the San Diego Bay at about 10:49 p.m. Monday night near the Sheraton Hotel. Within a few minutes divers dove into the bay to search for victims and found Margaret Johnson, 57, from Vista, California near the driver's area of the van. They also found Robert Johnson, her husband, 62, near the rear of the vehicle. You can read more about this San Diego auto accident in this SignOnSanDiego.com story.

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Witnesses of the crash said that the driver failed to make a turn at a T-intersection at Harbor Island Drive, went over the curb, and plunged into the bay. They were both unconscious when they were found. San Diego officials performed CPR and were then taken to UC San Diego Medical Center. They remain in critical condition.

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Many times, San Diegans drive their cars when they are very tired and before they know it they start nodding off at the wheel. Here are a few tips to make sure that you stay awake on our San Diego roads and freeways:

1. You should remember that, before a long drive, you should try to sleep seven to eight hours the night. If not then you are asking to fall asleep at the wheel.

2. When possible, try not to drive alone. Passengers can keep conversation up with you to keep you awake and help drive as well. Avoid long drives at night.

3. Avoid late night drives. The glare of the lights may cause a hypnosis sensation to come over you.

4. Keep your body involved in the driving by not using cruise control, listening to music, and keeping the air temperature cool in your car.

5. Check your posture and make sure that you are seated correctly. If you feel too comfortable, you will tend to fall asleep.

6. About every two hours make sure that you stop at a gas station just to walk around or do some sort of a physical workout. Get your blood pumping through your body again.

7. Try to eat a snack every once in awhile to fight hunger. Hungry people tend to sleep.

8. During the day, you should wear sunglasses to fight the glare.

9. Break the monotony by listening to different radio stations, turning the radio on and off, talk to yourself, etc. Keep your mind active.

10. If none of these tactics work, then there is only one thing to do: sleep. Find a well lit area to park where you can sleep. Even a 20 minute nap will make a difference.

Source: Road and Travel.

Almost two years ago, on May 7, 2007, Ronald Boord of Ramona crossed into oncoming traffic with his pickup truck. He collided head-on with a Hummer being driven by Kris Coxsey of Warner Springs. Boord then went on to hit two more vehicles, causing a multi-vehicle car crash on SR-67 in Poway. Boord was on his way back from the Poway Wal-Mart at about 10 a.m., while Coxsey was on her way to visit her mother in San Diego from Warner Springs. You can read more about this San Diego County car accident in this SignOnSanDiego.com story.

Kris Coxsey's back was broken due to the crash and Ronal Boord suffered numerous injuries.

At the time of the crash, Ronal Boord was taking methadone and also had hip and ankle problems, making it difficult for him to operate a motor vehicle. However, it was initially thought by investigators that Boord had attempted to commit suicide since there was no evidence of him attempting to brake or perform evasive action once he crossed the double-yellow line. This suspicion was then heightened when investigators learned of previous incident where Boord emptied a .45-caliber handgun into his van parked outside of his Encinitas apartment. Boord begged SWAT officers to kill him while he held the gun to his head for about three hours. The jury, however, never learned about this incident because investigators thought that there was no way to prove what had motivated Boord. Instead, Boord was faced with a reckless driving charge and up to 11 years in prison.

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The California Highway Patrol reported that two people were killed and three other people seriously injured in a rollover car crash along SR 94 near the intersection of College Grove Way in San Diego this past Sunday morning. The San Diego auto accident happened at about 2:45 a.m. You can read more about this car wreck in this SignOnSanDiego.com story.

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The CHP suspects that this early morning SR 94 car accident may have involved underage drinking. The Ford Mustang spun out, went off an embankment and rolled over several times, ejecting the driver and four passengers. None of them were wearing seat belts.

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State Route 67 between El Cajon and Ramona is a dangerous stretch of road with many twists and turns. The street has no barriers between southbound and northbound drivers and 11 people died last year in accidents along this San Diego County highway. You can read more in this CBS8.com story.

Speed sensor signs are posted along the highway showing that many people drive above the speed limit on this windy road. In the upcoming year, San Diego drivers can expect more California Highway Patrol on the dangerous stretch of road. They plan to nail speeders who just can't seem to slow down. Just hours before the CHP received $265,000 for the new plan, another serious car accident happened along the highway where two cars clipped each other with no major injuries.

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Earlier this week we posted this story about a bicycle rider who was hit by a car on Balboa Avenue near Charger Boulevard in the Clairemont of San Diego. The cyclist was taken to the hospital with a chipped tooth and a cut on his forehead.

At first, it was believed that the driver was under the influence of drugs. However, now it is suspected that he was drinking and driving. The driver was arrested by San Diego police and was already driving on a suspended license a the time of the crash. You can read more about this accident in this SignOnSanDiego.com story.

If you or anyone you know has ever been injured in a San Diego bicycle accident, please contact San Diego bicycle accident lawyer Ross Jurewitz and the other San Diego personal injury attorneys at the Jurewitz Law Group at 619-233-5020. You may also contact these San Diego injury lawyers online here.

We have written about Alexandra Drake's death from a San Diego car accident on SR-67 here and here. The auto accident happened due to 2 drivers street racing in oncoming traffic.

The man driving the Jaguar that hit Alexandria Drake's Volvo on SR67 this past Sunday has been identified as Melvin Pearless, 47, of Ranchita. Pearless will most likely be charged with vehicular manslaughter. The driver of the BMW is still being sought after for questioning. You can read more in this SignOnSanDiego.com story.

