Traffic Accident News

Alfred Eclipse Jr., 66, a truck driver from Norwalk, was killed in a San Bernardino car accident after the UPS big-rig he was driving overturned. According to a news report in The Press-Enterprise, the fatal truck accident occurred along Interstate 15 south of Oak Hills Road in Hesperia, the morning of January 25, 2012. Officials say a 32-year-old San Bernardino man allowed his Nissan 350z, to drift into the center divider and then back across lanes where it struck the truck's left front wheel. The truck driver attempted to avoid the collision but could not. The truck rolled over onto the shoulder and down an embankment, killing the driver. The driver of the sports car was not seriously hurt. It is not clear if he was cited for the fatal crash.

My deepest condolences go out to the family and friends of Alfred Eclipse, Jr., who was killed in this tragic accident. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.

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Just recently, a truck accident occurred between a car and truck in Granada Hills. One person was seriously injured in the collision. The truck accident happened around 5 a.m. off Woodley Avenue. The cause is still unknown, but there are many possible causes of truck accidents in California.

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Westminster and Mission Viejo, California has seen a rise in truck accidents in recent years. Many of these Westminster truck accidents are preventable and a Westminster truck accident attorney can help you if you have a case.

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Just recently, two children were injured when their school bus hit a commercial truck in Bakersfield California. Police reported the two children suffered minor injuries and are now in good condition. Truck accidents are increasingly becoming more dangerous.

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Romarino Zeri and his passenger Julie Anne Cameron were killed in a Los Angeles motorcycle accident after their vehicle crashed into a big rig during the annual charity "Love Ride." According to an NBC news report, the fatal motorcycle accident occurred on the northbound 5 Freeway at Branford Street near Pacoima, the morning of October 23, 2011. California Highway Patrol officials say Zeri and Cameron were moving between the number three and four lanes. During the lane change, the motorcycle struck a big rig. The motorcyclist was run over by the trailer. Both, Zeri and Cameron died at the scene. An investigation is ongoing.

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Santa Ana, California is considered the urban center of Orange County. With high truck traffic throughout the city and on the I-5 freeway, Santa Ana has sadly become a devastating statistic in the area of truck-related fatalities. In 2009 alone, 11 fatalities were reported in the city of Santa Ana. Although down from 15 fatalities in 2008, these numbers are still significantly above the California average.

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In 2003, 4,669 trucks were involved in fatalities across America. This number has increased to over 5,000 in 2009. California has had the most total fatalities from vehicle accidents at 5,725 in 2003, including 332 fatal truck accidents. Several recent studies help shed light on the high incidents of truck accidents throughout California and what we can do to curb them.

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Westminster has had a record of road accidents. In 2009, there were four fatalities due to truck and car accidents and 5 vehicles were involved. Call a Truck Accident Lawyer for a free consultation to answer your questions today.

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The angry officials and residents of Los Angeles still remember to this day the horrific accident that occurred just two years ago in April of 2009. The catastrophe where a big rig truck smashed through La Canada Flintridge intersection and into a bookstore has caused much awareness to increase about the dangers of trucks and the need to increase safety standards dramatically in what is becoming a truck accident epidemic in Los Angeles.

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Huntington Beach, California is sandwiched in between the popular cities of Newport Beach and Long Beach and is located in Orange County, California. Known as surf city, and with the wide influx of tourists and other industries, traffic accidents, including truck accidents have disproportionately scarred the statistics in Huntington Beach. Often times, these collisions are preventable. If you were involved in a truck accident in or around Huntington Beach, California, you can contact the Huntington Beach Truck Accident Lawyers for free advice and information about your claim for compensation.

By law, trucking companies are required to follow Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations concerning their trucks, equipment and their drivers’ hours on the job. The California department of transportation also oversees the adoption of regulations regarding the safety of commercial motor vehicles such as big rig trucks. Yet many preventable causes of truck accidents continue and include:

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Imagine that you are driving down the freeway and you encounter a big rig truck weighing in at 80,000 pounds. Now imagine that the big rig has an exhausted driver who drifts into your lane. The weight of the truck increases the force of the crash significantly compared to a car vs. car collision. After an accident like this, your car could crumble like a soda can leaving you with catastrophic or fatal personal injuries.

