Khuong Nguyen, 42, sustained injuries in an Orange County car accident after he was struck by an SUV in the parking lot of a hotel in Garden Grove. The Garden Grove Journal reports that the injury pedestrian accident occurred at the Ramada Inn Plaza parking lot the night of March 5, 2010. A Jeep Liberty driven by 58-year-old Dzung Truong struck Nguyen who was standing in the parking lot. Read full story »

A 62-year-old man who was a passenger in a minivan was killed in a San Diego car accident after a speeding driver lost control, veered into oncoming traffic and crashed into the minivan. The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that the fatal car accident happened on Wildcat Canyon Road south of Muth Valley Road, the afternoon of March 7, 2010. The driver of a 2004 Ford pickup truck was speeding on a wet roadway when he lost control, swerved into opposing lanes of traffic and struck the Plymouth Voyager minivan head-on. Both the occupants of the pickup truck were unharmed. The driver of the minivan suffered moderate injuries, while her passenger died. California Highway Patrol officials say that the deceased man was not buckled up. Read full story »

Officials have identified 67-year-old Michael Harris as one of two people who sustained fatal injuries in a Los Angeles car accident that occurred the evening of March 3, 2010 on the northbound 605 Freeway in Cerritos. The Long Beach Press Telegram reports that the accident occurred when a Ford van with seven people that was northbound on the freeway, went out of control and almost struck a Mitsubishi Lancer. Read full story »

A driver was seriously injured in an Orange County car accident after he lost control of his vehicle and crashed on a Los Alamitos roadway. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the injury crash happened the morning of March 3, 2010 near the intersection of Orangewood Avenue and Los Alamitos Boulevard. The man was driving a Ford Ranger pickup truck when he lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a light pole near the street intersection. Although fire officials who responded to the crash said the victim did not suffer major injuries, the driver's mother who commented on the newspaper's web site stated that he was taken by ambulance to a trauma center. Read full story »

An elderly driver killed in a San Diego car accident has been identified by officials as 87-year-old David Irving Epstein. The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that the fatal car accident occurred the morning of March 2, 2010 when Epstein lost control of his Toyota sedan and slammed into a stalled big rig stopped on the shoulder of Route 15. California Highway Patrol officials say they do not know why Epstein, who was going north on the freeway, went across traffic lanes and onto the Ocean View off-ramp before striking the big rig. The driver of the truck who was standing near the big rig was hit and sustained serious injuries. Epstein was pronounced dead at the scene. Read full story »

A San Francisco car accident caused by a suspected drunk driver led to the death of 23-year-old James Ortega, who was a passenger in the car that crashed early morning on February 28, 2010. The Santa Rosa Press Democrat reports that the driver of the 2006 Mazda, lost control of the vehicle on Frei Road and slammed into a tree. Another passenger, 24-year-old Chrystina Swan, was able to exit the car, but the two men had to be cut out from the mangled vehicle. Ortega died at the scene while Arrodondo was taken to a local hospital with injuries. Arrodondo was arrested on suspicion of felony DUI and vehicular manslaughter. Read full story »

A Long Beach car accident that occurred the night of February 24, 2010 proved fatal for a female pedestrian whom officials identified as 54-year-old Samira Chalala. The Press-Telegram reports that Chalala was hit by a pickup truck at the intersection of 27th Street and Pasadena Avenue when she was crossing in an unmarked crosswalk. The 1998 Nissan Frontier that hit her was going east on 27th Street. Chalala was taken to an area hospital where she was pronounced dead. Police have not cited or arrested the truck driver pending an investigation. Read full story »

A 56-year-old woman was seriously injured in a San Diego car accident after she was struck by a driver at a Mount Hope intersection the night of February 25, 2010. 10News reports that the injury collision occurred at the intersection of Market and 42nd streets. Police said the 76-year-old male driver ran a red light when the accident occurred. The woman suffered injuries to her leg and face. The driver did not stop at the scene, but was arrested shortly afterward in Santee. Read full story »

Forty-year-old Gabriel Lanusse sustained injuries in a San Francisco car accident the night of February 20, 2010 after the minivan in which he and his family were traveling, was struck by a 17-year-old driver. According to a news report in the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Lanusse was stopped at a traffic light on Lakeville Highway and Frates Road, in Petaluma, when the female driver lost control, crossing into opposing lanes and hit the minivan. Read full story »

A car accident caused by a Kaiser surgeon who was driving the wrong way on a Napa area highway injured five people, the Vallejo Times-Herald reports. California Highway Patrol officials believe Dr. Michael Meehan was under the influence when he crashed his Toyota Tacoma into a 2001 Oldsmobile Alero on Highway 221 the morning of February 21, 2010. The driver and three passengers of the Oldsmobile sustained moderate to major injuries. Meehan was also injured, but was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. Read full story »