Automobile Accidents

• Royal Oak Pedestrian Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | April 13, 2007 8:46 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  A Clawson man was walking on Gardenia Avenue near Main Street when he was hit by a car. The 22-year-old victim was taken to the hospital. He was hit by a Dodge Stratus and the driver of the car did not stop after hitting the man. Shortly after the accident was reported, a traffic crash was reported in the area of Dewey and Cody, northeast of the intersection of Main and Gardenia. A red Dodge...

• Long Beach Boulevard the Scene of Auto Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | April 10, 2007 12:15 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  Two cars collided on Long Beach Boulevard this morning during the early morning commute. One car was exiting the Long Beach Freeway when it was hit by a car driving on Long Beach Boulevard around 8:15 a.m. A man driving a white, four-door Honda was exiting the offramp to go on northbound Long Beach Boulevard when a woman driving a white Kia ran a red light and rammed her vehicle into the...

• Elderly Driver Crashes Into Building

  Shannon Weidemann | March 28, 2007 1:11 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  A 93-year-old driver from Corona drove her car into a print shop on Thursday. She was trying to back out of a parking space and had her car in drive instead of reverse. The glass and window frame of the store were broken and bent, but no serious damage was done. Lauren Tracy, who works at the shop, said Avery seemed to be trying to back out of a parking spot around 1 p.m. with her emergency...

• Man Killed After Car Falls in Long Beach

  Shannon Weidemann | March 13, 2007 12:55 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  A man from Hawaiian Gardens lost control of his vehicle and drove down a 59-foot embankment in Long Beach. The 32-year-old man was killed. His passenger was uninjured. The single-car accident occurred at about 8:39 p.m. Saturday on Wardlow Road, west of the San Gabriel River (605) Freeway, said Officer Jason Evans, Long Beach Police Department spokesman. The 2001 Ford Mustang was traveling...

• Hit-And-Run Fatal Pedestrian Accident Near Union Station

  IB Contributor | March 10, 2007 9:40 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  Police requesting assistance from witnesses.A pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run auto accident early this morning while she was crossing the street in downtown Los Angeles, near Union Square according to the Los Angeles Police as reported by KCAL news.Ruby Rollins, 57, of Bakersfield was struck by a sports utility vehicle while crossing the street in the 800 block of North Alameda Street...

• Expensive Cars Not Exempt From Recalls

  Shannon Weidemann | March 03, 2007 7:53 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  Recalls affect the auto industry the same as any other. Buying an expensive, luxury car is not an assurance that you will not be buying a car that will be recalled though. Most recalls are preemptive, initiated by auto makers for flaws that could potentially have disastrous consequences. Though the recalls affecting the largest number of vehicles tend to involve midrange and economy cars and...

• Pedestrian Killed in Atlantic City

  Shannon Weidemann | March 01, 2007 8:59 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  A pedestrian without identification was killed while he walked near the intersection of Route 30 and Station Avenue in Atlantic City, New Jersey. A 59-year-old man from Egg Harbor City was driving the car that hit the victim. The pedestrian was pronounced dead at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, City Campus, in Atlantic City shortly after midnight, police said. Reyes was not injured in...

• Pismo Beach Car Accident Kills Woman

  Shannon Weidemann | February 27, 2007 1:13 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  A 72-year-old woman from Bakersfield was killed when the car she was a passenger in plunged down a cliff at Pismo Beach. The car was driven by the victim's husband. It took rescue crews an hour to get both people out of the car. Witnesses said the car was in the parking lot at the Pelican Point restaurant in Pismo Beach when the driver apparently lost control. They said he was trying to park...

• Long Beach SUV Accident

  IB Contributor | February 19, 2007 8:35 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  Volvo SUV lands on its roof.The driver of a silver Volvo SUV lost control of his vehicle on the San Diego Freeway (405), went off the freeway, overturned and landed in a drainage ditch, Fire Capt. Mike Duree reported, according to the Long Beach Press Telegram. The apparent single vehicle auto accident occurred in the southbound lanes of the 405 Freeway near Redondo Avenue.Rescue personal used...

• New Safety Requirements For Minivans

  IB Contributor | February 11, 2007 3:18 AM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has announced this week that it is revising safety requirements to require sliding doors on minivans to have a second latch. The change is designed to prevent doors from opening during crashes so that motorists not wearing a seatbelt are not thrown out of the vehicle. People most as risk of being thrown through the open sliding door of a...