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Young Boy Killed in California Truck Accident

Posted on November 2, 2012 by bonnicilawgroup

A truck accident on October 22 near Gilroy, California, claimed the life of a 7-year-old boy, according to CBS News in San Francisco. The collision involved a car and a commercial truck on State Highway 152, according to the California Highway Patrol. Two men were driving a 1992 Toyota Tercel with the boy when it veered into another lane, colliding with a commercial truck traveling in the same direction. The driver of the Toyota, 29-year-old Victor Perez, suffered a broken collar bone and passenger Jose Perez, 38, suffered hip and chest injuries. The boy, riding in the backseat, was pronounced dead at the scene. The accident remains under investigation. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) there are nearly 500,000 truck accidents every year in the United States. Sixty-eight percent of truck accidents occur in rural areas. Truck companies and truck drivers are held to a higher safety standard…
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One Killed in San Diego Car Accident

Posted on October 29, 2012 by bonnicilawgroup

A car accident claimed one young woman’s life in San Diego on October 19, 2012, according to NBC News in San Diego. The two-vehicle collision occurred around 7:30 p.m. near the San Diego Zoo’s Safari Park. Officials from the San Diego Police Department, the Escondido Fire Department, the San Diego Fire Rescue and the California Highway Patrol responded to the scene of the collision. According to reports, the victim, a 20-year-old woman, was traveling west in a Ford Mustang on San Pasqual Road when she struck the carcass of a dead dear that was lying in the roadway. After striking the deer carcass, the Mustang then crossed over into oncoming traffic, where it was T-boned by a Ford Explorer. Sgt. Jim Reschke told reporters that evidence from the scene of the accident indicated that the deer was dead before the car hit it and already lying on the road. Drugs…
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Study Confirms Los Angeles is Dangerous for Cyclists

Posted on October 26, 2012 by bonnicilawgroup

Cyclists in Los Angeles have long claimed that it is a dangerous city for them, whether it is because of the aggressive motorists or high number of pedestrians and other cyclists. A recent study from the University of Michigan Transportation has confirmed their suspicions, according to the Los Angeles Times. According to the study, 2.8 percent of victims in traffic fatalities in Los Angeles are cyclists. This is nearly double the national average. Earlier this year, Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a bill that would have forced all motorists to give cyclists a three feet buffer zone when passing. “Drivers don’t look for bikes and we are almost invisible,” says South Pasadena cyclist Bill Sherman, who was recently hit by a car when he was attempting to make a left turn. It was the second time he has been hit. “I think when you talk to bike riders, everybody has had…
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