Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Orange County Fire Fighter Injured By Hit and Run Driver

December 9, 2009 (by Horatio Algren) According to reports an Orange County fire fighter was injured in a cross walk by a hit and run driver.

According to authorities a 38 year old Orange County fire fighter identified as Luke Perisin was struck by a hit and run driver that was traveling in the wrong direction. The accident took place on Saturday morning at Brooks and South Coast Highway.

Perisin was in a crosswalk at the time of the accident and when he was struck by a driver traveling the wrong way and was thrown approximately 50 feet.

The fire fighter was transported to Mission Hospital and was reported to have sustained serious injuries including head injuries, but were not life threatening.
According to police witnesses stated the vehicle identified as a white four door late model Toyota Pirus or Corolla. The Toyota had California plates and is believed to have front end damage and possibly a broken windshield and according to witnesses the driver did not stop after hitting the off duty fire fighter.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Palmdale Crash Kills 1—Critically Injures 2

November 30, 2009 (by Horatio Algren) According to reports and accident that occurred near Plamdale took the life of one person and critically injured two others.

The accident occurred at approximately 7:30 p.m. according to California Highway Patrol Officer Patrick Kimball. According to Officer Kimball occurred in the vicinity of 116 Street and Pearblossom Highway in what is described as a T-bone collision.

The accident fatally injured a person in one vehicle and there were also two dogs that were fatally injured in the back seat of one of the vehicles. . There were two other people that were critically injured according to authorities that responded to the scene. The critically injured victims were transported to the hospital with what authorities stated was life threatening injuries.

The lanes of the Pearblossom Highway were closed with the exception of the westbound lanes and 116 Street was closed for over an hour.

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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Man Injured After Ejected From Vehicle In Anaheim

November 24, 2009 (by Horatio Algren) According to reports a man was injured when ejected from a vehicle after an Anaheim crash.

According to Anaheim Police Sgt. Rick Martinez the accident occurred at approximately 2:15 p.m. in the eastbound lanes of Broadway. The accident involved a black Chrysler Sebring and a green Hyundai traveling in the southbound lane. The Sebring struck the side of the Hyundai causing it to spin and strike a traffic signal according to Sgt. Martinez.

The scene of the accident was at the intersection where Loara Elementary School is located. The driver of the Hyundial was ejected through the front passenger window and the Chrysler spun in the same direction, coming to rest north of the curb and facing oncoming traffic.

According to Sgt. Martinez the driver of the Elantra was transported to UCI Medical Center in Orange and sustained head trauma in the collision. The woman driving the Sebring also sustained moderate injuries and was transported to the hospital.

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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Man Critically Injured When Struck

November 21, 2009 (by Horatio Algren) According to reports a man was struck by a vehicle while crossing the street. The man identified as a 35 year old Stanton resident was crossing the street to greet a friend when he was struck by a driver in a Ford minivan according to Lt. Fred Furey of the Sheriff’s Department. The accident occurred at approximately 7:00 p.m. in the vicinity of Orangewood Street and Beach Boulevard.

The man whose name has not been released was not in a crosswalk at the time of the accident, and the driver was not cited in the incident. The man sustained critical injuries and was transported to UCI Medical Center in Orange, with injuries including a skull fracture according to Lt. Furey. The officer also state that the injuries were not life threatening.

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Rollover Accidents Cause Freeway Backup

November 20, 2009 (by Horatio Algren) According to reports there were SigAlerts issued in two vehicles that rolled over following an accident.

The accident occurred at approximately 6:38 p.m. according to authorities and involved two cars and a motorcycle. Both vehicles in the accident rolled over after the impace trapping passengers inside. The accident occurred on the I-805 southbound lanes in the vicinity of Murray Ridge Road. There were multiple injuries according to reports.

The crash caused the traffic to slow and followed an earlier accident that occurred on I-8 in the westbound lanes in the vicinity of Mission Center Road. The accident according to authorities also involved multiple vehicles and caused a SigAlert to be issued. There was a motorcycle involved in the accident and the rider was unconscious at the scene of the crash.

In third accident according to the California Highway Patrol an SUV rolled over and an ambulance responded to the scene. The SUV rollover occurred on the 805 Freeway in the vicinity south of 163rd Street.

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Monday, November 16, 2009

Hit and Run Victim Identified in Menlo Street Racing Crash

November 16, 2009 (by Horatio Algren) According to reports the child that was killed in a Menlo while crossing the street with her mother has been identified, while police are still searching for the driver.

According to Nicole Acker a police spokesperson police investigators are looking for a 24 year old Palo Alto resident, Shannon Fox as a person of interest in the hit and run they believe occurred during a street race.


The child that was fatally injured in the hit and run has been identified as 6 year old Lisa Xavier of Menlo Park, by the San Mateo County Coroner’s Office. The accident occurred at the intersection of Willow Road and Bayfront Expressway at approximately 2:00 p.m. Thursday. Lisa Xavier and her mother were both injured when two vehicles were street racing according to Menlo Park Police Department Sgt. Matthew Ortega, and the father was uninjured in the crash.

The accident occurred when two vehicles street racing in the northbound lanes of the expressway struck the Toyota carrying the Xavier family that was in the vicinity of Willow Road and the Sun Microsystems campus.

Witnesses at the scene of the hit and run identified vehicles as 1989 Ford Mustang, which police recovered and a white Honda that the hit and run driver jumped in after the accident.

The mother and child were transported to the Stanford Medical Center, where Lisa died the next afternoon and her mother remains in serious condition.

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Saturday, November 14, 2009

Car Hit By L.A. Commuter Train No Injuries Reported

November 14, 2009 (by Horatio Algren) According to reports an evening commuter train crashed into a vehicle that had been abandoned on the tracks.

Brian Humphrey spokesman for the Los Angeles Fire Department the accident occurred when a commuter train on the Metro Blue Line in the vicinity of the Vernon Avenue Station crashed into the vehicle that had been abandoned on the tracks.

The train sustained minor damage in the crash according to Humphrey, but no one was injured in the incident. According to authorities after the accident a man identified as Jose Zepeda Reyes turned himself into police stating he intended to kill himself in his car he drove onto the tracks. Reyes also stated to police that he changed his mind leaving the car on the tracks, and is now being held in lieu of $100, 000 bail.

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