San Francisco prosecutors charged Andrew Alan Vargas, 21, of Hayward Monday with felony counts of drunken driving and hit-and-run for an alleged rampage that critically wounded a 9-year-old boy visiting from suburban Philadelphia. Vargas was charged with two counts of drunken driving causing injury and one count of hit-and-run causing injury as well as an […]
Car / Truck / Motorcycle / SUV Accidents
Ford recalls over 20K vehicles
Ford is recalling 26,715 vehicles including Ford Rangers from 2004 to 2011, plus service parts shipped to dealers for the affected vehicles. The recall also includes the 2002 to 2007 Ford E-250, E-350, E-450, E-550, and the 2002-2005 Ford Excursion. The recalled Ford vehicles and service parts do not comply with safety standards. A multi-function […]
Another Caltrain death brings total to 11
A Caltrain struck and killed a man on the tracks in Sunnyvale on Tuesday evening during heavy commute time, according to the commuter line. This marks the fifth death since June 1, 2011. A southbound commuter train hit the man at the Lawrence station in Sunnyvale at 6:45 p.m., Caltrain officials said. The Lawrence Station […]
Motorcyclist killed in Hwy 101 accident
A motorcyclist was killed this morning in a collision on southbound Highway 101 near San Tomas Expressway. According to the Highway Patrol they began receiving reports just before 6 a.m., of motorcyclist down in the slow lane of 101 just south of San Tomas Expressway, according to Officer Peter Van Eckhardt. Witnesses told the CHP […]
1 dead 3 injured after UCSF shuttle bus and big-rig accident
One man was killed and three were injured after an accident involving a big rig and a UCSF shuttle bus in San Francisco‘s Hayes Valley neighborhood this morning, police said. The accident, which occurred at Octavia and Oak streets at 6:20 a.m., happened when a Peterbilt tractor-trailer truck carrying four cars collided with the UCSF […]
