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Westminster, CA (June 25, 2024) A man was tragically killed on his bicycle early Friday morning. The man, a 54-year-old reportedly from Alaska, was riding a bike in Westminster near the Beach Boulevard and 20th Street intersection. About 40 minutes before the sun rose, a tan Lincoln Towncar crashed into the bicyclist. Westminster Police Department responded to the scene at about 5 a.m., accompanied by Orange County Fire Authority paramedics. Shortly after they arrived, the man was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the Lincoln apparently stayed at the scene, and was the one who called the police to…
El Segundo, CA (June 25, 2024) A shocking accident occurred early Saturday that killed two young men from Moreno Valley. It also left another passenger injured. Bryan Bolanos (19), Carlos Sicairos (18) and one other man were driving westbound on the 105 Freeway. Shortly before 3 a.m., their vehicle flew off the Nash Street off-ramp. Apparently, the driver of the 2016 Lexus was speeding as it approached the offramp. This caused the car to fly over the concrete barrier of the ramp and fall into the LAX FedEx Air Freight employee parking lot. The Lexus fell onto a Ford Mustang…
Lancaster, CA (June 25, 2024) Early this morning at about 2 a.m., a pedestrian was walking west in the bicycle lane on 15th Street East and Avenue I when she was struck by a sedan also heading west. Los Angeles County Sheriffs received word of the incident and rushed to help. Tragically, 30-year-old Brittany Brown sustained major trauma and was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities are still investigating, and details are still being uncovered. They don’t yet know if speed was a factor in this crash. It is also unclear if the driver of the vehicle that struck Brown…
Sylmar, CA (June 25, 2024) A tragedy occurred early Monday morning. At about 2:15 a.m., a man was walking across a street in Sylmar when he was struck by an SUV. He was reportedly walking on Foothill Boulevard at Arroyo Street. The Los Angeles Police Department reports that the pedestrian, who was about 60 years old, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the SUV that fatally struck the man stayed at the scene and cooperated with authorities who were investigating the accident. At the time of writing, we do not know the identity of the pedestrian who…
Thousand Palms, CA (June 25, 2024) A shocking crime was committed on Sunday at about 1:30 p.m. A 30-year-old ran over a man in Thousand Palms, and authorities think he did it intentionally. The victim was 48-year-old Robert Ernest Rodriguez from Desert Hot Springs. He was apparently riding a motorcycle when the suspect, Erick Robert Cowdery of Palm Desert, tragically ran him over. Bystanders were brave enough to restrain Cowdery when he tried to flee the scene of the crime. They held him until police arrived, and Cowdery was promptly booked into the John Benoit Detention Center on suspicion of murder.…
Winchester, CA (June 25, 2024) One woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash on Sunday, June 23. The collision also left a child and an adult male seriously injured. The crash occurred two days ago at around 1:40 p.m. at the intersection of Simpson Road and California Ave. California Highway Patrol says that a 53-year-old man from Hemet was driving a Chevrolet Cruze westbound on Simpson Road. Also in the car was Kimberly Higgins of Hemet, 51, and a 13-year-old child. Apparently, a 17-year-old driving a Jeep Wrangler did not stop or yield as he went through the intersection. This caused…
Las Vegas, NV (June 21, 2024) In at least the second reported Vegas pedestrian fatality from Thursday, a 54-year-old woman was struck and killed by a vehicle on the northbound lanes of Boulder Highway and Mayorga Street. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said that they believe the woman was trying to cross Boulder Highway from East to West. When she entered the northbound lane, she was struck by a vehicle. The incident reportedly occurred at about 10:54 p.m. last night. The driver of the car did not stop. They fled the scene. When authorities and medics arrived, the woman was…
Fresno, CA (June 21, 2024) A story out of Fresno is rapidly unfolding after a tragic car crash occurred yesterday morning. About a quarter after midnight on Thursday, a 21-year-old man from Kerman, Amadeo Santos Menera, was driving a 2019 Nissan Versa westbound on Highway 180. Meanwhile, a 2007 Nissan Sentra was travelling eastbound. As they were approaching each other, the 21-year-old’s car drifted into the eastbound lane. This caused a head-on collision. Devastatingly, there was a passenger in the Nissan Sentra’s car who sustained life-threatening injuries. She was rushed to the Community Regional Medical Center Fresno for treatment, but…
Las Vegas, NV (June 21, 2024) A story in the early stages of investigation has come out of Nevada. A pedestrian was struck in the northbound lanes between Tropicana and Russell on Interstate 15 last night, Thursday. The victim was reportedly struck by a white semi-tractor trailer travelling north. It’s unclear exactly how the collision unfolded, but with semi-trucks weighing tens of thousands of pounds, authorities responding to the scene knew they had to move quickly. They received a report about the crash around 6:13 p.m. Tragically, the pedestrian was killed in the collision. Their identity is unknown at the…
Oakland, CA (June 21, 2024) A tragedy occurred on Friday morning just before midnight. Witnesses reportedly called police and told them that a hit-and-run crash occurred near Nattress Way. A bicyclist, Oakland Resident James Brown, was thrown from his seat and onto the roadway. Officials pronounced him dead at the scene. He was only 51. Video surveillance showed that around 11:56 p.m., an early-2000s BMW that is either white or silver struck Brown as it was speeding northbound on 105th. Tragically, it didn’t stop. Even worse, just after midnight, another driver in a silver Saturn was speeding southbound, and they too…