Los Angeles Motor Vehicle Accidents Law Blog

A 65-year-old California woman was struck and killed by a minivan driven by a woman who may have been distracted according to a report from the San Diego Police Department. The pedestrian accident took place in the residential neighborhood of Del Cerro on Oct. 11 at about 3:45 p.m.

The victim was known to frequently walk in the neighborhood, and witness statements indicate that she raised her arms at the minivan as it approached. She was struck while in a crosswalk at the intersection of Navajo Road and Margerum Avenue. The woman was dragged several feet before the vehicle came to a stop, and she was pronounced dead at the scene. Police closed the area to traffic for several hours after the crash as accident reconstruction experts conducted their investigation.

A 24-year-old Los Angeles man was killed just after midnight during the morning of Sept. 29 when he fell from a moving party bus onto the 101 Freeway near Barham Blvd. The group of 23 had just left Tokyo Delve's sushi bar in North Hollywood. He had been changing the music at the front of the bus for a friend's birthday party when the bus swerved and he fell out the door.

According to the California Highway patrol, he was killed after being hit by several cars. It is unknown if all of these cars stopped at the scene of the commercial vehicle accident.

A collision that occurred in Paradise Hills and required the Jaws of Life was the result of teenagers driving a reportedly stolen vehicle and trying to escape the police. The series of events that led to the car accident began at around 6:00 p.m. on Sept. 17. Three teenagers allegedly stole a green Honda Civic. The owner of the vehicle, in another automobile, attempted to chase them down. The owner failed to catch up to the Civic, but police spotted the vehicle shortly after the owner lost sight.

Police officers attempted to stop the vehicle, but according to law enforcement, the stolen Civic sped away as soon as police put their lights on. The driver headed at approximately 60 mph down Rancho Hills Drive and made it about a block and a half before he ran a red light and collided with a Ford Excursion heading south on Reo Drive through the intersection.

A California man was taken into custody after he reportedly stole a vehicle and then was involved in an accident with three other cars on Aug. 23. Authorities received two calls at about 6:55 p.m. regarding two locations near each other and found that the reported incidents were connected. One was a carjacking, while the other was a car accident that involved several injuries.

The 22-year-old man allegedly showed the car owner a weapon and then drove away in the stolen Ford Mustang. As he sped south in the stolen vehicle, he lost control at an intersection and crashed into three other vehicles. A bystander reported that he had been driving at about 60 mph just before the accident. The man then exited the Mustang and fled from the scene. Although several people attempted a pursuit, they didn't catch him.