Southern California Injury Law Blog

At around 10:40 a.m. on Monday, August 29th, 53-year-old Thomas Robinson was killed and eight people were injured in a semi accident in Napa County, explains a California truck accident lawyer. While traveling west on State Route 12/ Jamieson Canyon Road, Robinson’s Ford Escort veered into the eastbound lanes of traffic and was struck by a CalFire tractor-trailer, the impact sending it back into westbound lanes, where it collided with a Toyota Sienna van. The van then hit a 2005 Toyota Prius. The driver of the van, 49-year-old Charley Cha, his six passengers, and the driver of the Prius, 58-year-old Muriel Rollins, sustained minor to moderate injuries and were transported to local hospitals. Witnesses are asked to contact the California Highway Patrol office in Napa at 707-253-4906.

Napa County accounted for 1 of the 236 fatalities and 18 of the 4,874 injuries suffered in motor vehicle traffic accidents involving semi trucks that occurred throughout the state in 2009, according to the California Highway Patrol’s Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System. That year, the number of traffic fatalities in the state decreased by 10.3 percent, from 3,434 in 2008 to 3,081 in 2009, according to the California Office of Traffic Safety.

All of us at Allen, Flatt, Ballidis, and Leslie would like to offer our condolences to the family of Thomas Robinson, the motorist killed in the semi accident on Monday. We would also like to wish the eight people who were injured a full recovery.

The Napa Valley Register originally reported this collision.

Resources for accident victims, including books and articles on the injury and wrongful death claims process, are available to the public free of charge.

If you would like to request one of these free resources, or to speak with a California truck accident lawyer, feel free to call 866-981-5596.

On the morning of Wednesday, August 24th, an elderly man drove onto a Fremont sidewalk and killed a pedestrian. At about 9:30 a.m., a 47-year-old San Ramon man and a 37-year-old woman, also from San Ramon, were involved in a minor collision on Interstate 680 and exited on Washington Boulevard to exchange insurance information. As they did so, an 83-year-old man drove onto the sidewalk, striking the San Ramon man and dragging him down an embankment until the vehicle slammed into a chain-link fence and a tree. Authorities found the pedestrian pinned under the vehicle and the elderly man unconscious when they arrived. Both were transported to a local hospital, where the victim was pronounced dead and the driver treated for an undisclosed medical condition. The accident is under investigation, explains a California personal injury lawyer.

Fremont accounted for 1 of the 10 traffic-related fatalities and 40 of the 581 injuries suffered by pedestrians in Alameda County in 2009, according to the California Highway Patrol’s Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS). Throughout the state, the number of pedestrian fatalities fell by 9.2 percent from 620 in 2008 to 563 in 2009—the lowest level recorded since 1975.

All of us at Allen, Flatt, Ballidis, and Leslie would like to offer our condolences to the family of the pedestrian who was struck and killed by the elderly driver in Fremont yesterday.

Additional information, including links to pedestrian advocacy groups and articles on the process of pursuing an injury or a wrongful death claim, is available to the public free of charge.

If you would like to request one of these free resources, or to speak with a California personal injury lawyer, feel free to call 866-981-5596.

At about 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday, August 23rd, a semi accident injured three people on Highway 99 in Modesto. While traveling south, the driver lost control of the double-decker car carrier, causing it to collide with a Toyota minivan and crash into an overpass pillar before bursting into flames. The trucker, his passenger, and the driver of the minivan all suffered moderate injuries and were transported to nearby hospitals. Department of Transportation officials have examined the stability of the overpass, and authorities are investigating the accident, explains a California truck accident attorney.

Stanislaus County accounted for 3 of the 236 fatal and 98 of the 4,874 injury truck collisions that occurred in California in 2009, according to the California Highway Patrol’s Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS). In the majority of fatal and injury accidents in which the truck driver was at fault, unsafe speed was the primary collision factor, followed by improper turning.