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San Diego police reported earlier today that a bicyclist riding along Balboa Avenue near Charger Boulevard in the Clairemont neighborhood of San Diego was struck by a car driven under the influence of drugs. The car driver had a suspended license from a previous DUI. Yet, because of his lack of thoughtfulness, he seriously injured the bicyclist and sent to him to the hospital. The driver was also sent to the hospital with a front chipped tooth and a cut on his forehead. You can read more about this San Diego bicycle accident in this SignOnSanDiego.com story.

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California Vehicle Code Section 23152 states that "it is unlawful for any person who is under the influence of an alcoholic beverage or drug, to drive a vehicle." The California Vehicle Code also states that it is unlawful for a person to drive a motor vehicle if they are addicted to any drugs unless they are participating in a narcotic treatment program. The consequences of driving under the influence of drugs are very similar to that of a driving under the influence of alcohol charge.

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Yesterday we posted this article about a Ramona car accident that was caused by two racing cars. Alexandra Drake was taken to Palomar Hospital after the auto accident where she fought for her life until she passed away. The 25-year-old mother left her 4 week baby, Jayden, behind. Jayden survived the crash without any serious injuries thanks to Drake's responsible care of correctly securing Jayden in a child's seat. You can read more about this car crash and Drake's tragic death in this 10news.com story.

Alexandra Drake's mother saw the auto accident from her rear view mirror as she drove in front of Drake at the time of the crash. Yesterday, we wrote that a gold Jaguar was racing a white Mercedes. However, a California Highway Patrol spokesperson has since confirmed that the Mercedes was actually a BMW. California Highway Patrol officials are still looking for information about the car wreck and are searching for the driver of the BMW. If you have any information, please contact them.

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A 26-year-old mother is in critical condition after being involved in a multiple-vehicle San Diego County auto accident on SR67 near Quail Rock Road near Rosemont. The California Highway Patrol said that the woman was driving a Volvo at about 11:15 a.m. when a tan Jaguar convertible speeding northbound crossed the double yellow line into oncoming traffic, causing the serious car crash. The Jaguar was racing a white Mercedes, which did not stop. You can read more about this San Diego car accident in this SignOnSanDiego.com story.

The woman driving the Volvo had her 3 month old baby strapped into a car seat in the back. The baby suffered no injuries but was taken to the hospital just to make sure that everything was well. The mother was taken to the hospital along with two other people, including the driver of the Jaguar. San Diego County officials are still searching for the driver of the Mercedes.

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Michael Lee Moser, 54, was struck and killed in an El Cajon pedestrian accident by a pickup truck as he was crossing Jamacha Road, just north of Granite Hills Drive in El Cajon, California. According to the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office, Moser was not in a crosswalk when he was hit at about 8:15 p.m. this past Saturday. You can read more about this El Cajon car accident in this 10news.com story.

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The driver of the pickup truck called 911. Unfortunately, Michael Lee Moser, well known by friends and family in El Cajon and Lakeside, was killed at the scene.

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A temporary roundabout has been placed at the strange, three way intersection of Pomona Avenue, Adella Avenue, and Seventh Street in Coronado. This odd Coronado intersection is regularly used by San Diego car drivers and local Coronado children on their way to and from school. A Coronado grandmother, Jennifer Luther, lives near the intersection and agrees that the intersection needed a self-regulating traffic circle.

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The traffic circle was finished on March 11, but previous to this, Luther says that people had to accelerate onto Pomona Avenue from Adella Avenue and Seventh Street. After persistent pleas from residents, the Coronado City Council agreed to place a temporary roundabout and to study the traffic patterns of the 10,000 motor vehicles that use the intersection on a daily basis as well as Coronado pedestrian and bicycle activity. You can read more about this story in this SignOnSanDiego.com story.

Coronado is not the only city that is thinking of implementing roundabouts. Oceanside and Solana Beach are also pondering the idea of placing roundabouts at busy intersection. In San Diego, roundabouts have already been placed in Bird Rock on La Jolla Avenue, and a resident in the Ocean Beach neighborhood of San Diego is pushing for one there.

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The San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office reported that Raymundo-Ambrosio Vasquez, from Vista, California, was apparently standing outside of his Toyota Tercel with the door open on an I-15 accelerator ramp, just north of Poway Road, when he was struck and killed in a San Diego car accident on Wednesday morning by an Acura entering the ramp. You can read more in this SignOnSanDiego.com story.


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Ambrosio-Vasquez, 53, was apparently by himself and there are no witnesses to say why he was stopped.

The driver of the Acura called 911, but when San Diego first responders came to the scene, Ambrosio-Vasquez was already dead. The San Diego County medical Examiner's Office has an autopsy scheduled for today.

The driver of the Acura was not arrested, and the investigation is underway.

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Luis Pena, an ex border patrol agent, does not remember what happened a year and a half ago when his truck rolled over one night while he was on duty. What Pena does know is that he is lucky to have survived what he sees in the photos that were taken of his truck following his San Diego County rollover accident. You can read more about this personal injury story in this 10news.com story.

The roof of his truck collapsed, dislocating his C6 and C7 vertebrae and dragging the spinal cord with it. This caused a tear and a pinch on the cord, which in turn created a quadriplegic, ending his life as a firefighter, police officer, and martial arts instructor. Pena is not able to move 80% of his body but has regained some arm and wrist movement since his San Diego car accident.

Pena likes to have a smile on his face even though he is in constant pain. He knows that being a quadriplegic has not stopped him from being a father, a husband, and a counselor for people in San Diego who want to talk about issues. This is all hard to do with his constant pain, but he fights on.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that about 10,000 deaths a year happen from rollover accidents. Although rollover accidents are only about 3% of the accidents, about 60% of rollover accidents involve SUVs. San Diego officials and throughout the country argue that if roofs were made stronger then this would happen much less.

