Memorial Grows For CHP Sgt. Killed In The Line Of Duty
Steve Licon was described as a man who always put family and faith first.
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Steve Licon was described as a man who always put family and faith first.
The driver may have been under the influence of drugs, police said.
The driver swerved to avoid hitting a dog in the road, but instead hit the boy, who was in close proximity, police said.
The pedestrian was declared deceased at the scene.
The crash was first reported at 2:53 a.m. as a big rig on its side on the southbound 5 Freeway at Euclid Street in Anaheim. The truck was blocking the carpool lane, while a red sedan was left crushed and unrecognizable a couple of lanes away.
Investigators say it appears the woman may have been trying to flag down the eastbound bus, when she stepped off the sidewalk and was struck by the bus.
A man riding his bicycle was struck by a car and thrown several feet away in the 600 block of Catalina Street in Koreatown.
Witnesses told police they saw two cars speeding down Broadway just before 10:30 p.m. Monday before one of the cars collided into several parked cars and the bicyclist. The bicyclist, a 55-year-old man, was killed on impact.
At least two people had to be extricated out of their vehicles.
CBS2's Adrianna Weingold spoke to the young woman's devastated family.
Police believe the driver of the sports coupe was speeding and lost control of his vehicle.
An off-duty Los Angeles County Fire Department captain was mourned Thursday after he was died in a collision on the 14 Freeway in Santa Clarita that also left a Caltrans worker injured.
A Los Angeles County firefighter was killed Wednesday in a collision with a Caltrans truck on the northbound Antelope Valley Freeway in Santa Clarita, officials said.
The accident occurred on the westbound 210 at Archibald just after 7:35 p.m.
A 1-year-old boy was fatally struck by a pickup truck in front of his home in Yorba Linda one day after Christmas.
The woman was pulling out onto Topanga Canyon from De La Osa when the truck smashed into the small silver sedan. The driver was under the influence and speeding in the residential neighborhood, according to police.
The driver of the street sweeper remained on the scene, and alcohol or drugs did not appear to be a factor in the crash, police said.
Former Major League Baseball players Luis Valbuena and Jose Castillo were killed in a car accident Thursday night in Venezuela.
Hirai was on his way to work on Nov. 14 when he and another vehicle crashed at Western Avenue at 238th Street in Harbor City. He died the next day at a hospital.
Authorities say the mortuary van on Sierra Highway had a green light as the driver was turning left onto Palmdale Boulevard, when a vehicle going east on Palmdale at a high rate of speed slammed into the van, which overturned.
A 2014 Jeep Wrangler was driving southbound on 50th Street East, north of Avenue P at about 6:50 p.m. Thursday at an unknown speed when the driver went into the southbound lanes and crashed head-on with a 2010 Mazda 3, killing Jessica Ordaz, 29, of Lancaster.
Ricky Sandoval, 22, was driving the mom-to-be to the hospital along Highway 74 early Monday morning after she started having contractions. When they got to Menifee Road, a Toyota truck slammed into them, flipping them into a ditch.
Authorities closed several lanes on both sides of the freeway, during the investigation and cleanup. The closure, just east of the busy 10/210/57 juncture, caused a 16-mile backup that stretched all the way back to the 15 Freeway.
The crash at Haskell Avenue and Stagg Street happened at about 3 a.m. Police say the driver never stopped, but the sight of the heavily damaged red sedan made tow truck driver Alex Hernandez do a double take.
The driver was possibly trying to get around a car that was double parked on the narrow residential street, and didn't see the man, who neighbors say leaves behind a wife and three children.