All of us at Allen, Flatt, Ballidis, and Leslie would like to wish the three people who were injured on Highway 99 last Tuesday a full recovery.

The Modesto Bee originally reported this semi accident.

Resources for accident victims, including books and articles on the process of pursuing an injury claim, are available to the public free of charge.

To request one of these free resources, or to speak with a California truck accident attorney, feel free to call 866-981-5596.

Shortly before 10:00 a.m. on Friday, August 19th, 60-year-old Sandy Castle, of Grass Valley, and 76-year-old Edmund Moley, of Auburn, were seriously injured in a crash involving a teen driver in Placer County. A 17-year-old driver neglected to yield for heavy oncoming traffic when he entered Highway 49 from Lone Star Road, causing Castle to swerve to avoid him and collide head-on with Moley’s vehicle. They were transported to a local hospital in critical condition. The teen fled the scene of the crash but was later found at his residence and interviewed by police. He faces felony hit-and-run charges, according to a California Highway Patrol officer. Anyone who witnessed this collision is asked to contact the CHP at 916-663-3344, explains a California personal injury lawyer.

Placer County accounted for 20 of the 2,373 fatalities and 1,786 of the 207,651 injuries suffered in motor vehicle traffic accidents throughout the state in 2009, according to the California Highway Patrol’s Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS). That year, traffic fatalities decreased by 10.3 percent in the state, reaching the lowest level since the federal government began recording such information in 1975, according to the California Office of Traffic Safety.

All of us at Allen, Flatt, Ballidis, and Leslie would like to wish Sandy Castle and Edmund Moley, the two motorists seriously injured in the crash involving the teen driver, a full recovery.

The Sacramento Bee originally reported this Placer County accident.

Resources for accident victims, including articles and books on the process of pursuing a personal injury claim, are available to the public free of charge.

If you would like to request one of these free resources, or to discuss a specific legal matter with a California personal injury lawyer, feel free to call 866-981-5596.

At about 6 p.m. on Thursday, August 18th, a hit-and-run driver fatally struck a 4-year-old boy in a Santa Rosa crosswalk. The accident occurred at the intersection of West Ninth Street and Rockwell Place, when a Honda Accord entered the crosswalk in which the boy, his two sisters, and their mother were walking. Instead of stopping to administer aid, the driver fled but was later spotted in the parking lot of a nearby park, where a good Samaritan witnessed him peeling an orange San Francisco Giants decal off of the rear window of his vehicle and contacted police. He has been identified as 22-year-old Marcos Lopez Garcia and is being held at Sonoma County Jail without bail because he is suspected of being an illegal immigrant, explains a California personal injury lawyer.

Santa Rosa accounted for 4 of the 8 traffic-related fatalities and 53 of the 129 injuries suffered by pedestrians in Sonoma County in 2009, according to the California Highway Patrol’s Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS). Nationwide, motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for children aged 3 to 14 years, with this group accounting for 1,314 of the fatalities and 179,000 of the injuries suffered in 2009, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

All of us at Allen, Flatt, Ballidis, and Leslie would like to offer our condolences to the family of the 4-year-old boy who was struck and killed by the hit-and-run driver.

The San Francisco Chronicle originally reported this accident.

Resources for accident victims and their families, including links to pedestrian advocacy groups and articles on the injury and wrongful death claims process, are available to the public free of charge.

If you would like to request one of these free resources, or to speak with a California personal injury lawyer, feel free to call 866-981-5596.

At about 3:15 p.m. on Sunday, August 14th, a drunk driver struck and killed motorcyclist Jon Boehning in Wildomar. The accident occurred at the intersection of Clinton Keith Road and Palomar Street when 30-year-old Jose Lujan struck Boehning, 47, with his pickup truck. He was transported to a local hospital, where he died a couple of hours later. Police arrested Lujan on suspicion of driving under the influence and vehicular manslaughter. Additional details about the crash have not been released, explains a California personal injury attorney.

