Southern California Car Accident Lawyer Blog

California Highway Patrol officials have determined that a motorcycle accident in San Dimas on June 6, 2010 that killed 36-year-old Michael Smith and seriously injured a 11-year-old boy, was not a solo crash, but a hit-and-run collision. According to a news report in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, CHP officials arrested Ryan Ferreira, 39, on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter and hit-and-run. Officials say Ferreira made an unsafe lane change near a motorcycle on a transition road between the southbound 57 Freeway and eastbound 10 Freeway.

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A bicyclist was killed in a Los Angeles car accident after he was struck by a suspected drunk driver who also left the scene of the accident. According to a CBS news report, police arrested William Keith Square, 40, on suspicion of felony DUI, vehicular manslaughter and hit-and-run. Los Angeles Sheriff's Department officials say the fatal bicycle accident occurred the night of April 17, 2010, at the intersection of Santa Fe Avenue and East 218th Place. Square was traveling north on Santa Fe in an SUV when he struck the bicyclist. The victim was transported to a local hospital where he died.

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I offer my deepest condolences to the family and friends of the deceased victim for their tragic and heartbreaking loss. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.

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Two people were injured in an Orange County car accident the morning of December 7, 2009, a crash that officials say was caused by drivers going too fast in the rain. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the collision involved six vehicles that were heading east on Bake Parkway in Lake Forest. A gray colored Nissan Altima was initially rear-ended, pushed on to the sidewalk and the grass embankment. The Altima was hit by a white car, which officials say fled the scene of the crash. A silver Acura crashed into the back of the white car. Another Nissan Altima then, ran into the Acura and was in turn, hit by a Chevy pickup truck. That Chevy truck was struck by a Dodge pickup.

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Isaac Hudson, 84, was killed in a San Francisco car accident the morning of November 11, 2009, according to a Bay City News report. The fatal car accident occurred at the intersection of Alemany Boulevard and Congdon Street near Highway 280. Hudson's car collided with another vehicle, but the three occupants of the other vehicle fled the scene of the accident on foot, witnesses to the accident told San Francisco police officials. Hudson was found inside his car and died at the scene. Police said two other parked cars were also struck as a result of the collision. However, no one else was injured.

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Police in Hesperia are looking for two hit-and-run drivers who they say critically injured an 18-year-old woman during a San Bernardino car accident the evening of October 30, 2009. According to a news report in the San Bernardino Sun, the teen was riding a Honda 50 motorcycle when a dark-colored SUV crashed into her head-on near the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Olive Street. The vehicle then dragged the woman about 100 feet before leaving the scene of the accident, San Bernardino County Sheriff's officials said.

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Police in San Diego are looking for a hit-and-run driver who struck and injured a woman in a car accident the night of October 31, 2009 in the Mountain View area. According to a CBS news report, the 43-year-old woman was crossing the street in the 3700 block of Ocean View Boulevard when she was struck. She reportedly suffered a fractured leg and several broken bones in her face. Police officials have described the suspect vehicle as a black Nissan Altima with tinted rear windows. The car is also said to be missing part of its left side mirror.

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A parking enforcement officer was seriously injured in a San Francisco car accident the morning of October 16, 2009. San Francisco police said that the parking official was struck by a vehicle in the area of Third and Mission streets. The individual, who has not yet been identified, was hospitalized with injuries. The driver of the vehicle that hit and injured the official did not stop. Investigators are treating this as a hit-and-run car accident.

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A recent car accident in Riverside has critically injured a teenage girl as she was hit by a speeding driver near a street intersection. According to a CBS News report, the 17-year-old had been involved in fender-bender type collision the night of October 15, 2009, at the intersection of El Sobrante Road and Circle City Drive in Corona, California and had stepped out of her car to exchange insurance details with the other driver. Corona police say at this time a 1987 white Mercedes sedan raced through the intersection and struck the parked cars. The teen, who has not been identified, was trapped between the cars and sustained major injuries. The impact apparently severed one of her legs.

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Two children ages 6 and 10 have suffered critical injuries as a result of a Los Angeles car accident after their vehicle was struck by an SUV at a Bellflower intersection. According to an Associated Press news report, the SUV was stolen in Torrance and the driver refused to stop at a sobriety checkpoint in Long Beach the morning of October 18, 2009.

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Los Angeles police officials are asking for the public's help in finding a hit-and-run driver who struck and killed a man in a Los Angeles car accident the evening of October 12, 2009. According to a post on LAPD's Web site, the victim was found lying in the number one lane of westbound 8th Street. He was apparently struck by a silver Mercedes Benz traveling west on 8th Street in the same lane. The Mercedes then continued west and stopped on Berendo Street. Police said the driver of the Mercedes then got out, walked around his vehicle and then got back in and drove away.

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Ye Sook Le, 78, was killed in a Los Angeles car accident after she was hit by a car while crossing a street in South Los Angeles. The driver, 54-year-old Rochelle Gilmore, initially fled the scene, but later turned herself in. The fatal pedestrian accident occurred October 7, 2009 near the intersection of 79th Street and Western Avenue. Eyewitnesses apparently told Los Angeles police that Le was crossing against a red light when she was struck down with an impact that knocked off her shoes. Gilmore later told police she didn't remember much of what happened at the accident. Police said Gilmore had the right-of-way, but was arrested for leaving the scene of the accident. Police are still investigating and asking anyone who saw the accident or has additional information to call 213-485-7336.

