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California residents may have read about a car accident that occurred in Fremont involving a wrong way driver on Interstate Highway 880. On Feb. 6, witnesses called the CHP around 12:30 a.m. to report that a car was going north in the southbound lanes. Within four minutes, another caller reported an accident. A 1999 Volvo collided head-on with a Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck with three passengers who suffered major injuries. Upon arrival, officers found the...

According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office, Bruce Jenner was the driver of one of four vehicles involved in a multiple-vehicle fatal car accident that happened on Feb. 7. The accident reportedly occurred on the Pacific Coast Highway near Coral Canyon road just after 12 p.m. Law enforcement authorities indicated Jenner was the driver of a third vehicle in a four-car rear-end collision accident. Killed in the collision was a driver of a white...

Motorists from California may be wondering what steps they should take if they have a car accident, especially if the accident causes injuries to any of the parties involved. Motorists are advised to stay at the scene of the accident; if a person drives away from an accident in which a person was injured or killed, they might be held criminally responsible as a hit-and-run driver. It is unlawful to forgo providing reasonable assistance to...

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...

In 2012, there were about 8.5 million motorcycles on the road, and there were 4,986 fatalities resulting from motorcycle crashes. This number went down in 2013 to 4,668, which represents a 6.4 percent decrease from 2012 to 2013. In addition, there were 88,000 injuries to those on a motorcycle, which is a 5.4 percent reduction from 2012. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, those on a motorcycle were 26 times more likely to...