All but one lane of Highway 152 in Gilroy was closed on Tuesday night after a fatal head-on collision around 5:30 p.m. According to numerous eyewitness testimony relayed to California Highway Patrol (CHP), a red 1995 Hyundai Accent swerved in and out of traffic on Highway 152, then barely missing a retaining wall before slamming […]
Car / Truck / Motorcycle / SUV Accidents
Road Rage Incident Leaves One Dead
A road rage incident in East San Jose Tuesday has left one man dead, and another a fugitive implicated in the former’s murder. Near Tully Road in San Jose, between 10:00-10:15 a.m., an altercation occurred between a pickup truck and a silver Volkswagen Jetta. According to San Jose Police, they were both traveling the vehicles […]
California Bus Crash Kills Ten
Last Thursday in Red Bluff, a FedEx truck hurtled into oncoming traffic, striking a school bus and killing 10 people, and NTSB officials are racing to find out why. Around 5:40 p.m. On Thursday, a Fedex truck driven by Tim Evans, 32, of Elk Grove, went speeding across a 58-foot median on I-5, striking a […]
Woman Killed walking along Highway 101
Around 8:30 pm Friday evening, California Highway Patrol (CHP) received a call from motorists on Highway 101 about a person stumbling into traffic lanes. Then twenty minutes later this person on the highway, now identified by police as 25-year-old Azaleah Aglubut of San Jose, was struck and killed by a vehicle. Aglubut was walking northeast […]
Cell Phone Involvement is Under Reported in Fatal Car Crashes
The Trial Lawyer Magazine’s Blog recently reported on the disturbing news that cell phone involvement in fatal car crashes is under reported. The National Safety Council found that data collection for determining cell phone use in fatal car crashes isn’t accurately captured, so citizens and policymakers really don’t have the full picture. It may or […]