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Falling asleep at the wheel is just as serious of a problem as drunk driving here in San Diego County. Just this past Sunday, March 22, a driver fell asleep at the wheel of a Toyota Tundra, which went on to roll down a steep ravine off of I-15, near Fallbrook. The truck was carrying two other passengers. The front seat passenger, identified as Oscar Sandoval Jimenez, 23, of Moreno Valley, Riverside County, was thrown from the front seat and died at the scene. The driver and the second passenger were taken to the hospital for treatment of their injuries. You can read more about this Fallbrook car accident in this SignOnSanDiego.com story.

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The three individuals involved in this San Diego County auto accident were driving at around 3:15 a.m., which is a time when most San Diegans are asleep. According to a report released by the Insurance Bureau of Canada a driver who has not slept in 24 hours is as impaired to drive a vehicle as someone with an alcohol level of .1%. The Bureau's report also shows that the people most affected by fatigue at the wheel are young men, new/young drivers, workers with shift or split-shifts, people with sleep disorders, and of course people who's lifestyle does not allow them to sleep enough.

Continue reading "Oscar Sandoval Jimenez Killee in I-15 Car Accident Near Fallbrook" »

On March 22, Leslie Foster of the Valley Center area of San Diego County was killed when her Toyota Rav-4 was clipped by Alberto Allari, an Italian tourist. The car accident happened on Interstate 5 near Camp Pendleton in Oceanside. You can read more about the auto accident in this North County Times story.

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Foster and her husband were returning from a concert in Anaheim when the car crash occurred. The impact caused their Rav-4 to skid off the freeway and roll numerous times down the side of the hill. William Foster, her husband, sustained serious injuries as well and was life-flighted in a helicopter to a local hospital.

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On March 19, we posted this story about a Carlsbad car accident that happened just off of interstate 5 where a 1996 Toyota Tacoma veered off the freeway and into the Agua Hedionda Lagoon. You can read more in this North County Times story.

The 27-year-old passenger, Amy Lopez of San Diego, died Friday at the Tri-City Medical Center, where she had been on a ventilater since Wednesday. According to the San Diego County medical examiner's office, Lopez was pulled out of the lagoon unconscious while the 22-year-old driver, Alicia Biggs, was able to swim out.

The California Highway Patrol said that the accident had been alcohol related and that Biggs would probably face felony drunken driving charges.

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A speeding truck going 96 mph and headed north on I-5, drove into a Carlsbad lagoon this morning. The 22-year-old driver swam to shore and was later arrested by California Highway Patrol for driving under the influence. You can learn more about this Carlsbad car accident in this San Diego Fox 6 story.

The truck was also carrying another young female in her 20s that was sitting in the passenger seat. She was thrown out of the truck when it wen through the guardrail and into the lagoon. The passenger was found unconscious and floating in the water by San Diego officials. She was taken to the hospital but there have been no reports on her condition.

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Driving under the influence in San Diego County is not something you ever want to do, especially when carrying a passenger. It is bad enough that the driver placed her own life in danger but in this case she placed the life of her passenger in danger as well. We hope that the passenger will survive without any major injuries so that the guilt of this crash doesn't linger in the life of the driver.

If you or a friend have ever been injured in a San Diego DUI accident, please contact the drunk driving accident attorneys at the Jurewitz Law Group at 619-233-5020 or contact them online here.

A 27-year-old pregnant woman was hospitalized after she caused an Escondido car crash near the San Diego Wild Animal Park on San Pasqual Road on March 11. The car accident occurred because she was tired and falling asleep at the wheel when she drifted into the oncoming eastbound traffic, colliding head-on with a Ford F-350 pick-up truck. You can read more about this car wreck in this 10news.com story.

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San Diego County officials said that the 27-week pregnant driver suffered a compound fracture of one of her legs, but no other injuries were reported.

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According to a report by CBS8.com, just before 5 p.m. on March 12, an SUV overturned and slammed into a motorcycle on Highway 163 near the State Route 52 in San Diego. The driver of the SUV was thrown into the northbound lanes of the freeway and the motorcycle burst into flames. A pick-up truck was also involved in the San Diego car crash.

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The California Highway Patrol was not able to report on the extent of the injuries involved in this car accident/motorcycle accident and traffic continued to be slow into the night.

Just like in the Oceanside multiple vehicle car accident yesterday, this San Diego car accident happened during commuting hours. The importance of staying alert and cautious during this busy time on the roads cannot be stressed enough.

If you or a fellow commuter are ever injured or killed in a San Diego car wreck, please call the San Diego car accident attorneys at the Jurewitz Law Group at 619-233-5020 or contact them online.

On March 12, a bit before 7:30 a.m., there was an Oceanside multi-vehicle car crash on I-5 near the 76 freeway. An Oceanside Fire Department dispatcher said that one person was seriously injured and was taken to the hospital. Another person was rumored to have been trapped but that was never confirmed. You can read more about this serious car wreck here and here.

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As many as six vehicles may have been involved in this Oceanside car accident.

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A red 2004 Ferrari Modena came to a violent car crash with a light pole in Newport Beach this past week. NBC news reports that the driver of the Ferrari may have been Charles Lewis Jr., owner of TapouT clothing line.

