Automobile Accidents

• 11-year-old Oakland Girl Killed By a Hit-and-Run Driver

  Claude Wyle | October 23, 2009 3:12 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  Alana Williams, a sixth-grader at Frick Middle School in East Oakland, was killed on October 16, 2009, as she walked through a crosswalk at a busy intersection on her way to school. Muni ...

• Deadly San Francisco Intersection Takes Another Life

  Claude Wyle | October 09, 2007 7:27 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  Sloat and 19th Avenue is one of the most dangerous intersections in the city of San Francisco. Last year, this intersection claimed seven fatal injuries. Wednesday, two cars, in a head-on collision, claimed the life of a 21-year-old pedestrian. An unidentified mother and her toddler were also struck, but survived, with moderate injuries. For more information on this subject, please refer to...

• Muni Bus Strikes Pedestrian

  Claude Wyle | October 08, 2007 7:07 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  Early Tuesday morning, a Muni Bus struck a pedestrian at the corner of 6th and Market Street, in San Francisco, California. Passengers on the bus screamed at the driver to stop, but it was too late, the bus slammed right into the woman. The pedestrian survived, but suffered severe injuries. Police are currently investigating the incident, which is the 18th pedestrian versus Muni accident this...

• Alcohol Blamed in Fatal Highway Accident

  Claude Wyle | October 06, 2007 6:22 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  Another drunk driver has shamelessly taken the life of another. Early Thursday morning, Zhang Bailan drove south on Highway 101 in San Francisco California. He was drinking earlier that night, and struck another motorist when he attempted to exit onto Third Street. The driver of the car Bailan struck suffered fatal injuries while his passenger suffered moderate injuries and was rushed to San...

• Muni Rider Rescued by Fellow Riders

  Claude Wyle | October 04, 2007 5:59 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  An unidentified man narrowly escaped horrific injuries Tuesday evening. As the unknown man attempted to board a Muni train, his hand became caught in the door. Panicked passengers tried to stop the train. Just as the man was inches away from the wall of a tunnel entrance, one rider managed to stop the train by triggering an emergency release. The man refused medical treatment, and his...

• Injured Bicyclist Close to $150,000.00 Settlement

  Claude Wyle | October 01, 2007 5:35 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  Approximately three years ago, San Francisco Police Officer, Philip Welsh, crashed into Robert Kellogg, a bicyclist. Officer Welsh was on duty and in uniform when he collided with Kellogg in San Francisco's "North Beach" District. Instead of trying to assist Kellogg, Officer Welsh fled before providing the injured cyclist with his full name or address, and never filed an accident report. ...

• Reckless Teen Driver Causes Fatal Auto Accident

  Claude Wyle | September 28, 2007 6:00 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  Rachel Vargas, a 14-year-old, was killed when the car she rode in lost control and slammed into the center divider on Interstate 680, near Pleasanton. Vargas was one of four passengers in a car driven by 19-year-old Drori Levi. Police say he was driving at an extremely high rate of speed, which likely was the cause of this auto accident. No criminal charges have been filed against Levi. It...

• Woman Drives into Walnut Creek Market

  Shannon Weidemann | September 25, 2007 6:21 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  A woman driving a car drove into the Martinez Family Produce Market in Walnut Creek on Wednesday afternoon. The driver of the car was not hurt in the car accident. A 10-year-old boy was injured. He was in the market at the time of the accident. The driver, 68, of Walnut Creek, was driving a loaned 2007 Lexus RX 350 when she failed to negotiate a right-hand turn into the market, struck a...

• TTDDM: Texting and Driving Don't Mix

  Claude Wyle | September 10, 2007 7:44 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  Inexperienced drivers should keep both hands on the wheel at all times. This is precisely why Senator Joe Simitian introduced legislation that would ban all drivers under 18-years-old from texting, or using any electronic device, and driving. Perhaps this bill will prevent fatal accidents like the one in New York earlier this summer. Five teens suffered fatal injuries in the Finger Lake's...

• Woman Tragically Killed in Train Accident

  Claude Wyle | September 10, 2007 3:37 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  Britta Aker, who was just 27-years-old, was killed early yesterday morning when she walked across Union Pacific Railroad tracks in Newark, California. Our hearts go out to the family of this young woman; especially knowing that it will be difficult for them to recover damages for civil liability. This is true because most courts will hold that railroad tracks themselves are sufficient warning...