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On Oct. 28, a Ventura County Sheriff's deputy was killed in a hit-and-run crash that was believed to have involved a drunk driver. The accident reportedly occurred in the northbound lanes of 101 Freeway near the Lewis Road on-ramp in Camarillo. The incident occurred at approximately 1:15 a.m. as the deputy, a 41-year-old man, had just finished up with a driver who was pulled over for a traffic stop. The deputy was hit by another...

A motorcyclist was killed in a collision with a vehicle in Vista on Oct. 20, the California Highway Patrol reported. The fatal collision happened at the intersection of Huchinson Street and East Vista Way. That is where a 34-year-old man in a 2003 Ford Taurus came to a halt at a stop sign at approximately 6:15 p.m., according to CHP. As the man attempted to make a left turn onto East Vista Way, his Taurus...

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...

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...

A 27-year-old California man is trying to rebuild his life after an accident last month near a state park in Felton. The motorcyclist suffered a severely damaged leg in the crash. The accident happened at about 6:40 p.m. when the driver of a Mazda pickup turned left on Highway 9 in front of the man's Honda Rebel motorcycle. The impact threw the motorcyclist over the roadside guardrail, severely injuring his leg. He was taken by...