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Police reports say Brenda Gail Johnson, 49, faces a charge of intoxication manslaughter for her role in the death of a pedestrian, Theodore Jones, 31, of Houston. A second pedestrian, Mr. Jones’ son, Seth Jones, 7 months, was transported to Texas Children’s Hospital in stable condition with a possible broken arm. A group of citizens flagged down a Houston patrol officer to let him know that Johnson was driving a white Chrysler 300 westbound on West Little York in an…

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…

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…