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Teenage Girl Dies on Birthday in California Car Accident

Posted on November 26, 2012 by bonnicilawgroup

A car accident in Yuba City, California claimed the life of a teenage girl on November 17, according to Appeal-Democrat.com. Kayla Lizama was celebrating her 18th birthday with friends when the car she was riding in ran off the road and struck a tree. Driver Natalie Boutilier escaped the crash uninjured, and Lizama was rushed to a nearby hospital where she died from her injuries. Lizama and Boutilier were riding in Boutilier’s Honda Civic to go visit friends at the time of the accident. The accident remains under investigation, and the California Highway Patrol did not provide details as to the cause of the accident. “They were going to visit friends,” said family friend Summer Taylor. “They just lost control.” Two friends following in another car witnessed the wreck and called 911. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), car accidents are the leading cause of death…
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Los Angeles Truck Accident Pile Up Injures 17

Posted on November 23, 2012 by bonnicilawgroup

A truck accident in Los Angeles injured 17 people in late October, according to the Los Angeles Times. The accident involved a dump truck, a sedan and a Metro bus. According to officials from the Los Angeles Fire Department, the unoccupied dump truck rolled down a hill and collided with the bus that was heading westbound on Hollywood Boulevard on the morning of October 23. The bus was pushed into the other lane facing oncoming traffic, where it collided head-on with the BMW sedan. The female driver of the sedan was trapped in her vehicle for over 20 minutes before responders were able to free her. The woman and her passenger, her daughter, were rushed to a nearby hospital, along with the bus driver and 14 passengers on the bus. The accident remains under investigation. The outcome of this accident could have been much worse; thankfully, no one was killed….
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Elderly Driver Crashes Car into SoCal Target; Injures 2 Shoppers/San Diego Car Accident Attorney Weighs In

Posted on November 19, 2012 by bonnicilawgroup

Two shoppers at a Target store were injured, and certainly shocked, when a car crashed into the store and struck them on October 26, according to ABC News. The victims, identified as a 29-year-old woman and a 56-year-old man, suffered serious injuries and were rushed to a nearby hospital. The woman suffered head trauma, and the man broke his hip. The driver, a 72-year-old woman, crashed approximately 50 to 60 feet into the store through emergency exit doors into the electronics department where the victims were shopping. Accident investigators in Canoga Park, Los Angeles suspect the driver was coming down a parking garage off-ramp and drove straight through the doors without ever hitting the brakes. “In looking at it, it is like threading a needle, but if you look at how the street is laid out, there is an intersection right before those doors where one can see how an…
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