The California Highway Patrol has begun a one-year effort to create awareness around impaired driving. CHP partnered with the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) in a Statewide Impairment Reduction campaign. The campaign, nicknamed SIR, runs from October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018. Funds for the SIR campaign were provided by a grant from…
Accidents involving motorcycles often result in serious injuries or fatalities. A motorcyclist was killed in an accident on Linda Vista Road after a vehicle allegedly ran a red light and struck him. The motorcyclist was stuck under the car, a Nissan Altima, and was dragged more than 75 feet. Rescue crews had to extricate the…
A personal injury is an injury inflicted to your body as opposed to damage to your property. The area of personal injury law includes dog bites, slip and falls, pool drownings, bicycle accidents, and more. What you should know, and what this post will explain, is that California has strict time limitations for when you…
A driver who was waiting near his disabled vehicle while it was being towed was hit and killed by another driver. The accident occurred on an off-ramp on SR-94 in Lemon Grove. A man’s pickup truck with a utility trailer was disabled and pulled to the side of the road. A tow truck driver was…
California Highway Patrol, CHP, is slated to receive a federal grant intended to help improve pedestrian and bicyclist safety. The money will be used to promote awareness between all road users to increase safety on the roadways. Vehicles, pedestrians, and cyclists need to learn how to better share the roads in a safe and respectful…
A 19-year-old man was sentenced this week after pleading guilty in June to a felony hit and run charge that caused a death. The accident happened on February 7, 2017 at about 10 p.m. The driver was traveling north in a Mercedes-Benz sedan on Sweetwater Road near Tyler Street when he struck a pedestrian who…
A settlement has been reached in the death of a 7-month-old who was struck and killed in an intersection on Catalina Boulevard in 2015. The parents were crossing the street with their young baby in a stroller when the father and baby in the stroller were hit by a vehicle at the intersection of Catalina…
Vehicle accidents are the top cause of death to children in the United States. Every 33 seconds a child under the age of 13 is involved in a car crash. One of the reasons for passenger injuries and fatalities in a car crash is the failure to use seatbelts or car seats. September 17 through…
A bicyclist was struck and killed while riding in a bicycle lane on SR-76 in Oceanside. The crash occurred at 10:55 am when a Honda Accord veered into the bicycle lane striking the cyclist. Paramedics performed CPR on the man, who was airlifted to the hospital where he later died. The driver stayed at the…
The San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office has issued its annual report. The number of deaths due to homicide, pedestrian deaths, and methamphetamine use was higher than in previous years. The statistics show trends based on cause of death findings from 2015. The study offers a summary of deaths in the county. The study reviews…
