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This article is written by Guest Writer Kevin Craig. He is a financial writer for Oak View Law Group.

A couple had a narrow escape when a car driven by four drunken youths struck them. This major accident took place on 54th Avenue N. near 22nd street N. by the Cracker Barrel Old country store in St Petersburg Florida. The car came to a halt at the red light when these young boys overlooked the signal and crashed into the car with great speed. Read the rest of this entry »

One person was injured in an Anaheim car accident involving four vehicles, The Orange County Register reports. California Highway Patrol officials say the collision occurred the morning of August 30, 2010 in the westbound lanes of the 91 Freeway near Lemon Street. The accident involved a Mercedes S 500, a Toyota Camry, a Toyota Yaris, and a Toyota Corolla. The Mercedes was at the tail end of the chain-reaction crash, officials said. The driver of the Mercedes was transported to an area hospital with injuries. Read the rest of this entry »

Two people were injured in a Los Angeles car accident that involved three vehicles including a bus, the San Gabriel Valley Tribune reports. California Highway Patrol officials say the injury collision occurred on the westbound 10 Freeway east of Puente Avenue in Baldwin Park the morning of August 30, 2010. A Foothill Transit bus apparently struck a 2008 Nissan Altima, which in turn hit a Jeep Cherokee. Officials believe the bus or a 2004 Dodge Ram traveling on the freeway may have made an unsafe lane change triggering the chain reaction crash. A passenger on the bus and the driver of the Nissan sustained injuries, but they are expected to survive. Read the rest of this entry »

A man was injured in a car accident in the San Francisco Bay Area after he was struck by a hit-and-run driver the evening of August 26, 2010. According to a news report in The Santa Cruz Sentinel, a black 2008 Ford Focus swerved in front of the motorcycle on Highway 1 causing a rear-end collision near Morrissey Boulevard. The Focus exited the freeway and continued on without contacting the authorities. The motorcyclist was hospitalized, but his injuries are not considered to be life-threatening. Read the rest of this entry »

A car accident in Hemet left a 40-year-old woman dead and three other injured the afternoon of August 22, 2010. The Southwest Riverside News Network reports that the fatal crash occurred on Warren Road near Mustang Way. Three people were hospitalized with injuries in the crash, which involved three vehicles. Officials are trying to determine what caused this crash. Read the rest of this entry »

An 18-year-old passenger identified as Luis Camacho sustained fatal injuries in what officials say was a DUI collision in Porterville the evening of August 23, 2010. The Porterville Recorder reports that the fatal crash happened at the intersection of Avenue 228 and Road 36 when the 18-year-old Victor Anguiano, driving a Chevy Astro van, ran a stop sign and broadsided a truck driven by Valentin Ramirez, 37. He and his passenger escaped unscathed. Anguiano is facing felony DUI and gross vehicular manslaughter charges. Read the rest of this entry »

Two male drivers sustained injuries in a San Diego car accident after their vehicles collided head-on, the morning of August 20, 2010. According to a news report in The San Diego Union-Tribune, the major injury collision occurred on Friars Road near Fenton Parkway in Mission Valley, when a 70-year-old driver of a Ford F-150 pickup truck swerved into opposing lanes of traffic and hit a four-door Dodge Stratus, driven by a 25-year-old man. The younger driver suffered broken thigh bones in both legs and the elderly driver shattered his thigh bone, ribs, hand and foot. An investigation is ongoing. Read the rest of this entry »

A bicyclist was injured in a Los Angeles car accident after he was struck by a car on the onramp to the 605 Freeway in Whittier. According to a City News Service report, the injury collision occurred the night of August 24, 2010 on the eastbound Whittier Boulevard onramp to the northbound 605 Freeway. California Highway Patrol officials said the bicyclist was westbound on the eastbound sidewalk of Whittier Boulevard without any lights on, when he struck a vehicle that was going up the onramp. The bicyclist was transported to a local hospital for treatment with unknown injuries. Read the rest of this entry »

A 56-year-old Rancho Cucamonga man sustained major injuries in a San Bernardino car accident, when he was struck by a pickup truck while riding his bicycle the night of August 21, 2010. The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin reports that the bicyclist was hit at the intersection of 19th Street and Eastwood Avenue in Rancho Cucamonga. The bicycle accident victim suffered head trauma although he was wearing a helmet. The truck that hit the bicyclist left the scene. Read the rest of this entry »

Alberto Sandoval, 49, was killed in a Los Angeles car accident after he was struck by a pickup truck August 21, 2010, City News Service reports. Los Angeles police officials say the fatal crash occurred when Paula Larene Dautremont, a 58-year-old woman, was driving westbound on Foothill Boulevard in Lake View Terrace. Her vehicle hit a parked pickup truck, and then hit the pedestrian, Sandoval. He was fatally injured and Dautremont was hospitalized with injuries. An investigation is ongoing. Read the rest of this entry »