December 31, 2009 – 6:45 pm
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – The Los Angeles Times recently published an article about the challenges faces by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The NHTSA is the federal auto safety agency that was created as a response to Ralph Nader’s book Unsafe at Any Speed. In that book, Nader discussed auto design and product [...]
December 30, 2009 – 11:37 am
GARDEN GROVE, CALIFORNIA – A 24-year-old man was killed Tuesday after he collided with a car making a left turn and was run over by another car. David Tanner was riding his Yamaha R1 sport bike east on Orangewood Avenue around 6 p.m. when a BMW sedan turned left in front of him onto Mac [...]
December 30, 2009 – 11:29 am
FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA – A 15-year-old girl was hit and killed by a freight train in Fullerton yesterday. The teenage girl was talking with her father in front of his car just before the accident. He was parked in a lot just north of the train tracks. The girl walked away from her father and was [...]
December 29, 2009 – 11:46 am
VISTA, CALIFORNIA – A child riding a skateboard was hit by an SUV Monday night in Vista. The SUV did not stop after the accident, according to the Vista Sheriff’s Department. According to Lieutenant Hope Andrews, the 15-year-old boy suffered major head trauma in the accident and was flown to the hospital for treatment.
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December 28, 2009 – 11:46 am
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – A 79-year-old man was seriously injured in downtown San Diego on Monday when his 75-year-old friend accidentally hit the gas pedal instead of the brake and backed over him. San Diego Police said that, just before noon, the driver let his passengers out of the car and was attempting to park [...]