Car Accidents

High school students injured in California car accident

Authorities say that a distracted driver hit two high school students on Weedpatch Highway and Eucalyptus Drive in Bakersfield around 6:40 a.m. on Oct. 16. A 16-year-old girl and a 17-year-old girl were both taken to Kern Medical Center. The 17-year-old girl was said to be in critical condition with a lacerated kidney, and one of the girls was in a coma. Police say that the 26-year-old woman who hit the girls was looking at...
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Car crashes through California doughnut shop

On Oct. 4 at around 9:30 p.m., the 42-year-old driver of an SUV lost control of her vehicle, causing her to travel through a Canoga Park doughnut shop. The car came to rest in the street on the 8300 block of De Soto Avenue. The crash killed one man who the shop's owner described as a possible transient who regularly ordered coffee and charged his phone in the shop. Four other customers in the shop...
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Head-on collision wreaks severe damage on Highway 116

On Sept. 18, the California Highway Patrol initiated an investigation into a fatal car accident that transpired on Highway 116 near Petaluma. Reportedly, one person died and two other people were injured in the head-on crash. According to authorities, an 83-year-old man was behind the wheel of a northbound Lexus that crossed into southbound traffic on the highway and hit a BMW head-on. Reportedly, the octogenarian suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the...
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Deadly California crash claims life of 5-year-old

Multiple vehicles were involved in a deadly crash on the 60 Freeway in California, a crash that was large enough to shut down the highway going in both directions. Reports indicate that a young girl, just five years old, was killed in the accident. There were also 13 people who suffered from injuries in the wreck, which took place in South El Monte. Two semi-trucks and a tanker-truck with a load of milk were involved...
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California sushi restaurant hit by wayward car

Sushi is enormously popular throughout California, viewed by patrons of restaurants that serve it as both tasty and trendy. By indulging in it, they can get a feeling of culinary satisfaction and social fashionableness at the same time. For those who can afford it, this is a win-win situation. The last thing the trendy diners expect is for their sushi restaurant to be the scene of a car accident. However, that is exactly what happened...
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