Automobile Accidents

• Man Arrested at Border Involved In USC Hit-and-run

  Greg Owen | April 19, 2009 12:07 PM | 1 CommentGlendale, CA

  The man, Josue Luna, 32, was booked early Saturday as an accessory to a crime. He was attempting to cross back into the US from Mexico. According to the LAPD, he was released after posting $50,000...

• Road Texting: An Accident Waiting to Happen

  Greg Owen | February 04, 2008 3:23 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  Along with the ability to send text messages while driving comes the likelihood of more traffic accidents. Psychologists at the University of Utah say that texting behind the wheel is 50 percent more dangerous than talking on a cell phone while driving. Think about it, if someone was to use a typewriter or a laptop while driving it would be clearly insane. Although, the devise is smaller,...

• Long Beach Man Killed in Car Crash

  Greg Owen | February 23, 2009 9:23 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  Steven Mieli, 52, of Long Beach was driving a 2003 Toyota Camry when he crashed just north of Ocean Blvd in Long Beach on Sunday. The crash occurred at around 3:30am. The car is said to have hit...

• Husband & Wife Die Bizarre in Car Crash

  Greg Owen | June 19, 2007 12:21 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  In a bizarre chain of events a couple died in a car crash in Montana last Thursday. The husband and wife were driving in 2 separate cars with the wife following the husband. Initally, the man crashed his vehicle on Montana Highway 2 and rolled it to the opening of the Rockin' the Rivers concert venue. His wife, who had been driving behind him, then pulled her vehicle onto the shoulder of the...

• Staged Auto Accidents

  Greg Owen | February 08, 2007 4:33 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  Staged automobile accidents are a big business. It is often quite profitable until the perpetrators are caught, and as a rule, they are eventually caught. Ten suspects, including a doctor and two attorneys were caught and were arrested by Houston police. There are three others still on the loose. These arrests came after a two-year investigation. This type of scheme cost citizens and...

• Vehicle Accidents Involving Deer Are on the Rise

  Greg Owen | February 02, 2007 5:30 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  As awful a thought as it is, on the U.S. roads, many accidents occur when drivers strike deer. Last year alone, State Farm Insurance reported a 6 percent increase in their claims. Depending on the area, that number appears to be at the low end of the scale. It is estimated by The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 1.5 million deer-vehicle collisions occur each year in the U.S.,...

• Sheriff’s Office Offering Teen Driving Course

  Greg Owen | May 09, 2008 10:41 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  Statistics in America show that the leading cause of death for young adults is automobile accidents. As a result, a teen driving course is being offered by the Santa Rosa Sheriff's Office. In...

• Another Drunk Driver Kills

  Greg Owen | August 19, 2007 7:48 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  Cleveland Lloyd Antonio Mitchell, 54, of Durham, N.C., was driving in the early hours of the morning with his children, ages 18 and 21, when their vehicle was hit by another vehicle, which was driven by a drunk driver, Delvin L. Ridgle. As a result, Lloyd Antonio Mitchell died at the scene.According to Sgt. F.L. Tyler of Virginia State Police "Delvin L. Ridgle, 27, a sergeant with the U.S....

• Toddler Killed in Auto Accident on Golden State Freeway

  Greg Owen | June 21, 2009 7:37 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  According to a Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman, the fatal accident occured Saturday around 9:30 a.m. near the San Fernando Blvd. offramp on the southbound 5 Freeway. A 50-year-old woman from...

• Four Die in Crash Involving Amtrack

  Susy Owen | July 20, 2007 11:49 AM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  On Monday, an Amtrack train carrying 161 passengers collided with a vehicle. The collision was a result of the driver of the vehicle making a decision to drive around the crossing gate, witnesses reported. When you hear stories like this, it seems, truth can be stranger than fiction!Most unfortunately, the driver caused the deaths of three other people besides himself. Thankfully there were no...