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Skateboarder Dies after Near-Miss with Vehicle

Posted on November 5, 2012 by bonnicilawgroup

A skateboarder in Southern California died from head injuries sustained in an accident, according to UT-San Diego. The 14-year-old skateboarder was riding downhill on Nacion Avenue in Chula Vista near Tamayo Drive when he swerved to avoid an oncoming car and fell to the pavement, according to Chula Vista Police Lt. Scott Arsenault. According to witnesses, the boy was rounding a curve downhill and did not see the car in time. He swerved right, running into the curb, and landed on the pavement. It was dark and he was not wearing a helmet. The driver of the car, a BMW, reportedly only “clipped” the skateboarder. A nurse who witnessed the accident began performing CPR on the teen before he was taken to the University of California-San Diego Medical Center, where he died from his brain injury. “It was dark and the BMW driver didn’t see the skateboarder,” said Arsenault. “She…
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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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