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Two Killed in Accident at California Racetrack

Posted on April 1, 2013 by bonnicilawgroup

Investigators in Yuba County are investigating a car accident at a Petaluma Speedway that killed two people, according to KFMB-TV. Chase Johnson, 17, lost control of his car on a dirt track and slid into a pit row on March 16, according to Yuba County Undersheriff Jerry Read. The car slid into the car’s owner, 68-year-old Dale Wondergem, and the driver’s 14-year-old cousin, Marcus Johnson. Both men were pronounced dead on the scene. The sheriff’s department is looking into cause of the accident. Some witnesses reported that the car’s detachable steering wheel came off just before Johnson lost control while taking warm-up laps around the track. “It’s shaping up to look like a mechanical failure, but there’s still work to be done,” Read said. A thorough investigation should clear up some of the issues here and identify the specific factors that contributed to this horrific accident. Were there any safeguards…
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San Diego Wrongful Death Attorney Questions What Makes Highway Stretch Prone to Accidents

Posted on March 29, 2013 by bonnicilawgroup

One man died and a San Diego teenager was critically injured in a car accident on March 18, according to KSWB-TV. Matthew Leonardo, 30, was driving his Ford Escort on the wrong side of State Route 52 at approximately 9:30 p.m. and collided with a minivan traveling in the opposite direction. Will Cunningham was driving the minivan, and his wife and three daughters were passengers. Leonardo was pronounced dead at the scene and the family riding in the minivan was rushed to the hospital. Cunningham is the head basketball coach at Cathedral Catholic High School. One of his daughters, Taylor, was in critical condition following the collision. Taylor was selected as San Diego’s Outstanding Teen in the 2013 Miss San Diego Pageant. Cathedral Catholic held a mass on March 19 for the Cunningham family. This particular stretch of State Route 52 has developed a notorious reputation for deadly collisions such…
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San Diego Personal Injury Attorney Applauds UCSD Earthquake Tests

Posted on March 25, 2013 by bonnicilawgroup

Researchers tested the structural strength of buildings at the University of California-San Diego to determine how safe they are in the event of a major earthquake, according to KPBS-TV. In 2012, experts built a five-story building model on top of an earthquake simulator and administered a “shake table” experiment that simulated the conditions of different scales of earthquakes to study the safety of the building. “Everything is full-sized,” graduate student Michelle Chen said after the 2012 test. “It’s the same sized columns you would see in a normal sized building. It’s basically the core of a whole structure.” Researchers repeated the experiment this year and found that fire is one of the most serious threats to the building in the event of an earthquake. The scientists started a fire inside of the building after simulating an earthquake and discovered it spread rapidly through the cracked infrastructure and greatly destabilized the…
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