Wildomar accounted for none of the 30 fatalities and 6 of the 520 injuries suffered by motorcyclists in Riverside County in 2009, according to the California Highway Patrol’s Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS). Throughout the state, motorcyclist fatalities decreased by 29.6 percent, from 560 in 2008 to 394 in 2009, the first decline since 1998, according to the California Office of Traffic Safety.

All of us at Allen, Flatt, Ballidis, and Leslie would like to offer our condolences to the family of Jon Boehning, the motorcyclist who was struck and killed by the drunk driver last Sunday.

The Press-Enterprise originally reported this Wildomar accident.

Resources for accident victims and their families, including books and articles on the process of pursuing an injury or a wrongful death claim, are available to the public free of charge.

If you would like to request one of these free resources, or to speak with a California personal injury attorney, feel free to call 866-981-5596.

At about 8 p.m. on Tuesday, August 2nd, 23-year-old Luis A. Pacheco, of Santa Rosa, was killed in a semi accident near Cloverdale. While hauling a tanker with 4,400 gallons of fuel west on Highway 128, 56-year-old Terry Wood lost control of the vehicle, causing the trailer to overturn and strike the eastbound Toyota Camry Pacheco was driving. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Wood was not injured in the crash, explains a California truck accident attorney.

Cloverdale accounted for none of the 20 fatalities and 10 of the 1,821 injuries suffered by the drivers of motor vehicles in Sonoma County in 2009, according to the California Highway Patrol’s Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System. Throughout the state, traffic accidents claimed the lives of 1,668 drivers and injured 140,787.

All of us at Allen, Flatt, Ballidis, and Leslie would like to offer our condolences to the family of Luis A. Pacheco, the motorist killed in the semi accident.

Resources for accident victims and their families, including books and articles on the process of pursuing an injury or a wrongful death claim, are available to the public free of charge.

If you would like to request one of these free resources, or to speak with a California truck accident attorney, feel free to call 866-981-5596.

The unsafe speed of a box truck driver caused the multiple-vehicle crash on Interstate 5 that killed three people and injured seven near Woodland on Monday, August 8th, according to the California Highway Patrol. At about 12:45 p.m. that day, 38-year-old Carlos Hernandez failed to decelerate when traffic on the freeway had come to a standstill and rear-ended several vehicles, the impact causing many of them to burst into flames. Unable to escape the fire in their 2004 Chevy Tahoe, 53-year-old Robert Lee Taylor and 49-year-old Linda Danell Taylor did not survive. Two-year-old La-nessa Leann DeMillo was also killed in the crash, while the other occupants of the vehicle in which she was riding, 21-year-old Brianna DeMillo and 61-year-old Ted Laycock, were seriously injured and taken to local hospitals. Also injured were the four occupants of a 1998 Ford Expedition, Arturo Carrera, 41, Guadulupe Carrera, 30, Adrian Carrera, 13, and Destiny Gonzles, 4. Paramedics transported them, as well as Hernandez, to nearby hospitals. Authorities are investigating the accident, explains a California truck accident lawyer.

Woodland accounted for 105 of the 1,054 fatal and injury motor vehicle traffic accidents that occurred in Yolo County in 2009, according to the California Office of Traffic Safety's most current data. That year, traffic-related fatalities decreased by 10.3 percent, from 3,434 in 2008 to 3,081 in 2009, the lowest number recorded since 1975. A similar trend was recorded nationwide, with a 9.7-percent decline in the number of people killed in crashes, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

All of us at Allen, Flatt, Ballidis, and Leslie would like to offer our condolences to the families of Robert Lee Taylor, Linda Danell Taylor, and La-nessa Leann DeMillo, the three people who were killed in the crash last Monday. We would also like to wish a full recovery to Ted Laycock, Brianna DeMillo, Arturo Carrera, Guadulupe Carrera, Adrian Carrera, Destiny Gonzales, and Carlos Hernandez, the seven people who were injured.

