Automobile Accidents

• Marin Lawsuit Raises National Awareness of Dangerous Bike Hubs

  Claude Wyle | July 25, 2007 9:34 AM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  Traditional quick release bike hubs pose a danger to children because the wheels may spontaneously fall off, causing disfiguring and serious injury. This fall, New Jersey may become the first state to enact a ban on quick-release bicycle hubs. The movement against the defective bike hubs is rooted in Marin County, California, where families of eight injured children filed a lawsuit against...

• What NOT To Do Right After a Crash

  Claude Wyle | March 14, 2007 2:07 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  You've been in a motorcycle or automobile or bicycle accident and you were injured. Now what do you do to protect your claim for personal injuries? Call an attorney right away? If you delay, you may make mistakes that will permanently prejudice your claim and prevent you from getting a fair settlement with the insurance company. Obviously, you will have your hands full, or will not be well...

• Martinez Car Accident Kills Two Men

  Shannon Weidemann | August 25, 2007 2:04 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  A man was robbed at an ATM in Martinez and then proceeded to follow the thieves in his car. Two armed men robbed the victim at a bank on Alhambra Avenue. They then drove away with another man and got into a car accident. The victim handed over "everything but his car keys" and watched the robbers run to Walnut Avenue and get in a waiting silver Pontiac sedan containing a third man, Cmdr....

• Julian Car Crash Kills Teenager

  Shannon Weidemann | August 12, 2007 12:16 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  A 17-year-old teenage from Yuma was killed in a car accident in Julian on Thursday night. The victim was a passenger in the car. The single car accident happened on Highway 79. The car was driven into a utility pole. According to the release, CHP investigations show Bailey was unable to negotiate a left-hand curve on the road due to the excessive speed of his 1986 Ford Mustang. CHP...

• San Francisco Car Accident Kills Teenager

  Shannon Weidemann | May 30, 2007 6:02 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  A single vehicle car accident in San Francisco has left one teenager dead and three others hospitalized. All four people in the car were 17-years-old. According to South San Francisco police, a black 2004 Pontiac GTO was heading north in the 1400 block of El Camino Real around 9 p.m. when the driver lost control, struck a curb, hit a brick wall and flipped over. The three other passengers were...

• 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...

• Antioch Man Killed on Highway 24 in Walnut Creek

  Claude Wyle | August 01, 2007 3:37 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  Early this morning, a 60-year-old man was struck by another vehicle and killed while laying down flares on Highway 24 in Walnut Creek, California. The man did not survive his injuries and was pronounced dead at John Muir Medical Center. Since the vehicle was out of traffic, this is an example of how auto accidents like this can be avoided by remaining in your car until help arrives. For more...

• Hit-and-run Victim Survives Serious Head Injury

  Claude Wyle | July 19, 2007 7:25 AM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  Last Sunday at approximately 10:00 p.m. a motorist struck a pedestrian at the crossing of Amador Valley Boulevard and Regional Street in Dublin. Paramedics rushed the victim to a local hospital for treatment of a serious head injury. The victim required 12 staples on his head, but survived. A witness phoned police and followed the driver until police arrived and apprehended the suspect. ...

• Wife Runs Over Husband, Drags Him to his Death

  Claude Wyle | July 17, 2007 7:55 AM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  In a tragic auto accident that occurred in San Francisco's Chinatown district on Saturday night around 8:15 p.m., an elderly woman accidently ran over her husband while backing out of her driveway, then dragged him to his death. Paramedics rushed the victim to San Francisco General Hospital, but he did not survive the serious injuries he sustained. The accident occurred at Mason and...