Oversized loads, exhausted drivers, and unsafe driving practices are a few common threats that have the potential to cause a truck accident. To combat these dangerous scenarios California law has a number of regulations that truck drivers must follow. In California, state regulations require a truck driver to rest for certain periods of time in an effort to prevent fatigue. There are a number of other safety guidelines that you and your attorney will need to know when fighting against a negligent truck driver. Having a skilled and knowledgeable lawyer on your side will help ensure you receive a fair settlement after a California truck accident.

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Trucks can weigh ten times or more than passenger vehicles which are already considered to be a weapon on wheels in the wrong hands. Due to negligent practices by the trucking industry including hiring overworked and exhausted employees to carelessly letting them drive trucks with faulty or sub par parts have caused statistics like these to arise in our state.

Although only 3% of vehicles are trucks, they account for over 12% of all auto accidents. Every 16 minutes, a truck accident occurs in the U.S. The victims in the passenger vehicle are 50 times more likely to die from injuries than the truck driver due to its sheer mass.

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Jose Antonio Mora Avelar, 48, was killed in a Ventura car accident involving three dump trucks and six other vehicles. According to a news report in The Ventura County Star, the fatal truck accident occurred on northbound Highway 101 near Camarillo Springs Road, the morning of June 15, 2011. The victim's dump truck crashed into another dump truck driven by Tigran Tagaryn 38, at a high rate of speed. The second truck overturned and crashed into multiple other vehicles. A third dump truck, driven by Arthur Cohan, 60, also crashed into by Tagaryn’s overturned truck.

Avelar was killed in the crash from blunt force trauma. Tagaryn sustained lacerations and neck and back pain. Cohan sustained minor injuries. Several other vehicles were damaged but no other victims were hospitalized following the crash.

My heartfelt condolences go out to the friends and family of Jose Antonio Mora Avelar following this tragic accident. My thoughts and prayers are also with the many injured victims of this truck accident.

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Otis Hall Jr. and Sharon Higgins, both 20, were killed in a Los Angeles car accident involving a big rig, a Lexus and a Ford Mustang. According to a news report in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, the fatal truck accident occurred on the 60 Freeway, near Garey Avenue, in Pomona, early morning on May 16, 2011. After being involved in an initial collision, the drivers of the Mustang and the Lexus pulled their vehicles onto the shoulder. Officials say both Hall and Higgins were standing in the shoulder of the highway outside their respective vehicles, when a large truck veered and struck them and the parked vehicles. Both Hall and Higgins died at the scene. The truck driver was transported to a local hospital with unknown injuries. An investigation is ongoing.

My heartfelt condolences go out to the family and friends of Otis Hall Jr. and Sharon Higgins for their tragic, sudden and devastating losses. Please keep these grieving families in your thoughts and prayers.

Car Accident Statistics

According to California Highway Patrol’s 2008 Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS), six people were killed and 717 were injured in Pomona car accidents. During that same year, there were 667 fatalities and 52,229 injuries reported due to Los Angeles County car accidents.

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At least one person was seriously injured in a Los Angeles car accident, which involved a Wal-Mart big rig and several other vehicles. According to a news report in The San Gabriel Valley Tribune, the major injury collision occurred on the westbound 210 freeway east of Grand Avenue in Glendora early morning on April 29, 2011. Officials are still investigating what caused this injury collision.

My heart goes out to everyone who was affected by this major car accident. I wish the seriously injured person the very best for a speedy and complete recovery. Please keep this injured victim in your thoughts and prayers.

Traffic Accident Statistics

According to California Highway Patrol's 2008 Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS), there were four fatalities and 252 injuries involving car accidents in Glendora. In Los Angeles County as a whole, 667 people died and 52,229 were injured as a result of car accidents during the same year. Also, according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA), truck accident statistics, there were 304 fatal truck accidents and 3,196 injury crashes involving truck accidents, in California, in 2008.

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Dante Rouzan, 27, was seriously injured in an Orange County truck accident involving an out-of-control big rig. According to news reports, the serious injury accident occurred on westbound 91 Freeway near Glassell Street in Anaheim the night of April 12, 2011. California Highway Patrol officials say that a gravel truck driver was trapped inside the cab of his vehicle when an out-of-control 18-wheeler crashed into his vehicle. Rouzan had to be extricated from the truck and was hospitalized with major injuries. Officials are looking into what caused the big rig to go out of control.

