Automobile Accidents

• Two Chowchilla Teens Killed In Fiery Crash

  Chrissie Cole | March 11, 2009 9:01 PM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA

  A tragic car accident claimed two teens driving on a rural road in Madera County on Tuesday. The car accident happened when the driver failed to heed a stop sign at the intersection of Road 9 and...

• Injury Accident on Highway 99

  David Rowell | June 13, 2008 11:27 PM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA

  A single-vehicleautoaccident on Highway 99 near Visalia has resulted in major injuries to a California man, the California Highway Patrol reports. The driver was air-lifted to Community Regional...

• Turlock Youth Injured in Auto Accident

  David Rowell | November 30, 2007 4:21 PM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA

  Mauricio Alaniz, 19, of Turlock was critically injured in an auto addicent on Wednesday when 60-year-old Cherry Crawford, of Riverbank, swerved into his vehicle on McHenry Avenue in Modesto. Alaniz, a basketball player for Modesto Junior College, suffered severe brain injuries in the collision, and remains in critical condition at Memorial Medical Center. For more information on this subject,...

• Child Killed in Kerman Auto Accident

  David Rowell | October 26, 2007 7:00 AM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA

  Vanessa Zamano, 9, of Kerman, was killed Monday night in a two-vehicle collision southeast of Kerman. The girl's father, Francisco Zamano, wsa northbound on Henderson Road, with Vanessa and another child as passengers in his Plymouth Neon. According to police, Zamano failed to obey a stopsign at the intersection of Henderson Road and McMullin Grade. Martha Decenteno, traveling westbound on...

• Teen Killed in ATV Crash

  David Rowell | October 25, 2007 7:00 AM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA

  Jordan Kedwards, 17, of Clovis, was killed Tuesday in an ATV accident in Madera County. Kedwards was a passenger on an ATV driven by 24 year-old Bonnie Pendergast. Pendergast lost control of the vehicle and it overturned, killing Kedwards. Pendergast was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving and charged with vehicular manslaughter.For more information on this subject, please refer to the...

• Pleasonton Accident Kills One, Injures Two

  David Rowell | October 21, 2007 4:04 PM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA

  A two-car motor vehicle collision in Pleasonton on Saturday resulted in the death of a 19 year-old girl, and the serious injury of two others. The auto accident occurred around 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, on Foothill Road in Pleasonton. The 19 year-old driver of a Ford Mustang, southbound on Foothill Road, collided head-on with a Mercedes SUV traveling northbound. Laurel Williams, a passenger in the...

• Palm Desert Man Killed in Motorcycle Accident

  David Rowell | October 08, 2007 7:00 AM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA

  Robert Kolbeck, 65, of Palm Desert, California, was killed in a single-vehicle motorcycle accident on September 28, Kolbeck and his wife Carol, were morthbound on State Rout 247 near Victorville when Kolbeck apparently lost control of his vehicle. The motorcycle, a 2007 Harley Davidson Ultra, ran off the road and overturned. Kolbeck suffered major injuries and was airlifted to Palm Desert...

• Fresno Man Dies in Auto Accident

  David Rowell | October 06, 2007 1:00 PM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA

  Jesus Reyes of Fresno died Wednesday afternoon in a two-car automobile accident in Fresno County. Reyes was eastbound on Adams Avenue and failed to stop at the intersection with Cornelia Avenue. A Nissan pickup truck, southbound on Cornelia, struck Reyes' vehicle in the intersection. Reyes was ejected from his Ford Explorer and struck his head on a metal grapevine post. Reyes was declared dead...

• Car Accident on 101 Kills One

  David Rowell | October 05, 2007 1:00 PM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA

  A deadly 4-car automobile accident on Highway 101 in Menlo Park resulted in the death of one person on Monday. In the first auto accident, a Ford Mustang collided with a Toyata Celica, blocking the northbound lanes. Immediately after the first collision, an Acura Integra and a Toyota Camry collided with the first vehicles. The driver of the Celica suffered major injuries and was pronounced dead...

• Fatal Auto Accident Kills One in San Francisco

  David Rowell | October 04, 2007 1:39 PM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA

  Zhang Bailan, a 37-year-old resident of San Franciso, has been arrested and charged with vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence following a fatal automobile accident on Highway 101 in San Franciso Monday morning. Bailan was southbound on Highway 101 when he veered from the driving lane onto the shoulder, where William Lemus and Rodolfo Armenpa were fixing a flat tire on Lemus'...