A vehicle left the road and wound up in pieces in the back parking lot of a convenience store. One person was killed and another person was injured. The crash occurred after the College Boulevard exit. San Diego County HazMat was called to the scene to monitor for any hazardous materials release since the crash…
Category: Car accidents
Near-Fatal Two-Vehicle Collision in El Cajon, CA
Investigators believe that speed was the primary factor in a freeway crash that sent three people to the hospital with serious injuries. One car rear-ended the other, prompting one of the cars to lose control. That car went down a slope before landing upside down in a backyard in El Cajon, CA which is a…
Hit-and-Run Driver Nearly Kills Bicyclist in Rancho Penasquitos, San Diego County
San Diego, CA. On July 15th 2024 few details were available after a beige or tan midsize SUV struck a 60-year-old man riding a bicycle in Rancho Penasquitos, in San Diego County, CA. The driver did not stop at the scene. Rancho Penasquitos in a small quiet city off the of I-15 freeway in San…
Head-on Accident Kills Two People
A driver on westbound Highway 46 dangerously passed a tractor-trailer and smacked into an eastbound pickup in San Luis Obispo County. The driver and passenger in the Hyundai, the wrong-way vehicle, both died in the crash, the California Highway Patrol said. Head On Accidents in California The accident in the above story was an unavoidable…
Deadly Alcohol-Fueled Wreck in San Diego Kearny Mesa 92123
Authorities arrested two people and charged them with DUI after a pileup wreck on State Road 163 killed four people. The victims were in a Toyota Prius sedan that was rear-ended by a Toyota Tacoma pickup truck on the southbound side of the freeway at Interstate 805. The force of the impact caused the car…
Cruise Control Glitch and Fiat Chrysler now the Worst in Auto Recalls
Making it to #1 on any list is normally a good thing, but not when you top the list of the most number of recalls for an automotive brand. Fiat Chrysler has recently earned this dubious honor with the recent discovery of a new cruise control problem. The New Fiat Chrysler Recall The Wall Street…
Defective Airbags and Half a Million Kia cars recalled
Kia Motors has issued a vehicle defect recall due to an electronic defect that may prevent the proper deployment of the vehicle’s airbags. According to a Reuters news report, this recall will involve at least 507,000 Kia vehicles. Auto Recalls The recall may also have resulted after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced the…
Failure to Yield while Driving: How Much Can It Cost You
Intersections are common locations for road accidents and vehicle collisions. In many of these cases, the accidents were caused by the driver who failed to yield to incoming traffic while turning left at an intersection. The case of Jessica Berrones v. Hailey Andrews and AndrewsAG, Inc. shows that such a mistake is much more serious…
Is California an “at fault” insurance state?
California is what is considered an “at fault” or a “fault” insurance state when it comes to accidents. The differences between an at fault insurance state and a no fault insurance state are: In an “at fault” insurance state when someone is determined to be at fault you can go through his or her insurance…
Car accidents without the owner present
Who is liable in a car accident when the driver is not the owner? If you lend a car to someone else and they get in an accident, who is liable? Most people would think the driver is liable. However the actual answer is the owner of the vehicle. The driver of the car would…