A police officer was going north on Jamboree when he noticed the Ferrari and a white 1977 Porsche swerving out of control. The police officer believes that he caught the end of a car race on southbound Jamboree Road near Camelback Street. The Porsche kept driving when the Ferrari struck the pole but was later spotted at Bison Avenue, west of Jamboree Road. Jeffrey David Kirby, 51, of Costa Mesa and Lynne Marie Nabozny, 32, of Newport Beach were seen walking away from the Porsche and were arrested.

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A woman thrown from the red Ferrari was sent to Western Medical Center in Santa Ana. Her identity has not been confirmed.

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Aram Gorgees, a 7-year-old boy, was killed in a El Cajon car crash when the car he was riding in was t-boned by another car. According to the San Diego Medical Examiner's Office, Aram was taken to Rady Children's Hospital, but, unfortunately, died an hour after arrival.

The young boy was one of four passengers in the car that was struck when coming out of a strip mall on Jamacha Road in El Cajon. According to El Cajon authorities, Aram was one of three people injured in the crash.

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Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Gorgees family. It is unfortunate that we have lost another San Diego child in a senseless and careless car accident. We know that there is nothing that can replace a child lost at such an early age. However, it is comforting to believe and know that he will be remembered fondly by his loved ones.

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Yesterday, we posted a story about this unfortunate Pine Valley Car Crash in East County San Diego that came about by a bad lane change. The identities of the two women that were killed were not known at the time but the San Diego Union Tribune in a story found here revealed the car crash victims to be Glenda Ann Pinkham and Adelina Ortiz Burfield.

Pinkham was a 64-year-old riding in the 2001 maroon Nissan Altima with 69-year-old Adelina Ortiz Burfield as the driver. Both Pinkham and Burfield died at the scene of this San Diego car crash.

Continue reading "Glenda Ann Pinkham & Adelina Ortiz Burfield Identified As Women Killed in I-8 Pine Valley Car Crash In East San Diego County" »

Late on the afternoon of March 9, 2009, two women riding in a maroon 2001 Nissan Altima made an unsafe lane change on I-8 in East County San Diego and were struck by a grey Nissan Altima. The two women in the maroon car were in their sixties and were near the Golden Acorn Casino when this San Diego car accident took place. You can read more about the accident here.

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The driver of the gray car was a 44-year-old woman with a 41-year-old man and her 7-year-old son. All three of them were taken to the hospital with serious injuries.

The women in the maroon Nissan died at the scene and their identities have not yet been released.

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Impact Teen Drivers, a statewide California program to educate young drivers about the dangers of driving while not paying full attention to the road, had its first session at the East County San Diego school of Steele Canyon High yesterday in El Cajon. You can read more about the event here.

The program coincided with Teen Driving Safety Week and it is meant to prevent casualties that result from inexperienced drivers.

According to Brian Pennings of the California Highway Patrol, "Traffic collisions in our country take more than 5,000 teens' lives every single year." Pennings went on to say that countless studies have shown that teenager are more likely to fail in a deadly car accident than any other way.

The California Teacher's Association, the California Highway Patrol, and the California Casualty Insurance Association put on this collaborative effort to remind San Diego teens and other Californians of what family members and loved ones may suffer when such fatal car accidents happen.

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Late Friday night, George Peel Chandler, was killed in a San Diego car accident as he was coming out of Balboa Park in San Diego. A woman, going South along Sixth Avenue, ran a red light at Laurel Street and crashed into Chandler's Lexus. You can find out more about the accident here and CBS 8 news video is below.

The 73-year-old Chandler was sent to Scripps Mercy Hospital and was pronounced dead upon arrival. The woman driver was treated for minor injuries and has not been cited for the car wreck, but she may still face criminal charges.

Chandler was an admired member of the San Diego community. He headed the U.S. Small Business Administration's San Diego district office and had also worked for the military and for NASA. It is unfortunate that his life was cut short because of the other driver's bad decision or negligence by running a red light.

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An unidentified, 24-year-old, Oceanside man was killed Monday from injuries sustained from a suspected drunk driving car crash in Valley Center. The news story about the crash can be found here.

According to the California Highway Patrol officers, the man was driving east in a 1992 Jeep Grand Cherokee on Lilac Road at Via Piedra at aprroximately 8:20 p.m. when he crossed into the westbound lane. The Jeep crashed headlong into a 2002 Toyota Tundra. The driver of the Toyota suffered a broken elbow.

Three people were taken to the hospital after the car crash and the driver of the Jeep died while being treated for his injuries.

Authorities believe that drugs or alcohol contributed to the crash.

If you or a loved one has been injured or killed in a San Diego drunk driving car accident, please call the lawyers at the Jurewitz Law Group at 619-233-5020 or contact them online here.

19-year-old Richard Caldwell of Poway will be sentenced today for a San Diego drunk driving car crash that occurred in April 2008.

The young teenager, 18 years old at the time, crashed his SUV and killed his passenger, Charles Amaro II of the Rancho Bernardo area of San Diego, who was celebrating his 20th birthday with Caldwell and his passengers. Caldwell himself suffered head injuries and his three other passengers--a 19 year-old man, a 16 year-old girl, and a 17 year-old girl--were also injured.

The car accident was horrific. News stories at the time (found here and here) describe Caldwell driving at 65 to 70 mph along a residential street zoned with a 35 mph speed limit, leaving skidmarks, before rolling over several times on Valle Verde Road in Poway after it lost control on a curve past Vinter Way and ending up near Edina Way.

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At the time of the violent car wreck, it was suspected that the teens had been drinking and that alcohol was involved in the car crash. Sadly, that turned out to be the case.

