Witnesses say a green Ford Explorer with two males inside was driving southbound on State Highway 288 when, for unknown reasons, the Explorer drove off the road just before the MacGregor overpass. The Explorer went through a guardrail over Braes Bayou and landed on a concrete embankment on the opposite side of the bayou. The vehicle came to rest on its passenger side. One male died inside the vehicle. The second male, claiming to be the passenger, exited the vehicle…
The driver of a white Infinity G35 that was travelling northbound on Lillia Road at a high rate of speed failed to stop at a stop sign at the intersection of Aldine Bender and lost control late last month, striking several trees. The passenger was killed on impact; the driver suffered minor injuries. He was taken into custody at the scene. Miguel Angel Grimaldo, 30, is charged with intoxication manslaughter. His male passenger, 24, was pronounced dead at the scene….
A driver of a Lexus struck and killed and unidentified 57-year-old man who was crossing the street at North Beale Road west of Yuba Community College in Sacramento, reports say. Pablo Arredondo, 25, of Yuba City, reportedly stated that he saw the man cross the road an instant before striking him with his Lexus. Reports also say that he swerved to avoid hitting the man, but was unsuccessfully. The man was pronounced dead at the scene, reports say. Reports also…
Thomas M. Roberts, 50, of Newark, CA has reportedly been charged on two counts of second-degree murder, drunken driving and drug charges that resulted in the death of two. The accidents that caused the deaths were reported to have started last month on Interstate 505 near Winters when Roberts struck the median while headed southbound. As he hit the median, he lost control of the vehicle and hit a bridge abutment guardrail. The car then spun into the traffic and…
A pilot and passenger flying an experimental plane were injured late last month when the aircraft crashed at Northern California’s Rancho Murieta Airport. Reports say Charlie James Morehead, 75, of Cameron Park was transported by air to University of California Davis Medical Center after he crashed his unproven plane as he practiced landings. On one practice landing, the plane came in too fast and took a big bounce, and instead of aborting he tried to force it down and the…
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