AUGUST 13, 2009 - A 49-year-old man died when his vehicle veered off Interstate 15 and struck a bridge support before bursting into flames, authorities said. Maurice A. Upshaw of Moreno Valley was driving a 1995 Oldsmobile north on I-15 near Stoddard Wells Road when the solo-car accident occurred about 7:10 p.m., according to the [...]

AUGUST 4, 2009 - A sports-utility vehicle rolled off Interstate 5 in Orange County and caught fire, killing five people in the vehicle, including three chilren, authorities said. According to reports, the adult victims were identified as 37-year-old Juan Antonio Sandoval of San Pedro and his 33-year-old wife, Belinda Sandoval. The children were identified by family [...]

JULY 27, 2009 - The California Highway Patrol is investigating a crash that killed a 27-year-old Aliso Viejo man on the San Diego (405) Freeway, authorities said. The unidentified victim was weaving in and out of southbound lanes in a 1991 Mazda about 2:30 a.m., when he lost control of the vehicle and crashed into [...]

JULY 24, 2009 - A trucker died in a fiery collision on the Orange Freeway, authorities said. The accident occurred about 7 p.m. in the southbound lanes near Chapman Avenue, according to the California Highway Patrol. The big rig, which was carrying a load of meat products, collided with another vehicle, causing it to [...]

JULY 15, 2009 - A 26-year-old man was seriously injured when he crashed his motorcycle into the back of a stopped pickup truck while traveling at a high rate of speed, authorities said. The crash occurred on westbound Truxtun Avenue between Mohawk Street and Coffee Road, according to Bakersfield police. Andrew Smith was traveling about [...]

JUNE 21, 2009 - A 33-year-old Perris man was killed when the vehicle he was driving collided head-on with another car and burst into flames, authorities said. The unidentified man was driving west on Nuevo Road about 12:20 a.m. when he veered into oncoming traffic and collided with a sports utility vehicle west of El [...]

JUNE 16, 2009 - A pickup truck slammed into the back of a sports utility vehicle at a stop light, leaving five people injured, authorities said. A woman was stopped in the eastbound lanes of Rosedale Highway at the intersection with Old Farm Road when her SUV was rear-ended, according to Bakersfield police. The woman [...]

JUNE 15, 2009 - A major freeway transition remained closed Monday morning following a fatal crash 36 hours earlier, authorities said. The accident occurred shortly before 6 p.m., when a fuel tanker veered off the eastbound 91 Freeway (Artesia Freeway) connector to the northbound 710 Freeway (Long Beach Freeway) and into a riverbed, causing the [...]