Automobile Accidents

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• Hit and Run Driver Kills Long Beach Man

  Shannon Weidemann | April 18, 2007 8:14 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  A 59-year-old Long Beach man was driving on Long Beach Boulevard when another car ran a red light on Pacific Coast Highway and slammed into him. Firefighters had to use the jaws of life to get him out of his car, as well as the two passengers. The driver died from his injuries.The driver of the other car tried to run away but was arrested by the police. He was booked for suspicion of driving...

• 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...

• 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...