Posts tagged Car Accidents

• Drunk Driver Injures CHP Officer in Car Accident

  Chrissie Cole | September 19, 2007 3:04 PM | 0 CommentsSan Jose, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A California Highway Patrol Officer was injured in a car accident while parked in the center divide of U.S. 101, when a suspected drunken driver struck his patrol car.The man, 19, was arrested and transported to Santa Clara County Jail on suspicion of felony driving under the influence, causing injury to others and rear-ending the CHP officer's patrol car, on Monday evening. The driver also...

• Toddler Killed by Truck in San Jose

  Shannon Weidemann | March 11, 2008 2:18 PM | 0 CommentsSan Jose, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 2-year-old boy was killed by a truck backing up in a parking lot last month. The car accident happened in San Jose. The boy's stepfather did not realize the child was behind his vehicle. It is believed the victim left his apartment through an open door. Nationally, there were at least 101 "backover" children deaths in 2007, according to data Kids And Cars compiles from coroners,...

• California Fires Wreak Havoc and Frustration

  Courtney Mills | October 25, 2007 9:11 AM | 0 CommentsSan Jose, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The raging wildfires across California look utterly terrifying, and thus far have destroyed over 1,500 homes and damaged hundreds more. It will take years for the families who are affected by the loss of homes to take stock and rebuild. Displacement of this magnitude is always accompanied by a great deal of stress and anxiety about the future.The last great bout of wildfires in California was...