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A pedestrian was killed in a Los Angeles car accident the night of September 26, 2009 when a driver who was fleeing from California Highway Patrol officials struck and killed the man. According to an Associated Press news report, the victim who has not been identified yet, was in a crosswalk on Ventura Boulevard in the Woodland Hills area when he was hit by 26-year-old Hector Vidal who was being pursued by CHP officers. Vidal reportedly, at one point during the pursuit, also traded gunfire with police. The victim died at the scene. Vidal was eventually arrested after rear-ending an SUV.

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A woman died in a Riverside car accident the morning of September 21, 2009 after she was struck by four vehicles as she crossed a freeway off-ramp in Corona, California. According to a CBS news report, the woman, who has not yet been identified, was first struck by a Honda Civic driven by 23-year-old Pedro Vargas who was exiting the 15 Freeway at El Cerrito Road. Vargas told California Highway Patrol officials that he tried to avoid the pedestrian, but couldn't. The woman was hit by the left front fender.

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One person was injured in an Orange County car accident after his vehicle was struck by another car at a street intersection in Santa Ana, California. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the accident occurred the morning of September 11, 2009 at the intersection of Bear Street and Segerstrom Avenue. Santa Ana police say a silver Dodge minivan going north on Bear collided with a white Oldsmobile that was headed east on Segerstrom. The minivan rolled on its side, trapping the 59-year-old driver and his 17-year old passenger inside. The driver of the Oldsmobile fled the scene of the accident on foot. The 59-year-old man complained of pain and was taken to a local hospital. The teen was not injured.

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Nick Hagali, 80, died Thursday night after injuries sustained in an Orange County pedestrian accident the day before.

The OC Register said that the Anaheim car accident occurred just before 9 a.m. on Brookhurst Street and Ball Road.

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Tyler Carmanati, 20, and Zachary Wilson, 21, sustained injuries in a California car accident the morning of September 6, 2007, which San Luis Obispo police say was caused by a drunk driver. According to a news article in the San Luis Obispo Tribune, 26-year-old Ian James Michaelson is accused of crashing his car into another car occupied by Carmanati and Wilson. Michaelson was headed north on California Boulevard and apparently, speeding, when the crash occurred.

Michaelson's tires left skid marks that measured more than 90 feet to the point he crashed into the rear of the other car. Michaelson also left the scene of the accident, but police caught up with him and arrested him. He has been charged with drunk driving and felony hit-and-run.

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One person was critically injured in a San Francisco car accident the night of August 11, 2009 after being struck by a car on Van Ness Avenue, the San Francisco Examiner reports. The pedestrian, who has not yet been identified, was walking near the intersection of California Street and Van Ness Avenue when a car hit him, San Francisco police said. After hitting the pedestrian, the motorist drove away from the scene of the car accident. Police do not have a description yet of the motorist or the suspect vehicle.

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A man suffered critical injuries in a hit-and-run Los Angeles pedestrian accident after he was struck by a vehicle in Compton, California, early morning on August 9, 2009. According to a CBS news report, the fatal car accident occurred at South Atlantic Avenue and Linsley Street when the man, who has not yet been identified, was hit. He was transported to an area hospital and listed in critical condition. Police say they are looking for a car with front-end damage. They believe the hit-and-run vehicle may have been a gray Toyota pick-up truck

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Hit-and-run accidents in Southern California occur almost on a daily basis. Hit-and-run accident victims and their families are the worst sufferers in these situations because not only are they suffer serious personal injuries or killed as a result of the accident, but they are saddled with sky-high medical expenses, cost of hospitalization, medication and loss of earnings – and they have no one to hold accountable for their injuries, damages and loss.

Our client, Shaun Edward Earnhart, is exactly in this situation. Earnhart was seriously injured in a hit-and-run accident when he had got off his car on the shoulder of the eastbound 60 Freeway off-ramp at the Phillips Ranch Road exit in Pomona. Earnhart had got off the car because he had gotten sick from eating at a restaurant. According to California Highway Patrol officials, it was at this time that the driver of the Mercedes Benz exiting the freeway veered into the shoulder and struck Earnhart. The impact of the pedestrian-car crash sent Earnhart flying back, over the Mercedes, and across the off-ramp lanes. He suffered critical injuries and is still in the hospital.

The driver of the Mercedes dropped a black, custom-made, spider web-shaped grill at the scene after the impact. Other than that the Mercedes did not slow, brake or stop. In fact, according to Earnhart's distraught girlfriend, the driver of the Mercedes accelerated down the off-ramp and fled the scene so fast that she could not even get the vehicle license plate number. Based on the physical evidence at the scene, CHP officials believe that the Mercedes should have considerable front end damage. Investigators also believe that the spider web-shaped grill recovered from the scene belonged to a customized AMG-style Mercedes Benz. The part number on the grill was AMG A 220 885 06 53.

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Gabriel Pompa, 30, was killed in a North Hollywood hit-and-run pedestrian accident early morning June 22, 2009, the Los Angeles Daily News reports. Pompa was reportedly struck near the intersection of Satsuma Avenue and Vanowen Street in North Hollywood, Los Angeles police officials said. Officials said they responded after a motorist driving by saw Pompa's body lying on the street and called 911. So far, no witnesses have contacted police about this fatal hit-and-run accident. However, officials are hoping to get some information about the hit-and-run driver off the cameras in the area. Investigators are looking into how the pedestrian accident may have occurred, but are now saying that there was no marked crosswalk where Pompa was hit.

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