Automobile Accidents

• 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'...

• 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...

• Deadly Automobile Accident Kills 3 Children in Tulare County

  David Rowell | September 24, 2007 9:11 PM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA

  A deadly automobile accident on Saturday killed 3 children in Tulare County. Tulare County Deputy Sheriff Joseph Armstrong was on his way to work in his pickup truck at about 1:00 p.m. when he ran a stop sign and collided with an SUV driven by Tanya Rader. Three children inside the SUV, ages two, three and five, died in the collision. Armstrong and Rader, both seriously hurt, were airlifted to...

• Fatal Motorcycle Accident on Interstate 80

  David Rowell | September 16, 2007 6:33 PM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA

  A motorcycle accident on Interstate 80 in Berkeley today resulted in the death of at least one person. The motorcycle driver was westbound on I 80 near Ashby Avenue when he collided with another vehicle about 2:00 p.m. today. The driver died at the scene.For more information on this subject matter, please refer to the section on Car and Motorcycle Accidents.

• 1 Injured, 1 Dead in Selma Automobile Accident

  David Rowell | September 13, 2007 9:30 PM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA

  Two Tulare women were involved in an automobile accident on Wednesday, when their car struck a tractor-trailer rig on U.S. 99 in Selma. Christine Martins, a passenger in the car, was killed; the driver, Dianna Maurico, suffered major injuries. According to the the California Highway Patrol, Raymond Thiessen of Madera, driver of the big-rig, lost control of his truck and swerved across the...

• Deadly Truck Accident Kills 3

  David Rowell | July 22, 2007 12:23 PM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA

  A big rig truck accident in Orange County killed 3 and injured 2 more. A federal agency investigating the collision found 15 safety violations.The big rig, operated by Michigan-based K.W. Express, plowed into the back of a minivan on Interstate 5 in Mission Viejo in May, killing 3 children under 6 yeas old. The childrens' mother and grandmother were also seriously injured. After the collision,...

• Fatal Automobile Accident in Kern County

  David Rowell | September 14, 2007 6:14 PM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA

  Patricia Tepetl, 27, from Lamont, was killed in a single-car motor vehicle accident on Friday. The woman was southbound on the Tejon Highway when she lost control of her vihicle and it rolled over. Tepetl, who was not wearing a seat belt, was ejected from the vehicle. She was airlifted to Kern Medical Center in Bakersfield, where she was pronounced dead on arrival.For more information on this...

• Child Dies in Automobile Accident

  David Rowell | September 13, 2007 8:50 PM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA

  A 3-year old Santa Maria child was killed Tuesday in a hit-and-run automobile accident. Witnesses say the driver, 21-year old Miguel Gallardo, was going too fast on the residential street where the slain child lived, and could not slow down when the child ran into the street. Gallardo was arrested on Wednesday and faces felony hit-and-run charges. For more information on this subject matter,...

• Fresno County Man Killed in Motorcycle Accident

  David Rowell | September 11, 2007 8:12 PM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA

  A Fresno County man was killed in motorcycle accident on Monday. The motorcycle driver, from Tollhouse, was traveling westbound on State Highway 168 near Shaver Lake, when his motorcycle crossed over the center divider. He collided head-on with an eastbound pick-up truck and died at the scene.For more information on this subject matter, please refer to the section on Car and Motorcycle Accidents.