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Traffic Fatalities Increase in 2012
Published on 2012-05-23 14:36:13
Data collected by the National Safety Council points to a 12% increase in fatalities from motor vehicle crashes from the first three months of 2011 to the same period in 2012. The leap from an estimated 7,270 to 8,170 traffic deaths is speculatively attributed to improving economy and a mild 2012 winter. Definitive answers are [...] > read more
Six Sisters Suing for Failure to Stop Sexual Abuse
Published on 2012-05-17 16:36:59
Antioch, CA Six sisters who had been sexually abused by their parents virtually every day since they were toddlers say that their nightmare grew more horrific as the people they counted on to rescue them — police, child-welfare workers, their church pastor — failed to deliver. Bruce “Zion” Dutro, 51, was sentenced to 300 years [...] > read more
Investigation Continues into Concord Bicycle Accident Deaths
Published on 2012-04-27 10:49:10
Police investigation has yet to bring up any concrete evidence in the case of the teen driver of the SUV that hit several bicyclists on April 7th. Nine year old Hadessa and 41 year old Solaiman Nuri were killed outright in the crash, but Hadessa’s 12-year old sister left the scene with very minor injuries. [...] > read more
Analysis Finds Bay Area Youth Most At Risk Of Bicycle Accidents
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A Bay Citizen analysis of bicycle accident data from the California Highway Patrol found that young cyclists are at the highest risk of being involved in a bicycle accident than are other age groups. Bay Area cyclists ages 10 to 19 were involved in m > read more
San Jose Man Killed When Truck Rear-Ended on Shoulder of US 101
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A San Jose resident was killed Tuesday while examining his truck on the shoulder of southbound Highway 101. His Dodge Ram pickup was rear-ended by a Toyota Camry driven by 18-year old San Ramon resident Theodore Liang. The collision caused the truck > read more
Hit and Run Suspected Arrested
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An Antioch woman was arrested on suspicion of felony hit-and-run causing injury in Concord on Wednesday. 911 calls started coming in at 8:30 AM reporting a rollover accident near Sun Valley Mall on Contra Costa Boulevard. The police arrived to find t > read more
Muni to Pay More Than $5 Million for 2008 San Francisco Bike Accident
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On November 20, 2008 David Wheeler was crossing the Lower Great Highway near Ocean Beach in San Francisco on his bicycle when he was hit by a Muni bus. The bus driver, Roy Timmons, failed to stop before turning left onto the highway from Noriega Avenue, according to documents filed by his attorney in San [...] > read more
Labor Day Motorcycle Accident Hospitalizes Tracy Couple
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A Tracy couple was injured when their motorcycle was hit as it approached the intersection of Highway 33 at Durham Ferry Road in Tracy. A pickup truck driven by a 42-year-old Antioch woman had been stopped at a stop sign, but as the motorcycle crossed the intersection, the pickup proceeded into the intersection, failing to [...] > read more
AC Transit Agrees to Pay 10.5 Million in Pedestrian Accident Injury Settlement
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23-year-old Abby Nichols was struck by an AC Transit bus in November or 2008 while in an Oakland crosswalk. Nichols was trapped under the bus for more than 15 minutes because the bus driver failed to activate a hydraulic device to free her. She suffered a crushed hip and a broken pelvis and femur resulting [...] > read more
18 Injured When Amtrak Train Runs Red Light
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Two Amtrak trains collided at the Jack London Square station in Oakland Wednesday evening leaving up to 18 people injured. The crash occured after one Amtrak train carrying passengers ran a red light and struck a second train that was stopped and unloading passengers. The moving train was travelling at approximately 15 to 20 miles [...] > read more
Walnut Creek Man Arrested for Death of Mother and Daughter
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On Thursday the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office charged a Walnut Creek man with two counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence for the death of a Danville Mother and her daughter last fall. John Peder Harris, 32, of Walnut Creek, was arrested Friday by city police conducting a routine operation where they track [...] > read more
The Danger of Accident and Injury to Bicyclists on San Francisco Streets
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The layout of San Francisco’s urban terrain, combined with its high population density and traffic congestion creates significant danger for motorists and cyclists. As the population increases, as does the popularity of cycling, the occurrence of a > read more
