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Two San Diego ISD Coaches Killed in Truck Accident

Posted on June 20, 2011 by bonnicilawgroup

According to NBC 6 News in Corpus Christi, Texas, two women were killed following a tragic truck accident on June 13.  The truck accident occurred in Nevada, where Esther Garza and Renee Upchurch were driving through to Utah to visit a sick relative. Garza and Upchurch had pulled over on the side of the road outside of Reno when their SUV was struck by a truck belonging to the Nevada Department of Transportation.  Upchurch was killed instantly and Garza was flown to a nearby hospital where she later died from her injuries. Upchurch was a teacher and a coach at San Diego ISD, and Garza had recently retired as a coach. “She meant a lot to a lot of people,” niece Jeneca Upchurch told reporters.  “She was a teacher, she was a coach, she was a friend to a lot of students, a lot of athletes.” Investigators are still determining…
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Motorcyclist Injured Following Accident

Posted on June 13, 2011 by bonnicilawgroup

A motorcycle accident in Linda Wista on June 3 has left a man injured in the hospital after he was struck by a car. According to SignOnSanDiego.com the car accident occurred at approximately 3:30 p.m. on Linda Vista Road near the Ulric Street intersection. The names of the two men involved in the car accident have not yet been released by officials. The motorcyclist was identified as a 39-year-old man and the driver of the Nissan Versa that was involved in the car accident is 50, according to reports. The driver of the Nissan was pulling out of a parking lot on to Linda Vista Road and made an unsafe lane change, causing the motorcyclist to slam on his brakes to stop short. This caused the motorcyclist to flip over the handle bars and slam into the Nissan. According to San Diego Police Officer Frank Cali, the motorcyclist was treated at the hospital for…
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Husband and Wife Injured in Single Car Accident

Posted on June 6, 2011 by bonnicilawgroup

According to CBS 10 News in San Diego, a husband and wife were injured in a car accident on May 24.  Officials had not yet released the names of the husband and wife, who were said to be in their 60’s.  San Diego Police Department officials said that the couple suffered minor to serious personal injury. The car accident occurred near the 4200 block of 52nd street in San Diego.  The couple was driving south just before 3 p.m. when the husband lost control of the couple’s Oldsmobile and smashed through a secutirty gate and into a wall at a relatively high speed. According to SDPD Officer Frank Cali, the husband “attempted to step on the brake” before losing control of his vehicle.  The driver complains that the vehicle would not stop and investigators are looking into a possible mechanical failure as a cause of the car accident.

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