Car Accidents

According to the California Highway Patrol, a head-on collision involving a school bus and a cattle truck left one dead and another injured on Jan. 22. The traffic accident occurred south of Hilmar on Highway 65 and Turner Avenue and the first report happened at 6:24 a.m. There were no children on the school bus during the time of the collision. The transportation supervisor representing the Hilmar Unified School District said that the bus driver...

The California Highway Patrol is investigating what may have led to a head-on collision along First Avenue on New Year's Day. The accident occurred in an unincorporated area, East Whittier, around 1:30 a.m. Both drivers in the accident died from injuries sustained in the wreck. Police reports show that the two vehicles collided near Candlelight Drive. The collision occurred when a 24-year-old Santa Ana resident, who was driving a 1999 Isuzu Trooper, drifted out of...

While proceeding southbound on a coastal road in central California, a USPS postal vehicle collided with a passenger car heading in the opposite direction. The late-morning accident sent the postal driver as well as two occupants of the northbound vehicle to the hospital with major injuries. The postal driver suffered a serious head wound, and rather than summoning an ambulance, the California Highway Patrol contacted a regional hospital to request a helicopter airlift. This is...

A 36-year-old Dublin woman was killed in a multi-vehicle accident on Interstate Highway 580 in Livermore on Dec. 10. The crash occurred just after 3 p.m. just east of Vasco Road. A representative with the California Highway Patrol said the woman died after the 2003 Jeep Cherokee she was riding in was rear-ended by a 2012 Ford F-150 pickup truck driven by a 45-year-old man. The force of the impact overturned the Jeep, causing it...

On Nov. 14, a California man was killed while attempting to pass a semi-truck on a two-lane highway, authorities reported. A total of five vehicles were involved in the fatal car accident that took place along Highway 79 near Temecula. The 67-year-old San Diego man who was killed was pronounced dead at the scene while the six other people involved suffered non-life-threatening injuries. The car accident happened at around 5:30 a.m. while conditions were dark...