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This past Saturday, a drunk driver caused a serious San Diego car accident when she hit four people, including a child, who were pedestrians crossing the street in in the neighborhood of Egger Highlands in San Diego, near Imperial Beach. The pedestrian accident happened at approximately 7 p.m. when the drunk driver, driving west on Coronado Avenue, attempted to avoid another car turning left from Thermal Avenue. You can read the original news source here.

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When the 20-year-old female drunk driver tried to miss the car, she instead hit three adults and one child standing on the corner. San Diego Police Department Sgt. Alan Hayward said that one of the adult pedestrians suffered serious injuries to her leg, while the other three suffered minor injuries.

The drunk driver was arrested and is likely to be charged with driving under the influence.

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At about 2 p.m. on February 25, 2009, a 63-year-old woman died on I-8 near Buckman Springs Road in eastern San Diego County when her blue Honda Civic was hit by a red 2007 two-door Pontiac driven by Linda Cahill, 50, of San Diego. You can read more about the car wreck in this San Diego Union-Tribune story.

Cahill, traveling in the fast lane on eastbound I-8, caused the car crash when her vehicle hit the Civic while trying to change lanes, forcing the Civic off the embankment. The driver of the Civic was ejected from her car seat while her front seat passenger, her husband, remained in the car and suffered several injuries. The driver was killed, but Cahill came out of the incident with no injuries.

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Witness say that Cahill had been driving recklessly before hitting the Civic.

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Yesterday, John Sudac of Carlsbad plead not guilty to leaving the scene of a Solana Beach car crash that left the pregnant driver of the other vehicle dead along the side of the freeway. He faces manslaughter and hit-and-run charges that could cost him up to 11 years in prison if convicted.

This accident is notorious in San Diego County. Not only was it reprehensible that the pregnant driver was left to die on the side of the I-5 freeway in Solana Beach just north of Via de la Valle, but that someone else took her purse from the scene. There was a separate investigation to find the pregnant woman's stolen purse, and a man was arrested as a result, but that charge was dismissed when the purse was later found.

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On the afternoon of Monday, February 23, an Otay Mesa car accident caused serious injuries to a pedestrian walking along the road. The news story can be found here.

The car crash happened when a speeding driver heading North along Heritage Road near Otay Mesa Road in San Diego swerved to avoid another car. At that moment, the driver lost control of his car, hit a catering truck, and sideswept some trees before hitting a 33-year-old man that was walking along the side of the road.

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San Diego Police Department officers said that the pedestrian's legs were pinned between the driver's car and a parked car. The pedestrian was rushed to the hospital where he was treated for several severe injuries.

The driver did not seem to be under the influence of alcohol.

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On February 22, three San Diego men were either seriously injured or killed in three separate motor vehicle accidents throughout San Diego County.

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A 24-year-old man died in a Jamul car accident along Skyline Truck Trail just west of Lawson Valley Road. The victim was identified as Manuel Rodriguez.

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A 20-year-old man broke his leg and suffered back injuries when he was involved in a San Diego motorcycle crash with a truck at the intersection of National Avenue and 31st Street in San Diego.

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A 29-year-old man was killed in an Escondido bicycle accident near the intersection of South Centre City Parkway and Brotherton Road in Escondido when his bicycle collided with a Toyota Corolla. Unfortunately, the best that the San Diego Medical Examiner's Office could do--the most dignity they could give to the victim--was to identify him as a local transient.

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We recently obtained an excellent result for our client, Karl F., who was involved in a San Diego car accident. Not only was Karl extremely pleased with the result, but he was also very happy with the excellent personal service he received from the Jurewitz Law Group.

Here is what Karl had to say about his experience with our office.

The Jurewitz Law Group recently settled claims against a negligent driver's car insurance company and our client's under-insured motorist coverage. Here is what our client, Edward S., has to say about the job we did for him after his Imperial Beach car accident.

California Highway Patrol officers are still trying to identify a man killed in a Pauma Valley car accident.

Shortly after 4 p.m. on February 17, 55 year-old Edward Cory was heading westbound on State Route 76 in his 2003 Dodge Ram truck when he lost control of the truck and veered into the eastbound lane. Cory crashed into a 2005 GMC van near Rincon Creek Road. Cory and the driver of the van were taken to Palomar Medical Center in Escondido. The Pauma Valley car crash was reported by CBS 8 here.

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Cory was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the car crash and was hurled through the windshield of the truck suffering several injuries. The driver of the van was pronounced dead at the hospital.

The van driver was not the registered owner of the van and authorities are still working on identifying the body.

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A series of San Diego car crashes led to the death of one person in the Spring Valley area of San Diego on February 18. The car crashes occurred on Southbound State Route 125, near Jamacha Road in Spring Valley resulting in the closing of the freeway for about a half hour. The source for this post is a CBS 8 news story, posted here.

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The closure was caused by a three-car accident where one of the cars overturned and caught fire. The driver of the car died at the scene.

The freeway was fully open by 1 p.m.

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The Jurewitz Law Group recently settled a injury accident claim arising from an Imperial Beach car accident. Our client's injuries were largely soft tissue, but were chronic in nature and required several epidural injections to manage his pain.

Read more about this case and our results here.

Data collected since 1998 shows that San Diego car accidents have been increasingly caused by young, female drunk drivers according to this news story.

The study, performed by Steven Bloch of the Automobile Club of Southern California, was started following the insane drunk driving incidents involving television celebrities Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, and Nicole Richie. These incidents made Block wonder if they reflected a larger problems facing communities like San Diego.

What Block found was that, in San Diego, young female drunk drivers between the ages of 21 and 24 saw the largest increase in fatal car crashes. In 1998, there were 49 fatal car crashes. By 2007, there were 110 fatal car crashes.

