A pickup truck driver was killed in August in a truck accident in Sonoma County when his truck was struck by a big-rig at the intersection of Highways 121 and 37, according to official reports from the California Highway Patrol.
Although first responders arrived quickly and attempted to render medical aid, the driver of the pick up truck died at the scene. Our sincere condolences go out to the family of this pick up driver.
According to California Highway Patrol, the big-rig driver was traveling west on Highway 37, approaching the Highway 121 intersection, and failed to notice a Toyota…
Watch attorney Claude Wyle discuss a brain injury case he handled that involved a drunk driver who had been on the road after a work event. In California, employers that provide alcohol to employees for the benefit of the company are responsible for any damage caused by an employee who drives drunk. Based on the severity of the injury and state law, Mr. Wyle knew the settlement obtained by the original lawyer could be much larger; he obtained a settlement 150 times that of the original offer.…
A woman hit two vehicles on a road near San Francisco earlier this month as she was rushing to seek treatment for a supposed ‘medical emergency’. A driver that witnessed the collisions took a video of the woman who first rear ended one car, and then proceeded to keep driving after her airbags deployed, rear ending another car in Pleasant Hill, California.
Alan Wang, the witness who caught the action on video, realized that the woman had been involved in a previous accident and hadn’t stopped, so he started recording her to capture the event. The driver was dragging her …
California’s Interstate 580 was shut down for nearly 10 hours earlier this month after two big-rig collisions near Castro Valley in unincorporated Alameda County. The police alert for the road closures came in just after 4:00am on that Thursday morning, and was finally lifted around 2:00pm. Sadly, both truck crashes proved to be fatal.
Tyler Hahn of the California Highway Patrol reported that a black sedan collided with the first big-rig around 4:00am, coming to rest in the middle of the freeway. That disabled vehicle was subsequently struck by a second big-rig which couldn’t avoid the disabled vehicle. The driver…
The California Highway Patrol are on the lookout for the driver of a red and white Freightliner truck because the truck driver struck a pole on Highway 101, in Sonoma County, causing a fatal scooter accident when a scooter rider could not avoid the fallen pole.
Pamela A Warren, a Santa Rosa resident, was thrown from her scooter and struck by a vehicle heading northbound on US Highway 101 after she struck a light pole that was knocked down across two lanes of traffic just north of River Road by a big-rig truck.
The big-rig, a red and white Freightliner…
