San Diego Personal Injury Attorney Blog

High-Speed Fatal Car Accident Shakes San Diego Neighborhood

Residents in one San Diego neighborhood are growing concerned with the safety of motorists, cyclists and pedestrians following a fatal accident in May at the intersection of Camino Del Norte and 4S Ranch Parkway. Driver Danny Wyrick, 59, and a female passenger clipped the back end of an SUV making a left-turn while Wyrick’s vehicle was allegedly traveling at very high speed and ran through a red light. Wyrick was pronounced dead at the scene and the passenger was air lifted to a hospital with serious injuries. “This car just appeared as if it was a missile,” said eyewitness Sam Kambo. “Everybody’s always in a rush to go and sometimes people do make mistakes, and this is not the first accident. Every day I go to work, I see that there is a fender bender, there’s a small accident.” Residents in the neighborhood are growing increasingly concerned about speeding motorists…
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Are Hands-Free Cell Phone Devices Safer?

Many drivers believe that hands-free devices and apps for cell phones, such as blue-tooth and voice-to-text are a safe alternative to talking or texting on your phone while driving, but is that really true? “Hands-free is not risk-free, even though three out of four motorists believe it is,” said Peter Kissinger, CEO of AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, according to CBS News 8 in San Diego. “We know now that devices like voice-detect or voice-to-email systems can create substantial mental distractions, which can lead to degradation of driving performance.” Anything that diverts a driver’s attention from the road is distracted driving—talking, eating, grooming, controlling a pet, etc. It is best to lock your phone up in the glove box or trunk while driving to avoid the temptation. “You can literally look at something and not see it,” said Kissinger. “We have seen that situation occur in the real world. We…
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Lawsuits Continue From 2012 San Bernardino Bus Accident

San Bernardino, California is located near the Riverside metro area, sometimes referred to as the “Inland Empire.” San Bernardino has a population of 209,924 as of the 2010 census. Government and service industry jobs employ most of the area. Major interstates, including I-10 and I-215 run through San Bernardino, making it a transit hub for trucks, buses and passenger vehicles. Late in 2012, a bus carrying a group of tourists from Tijuana to Big Bear mountain and back crashed in San Bernardino on its way back to Mexico. Eight people were killed in the bus accident, and many of the victims’ families filed lawsuits claiming that the transit company, Scapadas Magicas, was aware that the bus had brake issues before the accident occurred—which was caused by a brake malfunction, the investigation revealed. One lawsuit even claims the driver had a passenger sit in the seat and push the brake pedal…
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