For example, in a 2007 North San Diego County car accident, a young Palm Springs womand named Deanna Fridley was charged with DUI and driving under the influence of methamphetamine in a head-on car accident that killed two couples from Escondido and Vista. She is presently awaiting trial on four counts of murder related to the car crash.

Bloch does point out that the majority of drunk driving related crashes still involve males. Males are still twice as likely to be involved in fatal drunk driver car crashes. However, the percentage of male drunk drivers involved in fatal car crashes has fallen while the percentage of female drunk drivers involved in fatal car accidents has risen dramatically.

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A 28-year-old woman fatally injured in an Escondido car accident on February 15 was identified as Maria Caballero Rangel. Ms. Rangel was a passenger in a 1994 Nissan Sentra heading eastbound on Valley Center Road, just north of Lake Wholford Road in Escondido, when a 2008 Ford Escape Hybrid, heading west, veered into their path. Both cars crashed headlong, severely injuring Ms. Rangel

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The Ford Escape's OnStar system alerted rescuers after it came to rest upside down and with a smashed front end. The red Sentra was crushed, according to CalFire Captain Nick Schuler.

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On February 12, 2009, John David Byrd of Escondido was traveling along South Escondido Boulevard near Sherman Way in his motorized wheelchair when a 2001 Infinity QX4 struck him. The car accident happened while Byrd was traveling as a pedestrian along the shoulder of the road.

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When officers of the Escondido police arrived on the scene, they found Byrd still in his wheelchair pinned under the Infiniti SUV. He suffered severe trauma and injuries to the head and torso. He died at the scene just before he could be taken to the hospital. He was 52.

The driver of the SUV was not hurt and the accident is still under investigation.

The Jurewitz Law Group sends its' prayers to Byrd's family at this sad time. While the accident is still under investigation, it appears that the driver of the SUV was at fault for causing the accident. Byrd may not have been in the crosswalk or along the sidewalk (assuming there is one at this location), but if he was traveling along the shoulder of the road it is hard to imagine a reasonably safe driver hitting him. Bicyclists and others routinely use the shoulder of the road to travel and it does not appear that Byrd was in the lane of traffic.

At about 8:30 p.m. on February 11, a semi-truck with a tractor trailor was cut off by another vehicle while travelling westbound on I-8 near La Mesa. The truck veered across all of the westbound lanes, smashing through the concrete center divide into the eastbound lanes. At that moment, a pick-up truck travelling eastbound crashed into the big rig truck, killing the driver of the pick-up truck.

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The driver of the big-rig tractor trailor was ejected from his vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene by California Highway Patrol.

Forty gallons of gasoline were spilled and HAZMAT crews were sent to the scene to clean up the mess.

Debris from the car crash caused several other car crashes. The two left lanes of both the eastbound and the westbound freeway were closed for several hours.

Video and photographs of the trucking accident aftermath, can be found here.

Most people have never hired a San Diego injury accident lawyer or attorney, let alone been involved in a car accident trial. However, if you'd like to know what it's like, our friends at the Maryland law firm of Miller and Zois have posted this trial transcript.

While the transcript involves a car accident trial in Maryland, the trial is very similar to what happens in a California car wreck trial.

If you're ever in a car accident in San Diego or California, be sure to contact the Jurewitz Law Group at 888-233-3180.

On June 6, San Diego professional surfer Milton Willis was driving his car northbound along Coast Boulevard near the intersection of 20th Street when he lost control of his car. His car crashed into a parked car and a palm tree, killing his passenger, Bradley Dillahunty. Willis was speeding at approximately 65 mph in a 25 mph when the crash occurred.

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We wrote about the car accident at the time here at the San Diego Injury Lawyer Blog.

Authorities have now charged Willis with gross vehicular manslaughter and DUI in connection with the accident. A $500,000 arrest warrant has been issued for Willis.

A 30-year-old man is suspected of crashing a Honda Accord into a Mission Beach home on Ingraham St. near La Mancha Dr. at about 12:15 p.m. on Monday.

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Police searched for the man for 40 minutes before they captured him at approximately 1:15 p.m. near Jewell St. and La Playa Ave. in Mission Beach. The man was caught and arrested after he broke into an apartment by smashing a window, injuring his hand.

The hit-and-run driver attempted to fool San Diego police by stealing and changing into clothes from the apartment, leaving his bloody clothes inside. However, officers captured him while trying to leave.

Early Thursday afternoon, a red Jeep crashed onto the boardwalk in Pacific Beach near Joe's Crab Shack restaurant. One pedestrian was nearly run over.

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The accident occurred when the driver, an Oregon woman, dropped off her husband and their dog at the curb near the boardwalk. Rather than putting her foot on the brake, she pressed on the gas and her Jeep jumped onto the boardwalk before finally stopping.

Nobody was injured in the accident, but a bicyclist and pedestrian were nearly struck by the jeep.

A 16-month-old Vista toddler was killed on Wednesday in a hit-and-run car accident when the toddler wandered into the road near the intersection of Smilax Road and South Santa Fe Avenue in Vista, California.

The toddler was struck by a dark sedan, but very little else is known about the vehicle.

This is yet another tragic accident involving a small child. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the toddler's family. There is nothing worse than the death of a child. They have our sympathies.

UPDATE: The accident victim has been identified as Christopher Castellanos.

Forbes Magazine issued a special report at the most frequent factors that cause fatal car accidents based upon data gathered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, and the Traffic Safety Center at the University of California at Berkeley.

