Oakland Personal Injury Lawyer - Motor Vehicle Accidents

Trucking Accident Causes Fiery Freeway Accident

Claude Wyle — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:37:28 GMT

Two people suffered fatal injuries in a fiery pileup inside a Southern California freeway tunnel on Sunday night. Two trucks triggered the accident when they collided into each other, which led to a serious of chain-reaction accidents, involving at least 15 trucks. Ten people suffered serious injuries, and it took over 300 firefighters to extinguish the blaze.

For more information on this subject, please refer to the section on Tractor-trailer accidents.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Claude Wyle

Deadly San Francisco Intersection Takes Another Life

Claude Wyle — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 19:27:55 GMT

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 the section on Car and Motorcycle Accidents.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Claude Wyle

Alcohol Blamed in Fatal Highway Accident

Claude Wyle — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 18:22:56 GMT

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 Francisco General Hospital.

For more information on this subject, please refer to the section on Car and Motorcycle Accidents.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Claude Wyle

Reckless Teen Driver Causes Fatal Auto Accident

Claude Wyle — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:00:55 GMT

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 is unknown at this time if Vargas' family will pursue a wrongful death claim.

For more information on this subject, please refer to our section on Wrongful Death.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Claude Wyle

Woman Drives into Walnut Creek Market

Shannon Weidemann — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:21:43 GMT

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 curb, lost control and drove into the building and hit the rear wall, said CHP spokesman Scott Yox.

The boy was treated at Children's Hospital in Oakland. He had some scrapes and bumps from the accident. The California Highway Patrol is investigating the accident and no citations have been issued.

If you would like to learn more about car accidents, please visit InjuryBoard's Car Accident information page.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Shannon Weidemann

TTDDM: Texting and Driving Don't Mix

Claude Wyle — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:44:40 GMT

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 region when the alleged "texting driver" swerved head-on into a tractor-trailer. Let's hope legislature gets in right and passes this one.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Claude Wyle

Martinez Car Accident Kills Two Men

Shannon Weidemann — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 14:04:49 GMT

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. Tom Simonetti said.
The victim got into his vehicle and followed the Pontiac as it traveled west on Highway 4. The driver of the Pontiac was trying to exit on McEwen Road when he accelerated, struck a curb and lost control of the car. It rolled several times before coming to rest -- badly smashed -- in a pasture.

All of the victim's belongings were found in the car wreck. The third man was injured in the accident and was taken to the hospital. He has been charged with armed robbery.

For more information on this subject matter, please refer to the section on Car and Motorcycle Accidents.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Shannon Weidemann

Deadly Oakland SUV v. Motorcycle Accident

Claude Wyle — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:50:23 GMT

On Tuesday morning in downtown Oakland near Chinatown, a motorcyclist was killed when an SUV while making a lane change, brushed the motorcycle he was riding, knocking him into a parked car, and then into a retaining wall.
The motorcycle accident happened about 6 a.m. in the 100 block of Seventh Street, between Jackson and Madison streets. This apparently is another case of "I just didn't see him", or "he came out of nowhere". Hopefully, the family of the motorcycle rider will hire a good motorcycle attorney to help them with this wrongful death claim.

The name of the motorcycle rider, a 42-year-old Alameda resident, was not released, pending notification of his family. The name of the SUV driver, who police said was a Coast Guard enlisted man, was also withheld. The Oakland PD said both vehicles had come out of the Posey Tube into Oakland from Alameda and were traveling eastbound on Seventh Street. The motorcyclist was in the far right lane, and the SUV was trying to change into that lane when he bumped the bike, making it hit a parked car and jump a curb where the rider was ejected into a cinder block wall, causing fatal injuries. This is another motorcycle fatality that should have easily been avoided.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Claude Wyle

Julian Car Crash Kills Teenager

Shannon Weidemann — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 12:16:01 GMT

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 officials state that alcohol and drugs are not believed to be a factor in this accident.

The driver of the car was injured and taken to Palomar Hospital. The police are still investigating the accident and no charges have been filed.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Shannon Weidemann

Motorcycle Race Turns Deadly in Oakland

Claude Wyle — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 17:56:00 GMT

Fortunately, the senseless acts of four motorcyclists did not affect any innocent bystanders. Last night, four motorcyclists entered a "street race" that turned deadly when all four riders crashed into a concrete wall on Middle Harbor Road in Oakland, California. Two of the racers did not survive the fatal motorcycle crash; the other two were rushed to Highland Hospital to treat their serious injuries. Let's hope other motorcyclists learn from this fatal mistake keep racing to the track.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Claude Wyle