Posts tagged Motor Vehicle Accidents

• Motorcycle v.Motorcycle Crash Kills Fremont Woman

  Claude Wyle | August 09, 2007 10:50 AM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  Ronda Anaya rode as a passenger on a Harley motorcycle headed down Altamont Pass Road in Alameda County, California. Ronda and her friend Sam enjoyed an afternoon ride last Sunday, until they met tragedy and were thrown from their bikes during a head-on collision with another motorcycle ridden by Joe Silver. This catastrophic motorcycle accident was caused by the careless and senseless act of...

• Verdict: CHP 911 "Grossly Negligent."

  Claude Wyle | August 04, 2007 4:16 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  A San Francisco Superior Court Jury found the CHP 911 dispatch center "grossly negligent" in mishandling a deadly trucking accident. The mishandling of the 2003 call was a factor in the death of Richard Housley, who was crushed between the truck and trailer of the truck he was driving. The jury determined that 911 dispatch center departed from its standard procedures when they failed to call...

• Alameda Cyclist Memorialized With "Ghost Bike."

  Claude Wyle | August 03, 2007 8:34 AM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Had only one motorcycle learned to "share the road" with the car it was trying to pass exactly one year ago today, Ed Weiss may still be alive. Instead, this avid cyclist was struck by that motorcycle and suffered fatal injuries. Today friends, family and admirers memorialized him with a bicycle painted white -- the famed "ghost bike." Let's hope this raises awareness and prevents future auto...

• Antioch Man Killed on Highway 24 in Walnut Creek

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

  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...

• Scaffolding Collapse Causes Catastrophic Highway Accident

  Claude Wyle | July 31, 2007 5:23 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Failure of scaffolding on a highway on ramp near Chico, California caused a catastrophic highway accident early this morning. Miraculously, no fatalities occurred when thirty-six tons of steel collapsed on top of vehicles underneath. Three people suffered serious injuries, including multiple broken bones. One survivor was trapped in his FedEx truck for more than three hours before being...

• Mill Valley Man Dies in Fatal Auto Accident

  Claude Wyle | July 27, 2007 7:29 AM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Investigators are still searching for the cause of an auto accident that left a Mill Valley man dead. The accident occurred on June 18, 2007 when a Mill Valley man unexplainably veered off Ridgecrest Boulevard on Mount Tamalpais and down a 400 cliff. Recent toxicology results were negative.For more information on this subject, please refer to our section on Car and Motorcycle Accidents.

• Reckless Teen Kills Three in Deadly Auto Accident

  Claude Wyle | July 24, 2007 1:58 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Last night a reckless teenage driver took the lives of three others, as he raced at nearly triple the speed limit on a curvy road in Almaden Valley, San Jose. This auto fatality occurred when the reckless driver first struck an elderly couple who were pedestrians standing at the side of the road, and then smashed into two trees. The elderly couple, the driver, and his passenger all suffered...

• Consumer Commission Powerless to Pull Deadly Product Off the Market

  Claude Wyle | July 23, 2007 10:48 AM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Kazuma refuses to pull the Meerkat 50 Youth ATV off the market, or make the product safer. The Consumer Public Safety Commission (CPSC) is unable to force a recall. The ATV is marketed to children under 11 and the products numerous defects places the children at a high risk of serious injury or death. Defects include being able to start in gear and lack of front brakes and parking brakes.The...

• Distracted Driver Hits Tomato Truck; Kills Passenger

  Claude Wyle | July 20, 2007 10:32 AM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  The death of a 23-year-old woman this Sunday could have been avoided if only the driver in the van she rode in paid more attention to surrounding traffic conditions. Just south of the Herndon crossing on northbound I-5 at approximately 9:54 p.m., Pakom Lengsrichaem sped along at 75 mph. He did not notice traffic slowing ahead of him, and rear-ended a tomato truck moving at 15 mph. The tomato...

• Guilty! Bus Driver Injures Bicyclist

  Claude Wyle | July 18, 2007 8:56 AM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Golden Gate Transit is increasing training around bicyclists after a Marin jury recently found a driver guilty on charges related to a bus versus bicycle accident. The incident occurred on February 5, 2006 when a rider tapped on a bus and the angered the bus driver then allegedly attempted to run the cyclist off the road before intentionally hitting the rider at a bus stop on Ward Street near...