Amongst the factors covered in the report, the data shows that Saturday is the deadliest day of the week for auto accidents due to higher incidents of drunk driving. The most dangerous time of the year is August and the most dangerous hour is between 5 and 6 pm--rush hour. The most dangerous day of the year is July 4th.

Other factors included, not surprisingly, failure to wear seatbelts; driving over the speed limit; talking on cell phones; and drinking and driving.

Please read the report and keep these factors in mind the next time you are driving.

If you or a loved one have been injured--or killed--by the negligence of another driver, please contact the Jurewitz Law Group at 888-233-5020 to discuss your case.

(Hat tip: http://www.robertnkatz.com/)

Just after 9 pm this past Tuesday, a Toyota Camry heading westbound on Interstate 8 near Descanso was involved in a roll-over car accident, ejecting all eight passengers.

Five of the passengers were riding in the car while the other three were stuffed in the trunk. All eight were thrown from the car when it rolled over. Thankfully none of the passengers were killed. However, three of the passengers were critically injured and were airlifted to a nearby hospital. They in critical condition.

The cause of the crash is still under investigation. All eight passengers are believed to be illegal immigrants.

Luis Umberto Perez, 21, of San Marcos was arrested for suspicion of causing six hit-and-run car crashes in Vista and San Marcos this past Monday between the times of 6:45 and 7:45 PM, according to this North County Times news story.

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Perez was stopped after a half-mile car chase in Vista near the intersection of Hibiscus and Sycamore avenues. The California Highway Patrol reported that Perez was "extremely drunk" after being removed from hiswhite four-door Ford Explorer. His 1-year-old daughter was riding in the back seat.

During the chase, Perez reached speeds of over 100 mph. Itis believed that Perez hit the first car near the intersection of South Rancho Santa Fe Road and Linda Vista Drive continuing onto South Rancho Santa Fe Road and hitting a second car. Perez then headed westbound on Highway 78 where he hit three more vehicles.

When arrested he refused to identify himself and was booked into the Vista jail as "John Doe." After a search of DMV records, it was determined that Perez did not possess a valid driver’s license. His daughter was not injured and was released to her mother.

Bail is set to $130,800 with his initial appearance scheduled for today, Friday.

If you were in, or own, a car that received damage in Vista or San Marcos Monday night, do not hesitate to contact the Jurewitz Law Group at 888-233-5020 for assistance.

Heavy rains came to San Diego today and will remain over the County for the next four days. As usual, this means more car accidents--including deadly accidents--in the area as drivers try to remember how to drive safely in the rain.

Our office always receives more calls about San Diego car crashes immediately after a heavy rain storm. However, we'd rather see San Diegans remain safe on the roads.

Here are five tips to drive safely in the rain:

1. Avoid skids and sliding by driving slower than usual. San Diego drivers are used to driving 70-80 mph on the freeway. Don't. Slow down, particularly in curves and heavier traffic.

2. Don't steer or brake quickly. Use a slow, gradual touch. Quick movements can cause you to lose control over wet pavement.

3. If your car starts skidding in a fishtail, remain calm and take your foot off the gas pedal. Do not use your brake. Over wet pavement, your car can accelerate or steer but not both. By taking your foot off the gas and brake, the rear axle will come back in line.

4. Hydroplaning is a common problem that happens when the water in front of your tires builds up until your car is riding on top of the water rather than the pavement. To avoid hydroplaning, drive in the tire tracks of the car in front of you. If you find yourself hydroplaning, take your foot off the brake and gas pedal until you slow down enough so that your tires make contact with the pavement.

5. If you absolutely need to use your brake while hydroplaning, pump the brakes gently.

Stay safe on our San Diego roads over the weekend. If you are unfortunate enough to be involved in a car crash on our wet highways, feel free to contact the Jurewitz Law Group at 888-233-5020 anytime for free advice and assistance.

A car crash Tuesday on Interstate 15 in the Deer Springs area of San Diego, killed an Escondido teenager and seriously injured another woman.

The teenager, Brittany Grell, 18, of Escondido and a 21-year-old occupant were driving southbound on Interstate 15 shortly before 11 p.m. when their Chrystler Sebring swerved to the right, moved back to the left, and skidded into the center median before overturning and rolling several times. Both Grell and the other woman were ejected from the vehicle.

Grell was pronounced dead at the scene. Paramedics took the woman via ambulance to Palomar Medical Center for treatment of her serious injuries.

Witnesses report seeing a coyote on the freeway around the time of the accident, although it was unclear whether a coyote caused the vehicle to swerve.

Early on February 1, 2009, four people died in a car crash on Interstate 215 in Colton, near the Riverside / San Bernardino County line.

The accident happened when the driver of a Toyota 4Runner drove into the back of a 1999 Chevrolet Cavalier that was disabled on the freeway. The Cavalier burst into flames, killing all four people inside. The driver of the Toyota survived the crash.

The investigation into the cause of the accident is ongoing.

The California Public Utilities Commission suspended the license of a San Gabriel, California tour bus company following a fatal bus accident near the Hoover Dam in Arizona last week.

Seven bus passengers were killed and ten other passengers were injured in the accident. All passengers were tourists from China. Also injured in the crash were the driver of the bus and a motorcyclist.

The PUC stated that the company did not lose its' license due to the accident but because its' liability insurance lapsed on Monday. The company, DW Tours, also had been fined in the past for utilizing an unlicensed subcontractor operate some of its' bus tours.

The bus crash did not involve any other vehicles. The bus accident was caused when the driver of the bus veered towards the right shoulder of the highway, then flipped after the driver overcorrected his steering,.

