A 4-year-old boy who was killed in a Ventura car accident has been identified as Bernardino Rincon. The car accident was apparently caused by an elderly driver the morning of November 30, 2009, according to a news report in the Ventura County Star. The fatal car accident occurred on Santa Rosa Road when 84-year-old Richard Levens struck two other cars stopped at a light and then hit the Rincon family's minivan. The van left the roadway, struck a tree and rolled over on an embankment. Bernardino was ejected from the vehicle and pinned under the van. He was pronounced dead soon after the accident in an area hospital.
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Omead Afshar, 23, and Melissa Lynch, 24, suffered serious injuries in a Ventura car accident. The Ventura County Star reports that the major injury car accident occurred on November 21, 2009 after Afshar, who was driving, lost control of the car and crashed into the median on Westlake Boulevard. Afshar and Lynch were trapped in the car and sustained major injuries. Both were taken to a local hospital after being rescued from the vehicle by emergency personnel.
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Five vehicles were involved in an Orange County car accident, which officials say, was caused by tire tread from a large truck, that was dropped on the roadway. The Orange County Register reports that the multi-vehicle crash happened on the 57 northbound near Imperial Highway in Brea, California, the morning of November 17, 2009. California Highway Patrol officials said no serious injuries were reported in this crash. The car accident involved a Mercedes Benz driven by 18-year-old Francisco Linares, a Nissan Altima, an Acura, Ford Explorer SUV and a Ford F-250 pickup truck.
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A boy who died in a November 11, 2009 San Francisco car accident has been identified by authorities as 7-year-old Mark Thomas. The rollover crash happened after a Ford Explorer SUV blew its left rear tire. The driver, Mark's 22-year-old sister Jewel Mims, lost control of the SUV, which veered off the roadway and overturned landing on its side. Mark, who was in the cargo area of the SUV, was not wearing a seatbelt and was partially ejected, California Highway Patrol officials said. He died of major head trauma. Others in the SUV sustained injuries as well, but they were not life-threatening.
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Officials have identified a man who was killed in a Los Angeles car accident the morning of November 7, 2008, as 28-year-old Mark Anthony Reyes. According to a news report in The Signal, Reyes was driving his 2000 Honda Civic west on Soledad Canyon Road close to Gladding Way in Santa Clarita when he lost control of the vehicle and hit a power police. Officials are still trying to determine what caused Reyes to lose control of his car. Reyes died at the scene of multiple traumatic injuries.
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