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The Washington Post reports that the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined that both the driver and the onboard technology contributed to a fatal crash of a Tesla that killed a man in 2018. On March 23, 2018, Walter Huang, who worked as an engineer for Apple,  was killed after he dropped off his ...

An explosion and fire at the Marathon Refinery in Carson has caused officials to close down the 405 Freeway to be shut down early Wednesday morning. According to a report by NBC in Los Angeles reports that the fire was believed to have been started by an explosion at the plant just before 11:00 p.m. ...

A Twenty-Nine Palms man lived through the nightmare of his Jeep plunging off the roof of a six-story parking structure in Santa Monica in the early morning hours on Sunday.  Though he survived the ordeal, he is currently listed in critical condition. KTLA Channel 5 in Los Angeles reports that the incident happened a little ...

The tendency of teen drivers to take risks is perhaps the main reason why they have to pay more for their insurance coverage.   Lack of experience and reckless driving often lead to mistakes that can cause a serious accident. Fox 11 in Los Angeles reported that on Monday night, four teenagers were pulled over and ...

A wrong-way crash on the 210 Freeway in Monrovia on Sunday morning has left one driver dead and another seriously injured. NBC Channel 4 in Los Angeles reports that according to a statement released by the California Highway Patrol, the crash happened at approximately 4:40 A.M. in the eastbound lanes of the Freeway.  A CHP ...

A group of neighborhood Good Samaritans saved a Fairfax mother and her child after a man suddenly jumped into their car and ordered her to drive. In a report filed on the ABC 7 website, the terrifying incident happened at the intersection of Poinsettia Place and Willoughby Avenue on the afternoon of Wednesday, February 12th.   ...

A high-speed police chase involving a stolen vehicle on Tuesday ended in a horrific crash and multiple people being injured. ABC 7 in Los Angeles reports that the crash happened in a North Hollywood intersection at approximately 1:00 P.M. Police were pursuing three possible suspects in a vehicle that was reported stolen when the suspect ...

A woman has died after a DUI crash on the SR 299 near Whiskeytown on Wednesday, January 29th. ABC affiliate KRCTV reported on its website that a woman was traveling eastbound toward Redding when her Chevy pickup truck collided head-on with a red Toyota Pickup truck that was traveling westbound. Emergency crews arrived at the ...

On Friday, January 24th, a jury rendered a decision in civil court requiring a Malibu woman to pay $18 million in damages for her role in a fatal crash which killed a mother and severely injured her daughter. KTLA in Los Angeles reported that the jury found that Nicole Herschel, 39, acted in malice when ...

No one likes to see another person suffer, especially after being in an accident.  One New York woman found this out when she ended up under an SUV nearly a dozen Good Samaritans came to her aid to free her. CBS News reports that a woman had been crossing the street in New York City ...