KOVR, channel 13, originally reported this accident.

Resources for accident victims and their families, including books and articles on the process of pursuing an injury or a wrongful death claim, are available to the public free of charge.

If you would like to request one of these free resources, or to discuss a specific legal matter with a California truck accident lawyer, feel free to call 866-981-5596.

The unsafe speed of a box truck driver caused the multiple-vehicle crash on Interstate 5 that killed three people and injured seven near Woodland on Monday, August 8th, according to the California Highway Patrol. At about 12:45 p.m. that day, 38-year-old Carlos Hernandez failed to decelerate when traffic on the freeway had come to a standstill and rear-ended several vehicles, the impact causing many of them to burst into flames. Unable to escape the fire in their 2004 Chevy Tahoe, 53-year-old Robert Lee Taylor and 49-year-old Linda Danell Taylor did not survive. Two-year-old La-nessa Leann DeMillo was also killed in the crash, while the other occupants of the vehicle in which she was riding, 21-year-old Brianna DeMillo and 61-year-old Ted Laycock, were seriously injured and taken to local hospitals. Also injured were the four occupants of a 1998 Ford Expedition, Arturo Carrera, 41, Guadulupe Carrera, 30, Adrian Carrera, 13, and Destiny Gonzles, 4. Paramedics transported them, as well as Hernandez, to nearby hospitals. Authorities are investigating the accident, explains a California truck accident lawyer.

Woodland accounted for 105 of the 1,054 fatal and injury motor vehicle traffic accidents that occurred in Yolo County in 2009, according to the California Office of Traffic Safety's most current data. That year, traffic-related fatalities decreased by 10.3 percent, from 3,434 in 2008 to 3,081 in 2009, the lowest number recorded since 1975. A similar trend was recorded nationwide, with a 9.7-percent decline in the number of people killed in crashes, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

All of us at Allen, Flatt, Ballidis, and Leslie would like to offer our condolences to the families of Robert Lee Taylor, Linda Danell Taylor, and La-nessa Leann DeMillo, the three people who were killed in the crash last Monday. We would also like to wish a full recovery to Ted Laycock, Brianna DeMillo, Arturo Carrera, Guadulupe Carrera, Adrian Carrera, Destiny Gonzales, and Carlos Hernandez, the seven people who were injured.

KOVR, channel 13, originally reported this accident.

Resources for accident victims and their families, including books and articles on the process of pursuing an injury or a wrongful death claim, are available to the public free of charge.

If you would like to request one of these free resources, or to discuss a specific legal matter with a California truck accident lawyer, feel free to call 866-981-5596.

At about 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 2nd, three people were seriously injured in a crash in Madera. The accident occurred at the intersection of Avenue 14 and Road 19 when 48-year-old Kerman resident Jose Rodriguez ran a stop sign and broadsided the Dodge Ram pickup truck driven by 21-year-old Martin Arce with his Chevrolet S-10 pickup. Rodriguez, Arce, and his passenger, 34-year-old Alberto Sanchez, all suffered moderate to major trauma and were taken to a local hospital, explains a California truck accident attorney.

Madera accounted for 157 of the 1,006 fatal and injury motor vehicle traffic accidents that occurred in Madera County in 2009, according to the California Office of Traffic Safety. Statewide, traffic fatalities decreased by 10.3 percent, from 3,434 in 2008 to 3,081 in 2009—the lowest level since the federal government began keeping such records in 1975.

All of us at Allen, Flatt, Ballidis, and Leslie would like to wish Martin Arce, Alberto Sanchez, and Jose Rodriquez, the three men seriously injured in the crash last Tuesday, a full recovery.

The Sacramento Bee originally reported this collision.

Resources for accident victims, such as books and articles on the process of pursuing an injury claim, are available to the public free of charge.

If you would like to request one of these free resources, or to discuss a specific legal matter with a California truck accident attorney, feel free to call 866-981-5596.