The San Diego Union Tribune reported yesterday that 20-year-old Antony Schoenle has been arrested for gross vehicular manslaughter stemming from an accident Saturday in the Bay Park area that killed Guadalupe Acosta Amado and Lizette Garcia, both from Oceanside. A dog was also killed in the crash. At the arraignment at UCSD Medical Center,...

Families that have lost a loved one in a fatal DUI accident may be understandably initially hesitant to pursue a legal battle. But survivors have legal avenues available to hold wrongdoers accountable for the deaths they cause. Winning a wrongful death lawsuit sends a message to others that drunk driving will not be tolerated,...

ATHENS, GEORGIA - A pastry chef who was run over by a car while riding her bicycle last year will receive $850,000, the Athens Banner-Herald reported. The victim, Melinda Lampbert, was riding to work when a man drove out of his drive and struck her, pinning her below his vehicle until accident responders were...

Newport Beach Police reported a 14-year-old girl was seriously injured when she was struck by a hit-and-run driver in the Balboa Peninsula Area. The accident occurred in the vicinity of East Bay and Anade avenues shortly before 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, August 11th. The victim was only identified as a 14-year-old resident of San Carlos....

Five people were injured Monday evening in a major head-on collision on Oceanside Boulevard, 10 News and other news outlets reported. The crash involved a 2003 Chevy Impala that was traveling westbound and a 2010 Mazda heading east. The Impala veered into eastbound lanes and collided head-on with the Mazda. Following that collision, the...

In 2009, Scott Minear, of Marrietta Georgia, was driving a Jeep Cherokee with three friends to Glacier National Park when the vehicle was involved in a rollover accident and flipped several times. Minear was junior at the University of Georgia and part of a group of 17 Innovator missionaries who arrived at Yellowstone Park...

SAN BERNARDINO – On Friday, a jury awarded $2 million to a man who was the victim of a planned murder for hire plot by his brother and sister. According to multiple news reports, in 2006, Erik Barajas and Stacy Nunez-Barajas, along with six members of the Mexican Mafia, plotted to kill their brother,...

VISTA - The San Diego Union Tribune reported a north county jury awarded more than $17.3 million to a man who suffered serious facial injuries and a concussion in a chain reaction crash on southbound Interstate 15 on November 3, 2012. The plaintiff was a doctoral student and filmmaker from San Marcos, driving a...

Accidents involving delivery trucks – including United Parcel Service (UPS) trucks, FedEx trucks and other delivery service vehicles – frequently result in catastrophic injury or death to innocent motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians. These accidents may be caused by driver negligence, lack of training, negligent maintenance of a truck, and a number of other causes....

We know there is a correlation between car vs. bicycle collisions and failure to use lights, even during the daytime. According to one Wikipedia article, it has been estimated that 75% of bicycles used in the United States at night do not meet the legal requirements for lighting. In California, a white headlight and...