Automobile Accidents

• To Prevent Accidents Palomar Mountain Fire Chief Takes Action

  Randy Walton | October 04, 2007 6:28 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  Every weekend it seems there is another automobile or motorcycle accident on Palomar Mountain. Just last Sunday a motorcyclist died, and the following day two cars crashed racing up the windy mountain road. The community now wants to do something about it.Palomar Mountain Fire Chief George Lucia has asked the county's road department to install a "rumble strip" - a passive traffic and speed...

• Witnesses Sought For Escondido Auto Accident

  Randy Walton | September 26, 2007 9:08 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  Auto accident in Escondido causes serious personal injury to 16-year-old boy. Police are looking for witnesses.A 16-year-old motorist suffered serious injuries in an auto accident Tuesday when the car he was driving collided with another vehicle at the intersection of South Centre City Parkway and South Centre City Frontage Road.According to the North County Times, the accident happened about...

• Motorcyclist Killed in San Marcos Accident, Passenger Injured

  Randy Walton | September 17, 2007 8:09 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  A 20-year-old motorcyclist died early Saturday morning in San Marcos at the intersection of East Mission Road and Mulberry Drive. Motorcycle rider fatalities have been on the rise since 1997. A report card issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for 2004 states that 4008 motorcyclists died in 2004 and 76,000 were injured.A 20-year-old motorcyclist died early Saturday...

• $5.64 Million Verdict for a 15-Year-Old Girl Hit by Commercial Truck

  Randy Walton | September 13, 2007 7:43 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  An Imperial County jury awarded a $5.64 million verdict to a young woman who was seriously injured when the family van she was riding in was hit by a commercial truck. She was 15 years old at the time of the accident.The commercial truck ran a stop sign and hit the family's mini-van, causing it to roll repeatedly. The commercial truck collided with the mini van, piercing it, and stricking the...

• Pregnant Woman Injured in San Diego Crash

  Shannon Weidemann | September 08, 2007 7:03 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  A car accident at the intersection of Tooma and Woodman Streets has caused a woman to deliver baby by emergency c-section and left her badly injured. The woman was riding in a car when it was hit by an SUV. The baby is in good condition at a local hospital. The Aveo was going south on Woodman when a Jeep Liberty driven by a girl, 17, pulled from a stop sign into the Aveo's path, police said....