Shortly before 5 AM this morning, a Riverside County fire engine responding to a car crash was involved in a car accident of its’ own when it collided with a pickup truck crossing the intersection of Etiwanda Avenue and Van Buren Boulevard near the Pomona Freeway in Mira Loma, California

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The fire engine, Engine 17 of the Glen Avon Station, was traveling northbound on Etiwanda Avenue andhad its emergency siren and lights on as it approached the intersection. However, the pickup driver, traveling westbound on Van Buren, may not have seen or heard the engine. A big rig tractor trailer had stopped in the left turn lane and obstructed the driver's vision.

Three firemen suffered injuries, The fire captain on the engine suffered a head laceration and two other firefighters were hospitalized. Unfortunately, a passenger in the pickup was killed.

The incident is still under investigation.

Early Saturday morning, Bruce G. Molina of Pala, California was killed in a fiery car crash on southbound I-15 at the State Route 52 intersection. He was 32.

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Molina was a passenger in a 2000 Kia Spectra being driven by a 28-year-old woman who was also a lance corporal in the Marine Corps. Her name has yet to be released.

According to accident investigators, the driver was speeding on southbound I-15 when the driver lost control and struck a concrete barrier causing the car to burst into flames. Both people were trapped in the car and died from burn injuries and smoke inhalation.

Our prayers go out to the families of Mr. Molina and the driver.

We just received this response from a San Jose / San Francisco car accident client, Amber L. of Palo Alto, California, whom we helped after she was involved in a very serious car accident on the freeway in Mountain View.

We consider this kind of great feedback from clients to be our end-goal: great customer service and results.

Here is what Amber L. had to say about her experience with the Jurewitz Law Group.

A high-speed car chase ended with the deaths of three Southern California boys when their car flipped over a wall and landed in the front yard of a home in Fontana, California.

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The car, a Nissan Maxima driven by a 14-year-old boy, ran a red light and was pulled over by a California Highway Patrol Officer. As the officer walked toward the car, the boy sped off and led the officer on a high-speed chase that led the cars through several red lights and reached speeds of up to 90 mph before the Nissan hit the wall.

The car accident threw the 14-year-old driver and his 11-year-old passenger from the car. They were declared dead at the scene. A 6-year-old passenger wearing a seat belt was transported to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center where he later died of his injuries.

Early Sunday morning, a 60-year-old Palmdale man was killed when a wrong-way driver struck his car head-on while he was driving on the Antelope Valley Freeway.

The accident occurred along the southbound lanes of California 14 when a driver of a Ford Explorer began travelling northbound along the highway. The accident occurred near Santiago Road in Acton, California.

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At the time of the accident it was unknown whether the driver of the Explorer was under the influence of alcohol. Given that the accident occurred at 3:00 a.m. early Sunday morning and involved a wrong-way driver, it is highly likely that alcohol was involved.

The Jurewitz Law Group sends their sympathies to the family of the deceased driver. We also hope that the driver of the Explorer fully pays for his negligence and--if the car accident was caused by alcohol--that he be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

An early morning single-vehicle car crash in Rancho Penasquitos left the driver of the car with severe head trauma and trapped in his car after it hit the center divider and flipped over.

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The driver, an unidentified man in his 20s, was driving northbound on Carmel Mountain Road the 56 Freeway when he fell asleep. The car veered out of the lane, hit the center divider, flipped, and skidded to a stop.

The driver was later puled from the vehicle and diagnosed with severe, but not fatal, head injuries.

The Jurewitz Law Group hopes that the driver's head injury is not permanent of life changing. Please remember that if you are feeling tired, it is better to pull over and rest than to severely injure, or kill, yourself or others in a car crash. Please take the time to rest.

Dozens of car accidents happen in San Diego every day. Fortunately, most are minor and don't cause injury. However, a large percentage of these accidents do cause some injury and leave victims wondering what they must do to protect themselves.

Without specific knowledge of what to do after a car accident, most accident victims are left at the mercy of insurance adjustors who are looking to exploit their lack of knowledge and the fact that they have not hired an experienced injury lawyer.

Here are some things insurance companies don't want you to know:

Continue reading "What Car Insurance Companies Don't Want You to Know, Part One" »

Two Santa Barbara women were seriously injured in a car accident on Highway 154 west of San Antonio Creek Road in Santa Barbara County when the driver of the vehicle took her attention away from driving to retrieve her cell phone.

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The vehicle containing the two women landed on its roof after driving off the road and a 30 foot embankment.

The accident happened when Miriam Duarte of Santa Barbara heard her cell phone ring and she leaned over to pick it up. When she did so, her vehicle drifted off the road and down the embankment. Both Ms. Duarte and her passenger were trapped upside down until they could be freed by members of the Santa Barbara County Fire Department and Sheriff's Department.

The two were transported to the hospital and, luckily, only suffered lacerations and complaints of pain.

The Jurewitz Law Group wants to remind everyone that inattention is the number 1 cause of car accidents--even more of a factor than alcohol or speed. Cell phones and other distractions greatly lead to inattention. Please remember that your duty as a driver is to safely drive your vehicle. Leave the distractions alone.

The Jurewitz Law Group has opened a second office in North San Diego County to better serve our North County clients, including people seriously injured in car accidents, motorcycle accidents, and trucking accidents.

Our North County office is located where Carlsbad, Vista, and San Marcos meet along Palomar Airport Road and is easily reachable from Oceanside, Escondido, and Encinitas.

Our North County office is located at 2768 Loker Avenue West, Suite 101, Carlsbad, CA 92010.

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Meetings at our North County office are by appointment only and can be made by contacting our office at 619-233-5020 or 888-233-5020.