Car Accidents

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...

Two people were killed and six others were seriously injured in a two-car accident in Santa Clara County on Sept. 20. The California Highway Patrol was contacted about the fatal car accident at 9:48 a.m. According to authorities, an eastbound 2005 Chevrolet Cruze that was driven by a 53-year-old man and was carrying two passengers collided with a westbound 2012 Chevrolet Malibu. That latter vehicle was driven by a 20-year-old woman from Sylmar who had...

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...

Everyone hopes that they will never be in an automotive accident of any kind. Yet with more cars than ever on the roads, it is highly probable that most people will face a car accident at some point. Whether it is mild or severe, drivers and passengers can do some things to protect themselves from injury. If you are in a car accident, these precautions will help, but it will still be good to seek...

San Fernando Road can be an area of intense traffic, and there may be limited visibility in some areas after dark. These conditions require that motorists on that stretch of road to be extra careful. Unfortunately, some go the other way, using long stretches of road in that area as places to race. That may have been what happened on a recent Friday night, leading to a high-speed collision in a car accident that killed...