My thoughts and prayers are with the critically injured victim of this Orange County truck accident. I wish him a complete and speedy recovery from his injuries.

Car Accident Statistics

According to California Highway Patrol’s 2008 Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS), 21 people were killed and 2,018 were injured in Anaheim car accidents. During that same year, there were 152 fatalities and 13,414 injuries reported due to Orange County car accident.

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Two elderly people have been seriously injured in a New Jersey car accident, after the vehicle they were in was struck head-on by a trailer, which detached from a pickup truck. According to a report in The News of Cumberland County, the injury car accident occurred the afternoon of March 23, 2011 on Shiloh Pike near the West Commerce Street extension. Witnesses told officials that a pickup truck was towing a trailer with a car on it. The trailer then came loose and hit the victims' car head-on. The elderly victims were trapped in the vehicle and had to be extricated. They were transported to local hospitals for treatment of unknown injuries. An investigation is ongoing.

My heart goes out to the injured victims of this horrific car accident. Eyewitnesses describe the scene as "gruesome." I sincerely hope the elderly victims of this accident have not sustained catastrophic injuries. I wish them the very best for a speedy and complete recovery. They will be in my thoughts and prayers.

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Dragos Tanase, 36, and Bora Nastic, 66, sustained major injuries in a Riverside car accident, which involved several vehicles. According to a news report in the Southwest Riverside News Network, the major injury accident occurred early morning on March 15 on the 10 Freeway in Desert Center.

California Highway Patrol officials say the accident happened when 55-year-old John Lang crashed his big-rig into the rear of a stopped 2007 Freightliner truck. That truck in turn hit another big rig which collided with a sedan. Lang sustained major injuries as did Tanase, the driver of the truck that was rear-ended, and, his passenger, Nastic. The driver of the third truck that was hit, 40-year-old Hector Castro, and the driver of the sedan, 33-year-old Rachel Douglas, both, sustained relatively minor injuries.

My heart goes out to everyone who was injured in this truck accident. I wish them all the very best for a speedy and complete recovery.

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Michael Robert Hopkins, 25, was killed in a motorcycle versus truck accident after he hit the back of a big-rig, the night of February 13, 2011. According to a news report in The Press-Enterprise, the fatal motorcycle accident occurred on the 15 Freeway near Foothill Boulevard in Rancho Cucamonga. California Highway Patrol officials say Hopkins was riding his Kawasaki motorcycle at 70 to 75 mph when he clipped a big rig. He sustained fatal injuries in the crash. The driver of the loaded flatbed big rig left the scene of the fatal accident. Officials say the rig lost its black left-rear mud flap during the impact. An investigation is ongoing.

I offer my deepest condolences to everyone who knew and loved Michael Robert Hopkins for their tragic and heartbreaking loss. Please keep this grieving family in your thoughts and prayers.

Motorcycle Accidents

According to CHP's 2008 Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS), there were two fatalities and 32 injuries involving motorcycle accidents in Rancho Cucamonga. In San Bernardino County as a whole, 34 people died and 532 were injured as a result of motorcycle accident during the same year.

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At least one person sustained injuries in a San Diego car accident after an elderly man driving the wrong way on the 5 Freeway struck several vehicles including a gas truck. According to a 10News report, the injury car accident occurred the morning of February 4, 2011, when 83-year-old Clarence Kinney drove his Ford F-150 pickup truck south in the northbound lanes at about 90 mph. Kinney, who officials say was driving on a suspended license, hit the freeway's center median before striking a Land Rover and a gas tanker truck. Kinney was injured as was a passenger in the Land Rover. No one appears to have sustained life-threatening injuries.

It is indeed fortunate that no one was fatally injured in this horrific car accident, which occurred at a high speed. I wish the injured passenger the very best for a speedy and complete recovery.

Car Accidents Involving Senior Drivers

California now has almost 3 million drivers who are 65 years or older, according to the Department of Motor Vehicles. A recent study by Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety finds fatality rates for drivers begin to climb after age 65. In 2005, about 11 percent of fatal car accidents in the United States had involved drivers 65 or older.

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