Benicia Girl in Critical Condition After Being Struck By Van in Crosswalk
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15-year-old Lacey Wilson remains hospitalized at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek after being hit by a van in a Military West crosswalk last week. The teen is in critical-but-stable condition. Only immediate family members have been allowed t > read more
Woman Sentenced In DUI Automobile Injury Case
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Martinez A 10 year prison sentence was handed down to Cindy Norma Sayad, the 47-year-old Concord woman whose DUI accident seriously injured a woman crossing Clayton Road back in 2008. The injured woman was in a crosswalk. The 39-year-old accident vic > read more
Collision with Truck in Alamo Leaves Bicyclist Seriously Injured
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ALAMO — A 45-year-old Lafayette man is recovering from major injuries he suffered last week after colliding with a truck during a bicycle ride in Alamo. The injured man, Anthony Low, is member of the Taleo bicycle racing team, and suffered a disloc > read more
Cause of San Bruno Explosion Still Under Investigation
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SAN BRUNO - The explosion of a PG&E natural gas pipeline killed at least 4 people and destroyed or rendered uninhabitable 58 homes in a San Bruno neighborhood on Thursday. About 300 houses in the neighborhood were left with little or no damage, a > read more
Driver Pleads Not Guilty to Vehicular Manslaughter With Gross Negligence in Death of Bicyclist
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Hong Guo, of Danville, pleaded not guilty to charges of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence for the June 2009 death of John Greaves. Greaves, 44, is survived by his wife and two children. In the late afternoon of July 26, 2009, Hong Guo, 41, > read more
Dan O’Malley Hired in Mel Gibson Domestic Violence Case
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Dan O’Malley, former Superior Court Judge, former Deputy District Attorney and partner in the law firm O’Connor, Runckel and O’Malley, has been hired in the high-profile domestic violence case against Mel Gibson, brought by his wife > read more
Cyclist Killed by Bus on San Francisco Street
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A Pleasanton man was killed when a Muni bus hit and ran over him and his bicycle. The accident occurred at 5PM on the afternoon of Thursday, October 7th, at the intersection of Sixth and Clement streets. The victim, Derek Allen, was 22 years old. A t > read more
San Ramon Woman Killed in Crash with Big-Rig on I-580
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Castro Valley, California A San Ramon woman was killed on Tuesday when her silver Honda became trapped under the wheels of a semi truck’s trailer on eastbound I-580 near Grove Way in an unincorporated part of Castro Valley. The victim, 22 year- > read more
Walnut Creek Personal Injury Lawyer | Tesoro Refinery Power Outage Causes Chemical Release
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MARTINEZ, California A complete power outage shut down Tesoro’s Golden Eagle refinery near Martinez on Wednesday, sending large amounts of hazardous material to the refinery’s flares and prompting health officials to issue a Level 3 shelt > read more
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against Trucker for Collision with Cyclist
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A Los Altos woman was killed early last month when her bicycle was hit by a 26-wheel big-rig truck near Portola Valley, on Alpine Road. Both Lauren Ward and the semi were approaching Interstate 280, traveling west on Alpine Road when the collision oc > read more
Three Killed in Monterey County Crash
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King City, California A seven-car accident caused by an alleged drunk driver killed three people on Wednesday. The crashed occured on Highway 101 at about 8:45 PM when a southbound driver, took her eyes off the road to pick up her cell phone, and crossed over into the northbound lanes. Her Ford Explorer then struck [...] > read more
Jury Deliberating in Trial of Hit and Run Manslaughter Defendant
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The Jury has begun deliberations in the case of a Utah man who is accused of causing a head on collision on the Highway 4 Bypass in Martinez that killed two, and then fleeing the scene back in June of 2010. The accused, John Bryan McDonald, 46, faces two counts of vehicular manslaughter with an [...] > read more
Teen Driver Kills Two in Concord
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Concord, California A 17 year old Concord teen (name withheld due to age) lost control of his SUV early Sunday morning, killing 41 year old Solaiman Nuri and his 9 year old daughter Hadessa as they rode their bicycles. The teen was released from the Martinez juvenile hall around 4:40 PM, and was reportedly driven [...] > read more