Earlier this week, a party bus owner was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the 2012 death of a woman who fell out of his bus. According to NBC Bay Area News, 58-year-old Jon Reno St. James was found guilty in the Superior Court of Santa Clara County on Wednesday. After a concert in Mountain View […]
Car / Truck / Motorcycle / SUV Accidents
Bicyclist Struck and Killed in Oakland
On Tuesday afternoon, a female bicyclist was struck and killed in an East Oakland neighborhood. According to KRON Channel Four News, the collision happened near Prune and San Leandro Streets, sometime around 4:30 p.m. The bicyclist, a woman in her 30’s or 40’s, was pronounced dead on the scene. The driver did stay on the […]
1 Killed in Santa Clara Crash
One woman is dead and another person seriously injured after a multiple vehicle accident in Santa Clara on January 21st. According to Santa Clara Police, officers responded to reports of a collision around 4:50 a.m. involving a sedan and a SUV near the intersection of Tasman Drive and Great America Parkway, a few blocks from […]
NHTSA’s TireWise Campaign Not Enough to Keep Consumers Safe
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) http://www.safercar.gov/tires/index.html safety campaign isn’t going to be enough to keep consumers safe. The agency has chosen not to take a hard line on tire safety issues through regulation, and rather they are pursuing a public safety campaign in efforts to raise awareness about tire-related issues, including tire age […]
Highway 17 Big Rig Crash Leaves 1 Dead, 7 injured.
A fatal and destructive crash that left 11 vehicles destroyed occurred Thursday morning on Highway 17 near the Lexington Reservoir. The crash occurred a little before 8 a.m., when a big rig truck collided with other vehicles creating a domino effect before reportedly rolling over. The driver of the fifth car in the line was […]