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Police Identify Driver In Head-On Taxi Collision

Posted on May 7, 2014 by bonnicilawgroup

According to NBC San Diego, police have arrested a suspected drunk driver who was responsible for the death of a cab driver last week. A 42-year-old woman was reportedly driving the wrong way down Interstate 5 when she collided head on with a taxi. The driver of the cab attempted to get out of his car and off the highway, but was struck several times by oncoming traffic and died from his injuries. Shortly afterwards, a white Honda Accord slammed into the back of the cab and pushed it over an embankment. The woman, once she realized her mistake, made a U-turn and fled, leaving the cab driver behind. Police would not say how they caught up with the woman several hours later, but she has been charged with three felony counts of vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, felony DUI causing injury and fleeing the scene of an accident causing injury…
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Why Do People Lose Control Of Their Vehicles?

Posted on April 30, 2014 by bonnicilawgroup

Oftentimes, motorists lose control of their vehicles because of overcorrection. In other words, a driver will brush up against the guard rail or the median and panic, thinking that the collision is worse than it actually is. Panicked motorists are more likely to overcorrect and turn sharply, sending their vehicle out of control. According to NBC San Diego, a suspected drunk driver lost control of his vehicle on Saturday, April 19 in East County. At approximately 7:30 a.m., the 26-year-old motorist was driving west on Interstate 8 near the intersection with Lake Jennings Park Road in a 1997 Nissan Sentra. While reportedly driving 70 mph, the driver drifted into the center median and overcorrected back to the right, losing control of his vehicle in the process. The Nissan then barreled through a chain link fence and collided with a concrete culvert, according to California Highway Patrol officials. The driver was…
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Are Box Trucks As Dangerous As Semi-Trailers?

Posted on April 23, 2014 by bonnicilawgroup

“I was asleep and next thing you know I was jumping out for my life,“ said a survivor of the horrific bus crash on Thursday, April 10. The bus was part of a caravan carrying low income and first generation prospective college students from across California to Humboldt State University. The trip was intended to introduce the students to higher education. The university-sponsored program offers free counseling to the students, houses them in residence halls and shows them the value of higher education. Unfortunately, one of the buses never made it to Humboldt State University. A FedEx box truck barreled across a median and collided with one of the charter buses. Both drivers, five students and three chaperones died in the collision. Flames soon engulfed both vehicles, filling them with dangerous black smoke. One eyewitness said, “I went outside, and everything was in flames…[t]here were a couple of explosions after…
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