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• Man Hits 24 Cars in Long Beach

  Shannon Weidemann | June 23, 2007 10:10 AM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  A man believed to be driving under the influence of alcohol hit 24 cars on a Long Beach street before he finally stopped his truck. He also hit and injured two people during the car accident spree. The string of car accidents happened in Belmont Heights in February. According to a police report, Wecksler told officers he had been drinking while playing poker with some friends but contended a...

• Two Killed by Metrolink Train

  Shannon Weidemann | June 20, 2007 12:06 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  Two people were killed and another injured when their car was hit by a Metrolink train in Covina. There have been reports that the crossing gate was not down at the time of the accident. Data from the computer system shows that the arm was down at the time of the accident. At least one witness to the accident disputed the official account of events. "I saw the crash happen," said Dale...

• Long Beach Florist Shop Hit by Car

  Shannon Weidemann | June 02, 2007 12:31 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  A flower shop in Long Beach was hit by a car on Thursday morning critically injuring the driver of the car. No one at the florist was injured in the car accident. The driver's legs were pinned under the dashboard of her car. Some witnesses said they saw a white truck in the No. 3 lane of Lakewood Boulevard at the time of the crash, said Accident Investigations Detective Ray Dennison of the...

• Evenflo Infant Car Seat Recalled

  Shannon Weidemann | May 21, 2007 12:26 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  Evenflo has issued a recall for over 450,000 infant car seats manufactured before April 8, 2006. The handle on the defective product may release causing the seat to pitch forward. This may cause the infant in the seat to fall to the ground and suffer injury. The company has received numerous reports of injuries caused from the defective handle. The recall involves Evenflo Embrace Infant Car...

• Elderly Long Beach Man Dies in Car Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | May 16, 2007 11:05 AM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  A car accident killed an 82-year-old man from Long Beach. The man was a resident at a nursing home and was being driven to a doctor's appointment by a nursing home employee. The accident happened on Willow Street near Studebaker Road. "She asked him a question, and he didn't answer, and she turned around to check on him," Kohnlein said. Zepeda took her eyes off the road, veered over to the...

• Long Beach Freeway Accident Kills Two People

  Shannon Weidemann | May 14, 2007 11:51 AM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  Four people from Long Beach were heading to Bakersfield to mourn a family member who was killed in a car accident, when they were also involved in a car and truck accident. Two of the passengers in the car were killed when they were crushed by a semi-truck. The accident happened on the Long Beach Freeway. The crash is believed to have occurred when a tractor-trailer swerved to miss a speeding...

• Tulare County Dog on Loose After Biting Third Person

  Shannon Weidemann | May 12, 2007 11:50 AM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  A dog in Tulare County is responsible for three dog bite incidents and remains on the loose after animal control officers could not locate him. Knuckles is part bull dog and part pit bull and has bitten three people on three different occasions. The first two times he was held for observation and his rabies vaccination was up to date. After the third incident on August 31, 2006 he could not...

• Racing Cars in South Gate End in Fiery Crash

  Shannon Weidemann | May 06, 2007 6:48 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  Two cars were racing on the Long Beach Freeway on Friday evening and ended up causing a fiery accident. A Corvette and another car were illegally racing at speeds up to 120 miles per hour according to witnesses. The two cars crashed into one another and then into another car. "They were definitely racing -- the Corvette and the other dark car were going head to head and crashed. ... they were...

• Napa Motorcycle Accident Injures Man

  Shannon Weidemann | May 02, 2007 7:11 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  A man from Yountville was driving his motorcycle in Napa along Dry Creek Road when he lost control of the vehicle. The motorcycle accident happened on Sunday afternoon. California Highway Patrol Lt. Mike Berger said the man ran off the roadway and went into an embankment."We suspect speed was involved as well as possible DUI," Berger said. "Folks on the scene smelled alcohol on the guy."The...

• Five Car Crash on Long Beach Freeway

  Shannon Weidemann | April 28, 2007 11:22 AM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  An early morning crash on the Long Beach Freeway caused several other vehicles to collide into each other. The crash involved five cars and left 10 people injured. The accident happened north of Long Beach Boulevard around 2:15 a.m. A witness at the scene said the initial accident prompted the Long Beach Fire Department to place flares on the freeway, and confusion with the pattern after the...