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Temecula Fatal Car Accident Caused by Reckless Driving Involving Alcohol

Alcohol and recklessness was believed to be a factor in the fatal car accident that happened early afternoon last Saturday at Temecula, California.

According to news reports, the accident involving two cars killed one person and left the three others with personal injuries.

Police officers who investigated the said accident said that a white Toyota Tacoma pickup with three male passengers traveling along east of Rancho California Road failed to stop for the red light, causing the white Toyota Tundra pickup with one male driver to hit broadside.

The four casualties were brought to the Rancho Springs Medical Center in Murietta, Riverside County, California. The three men were said to be in stable conditions after the minor to serious personal injuries they sustained. The other one, the driver of the Tundra, was declared dead at the hospital.

It appeared on the investigation that alcohol and the Toyota Tacoma pickup driver’s reckless driving caused the accident.

Under the California Vehicle Code 23103, Reckless Driving Involving Alcohol or Wet Reckless, any person driving a vehicle in a highway in intentional or reckless disregard for other person’s safety or property is guilty of reckless driving. And under the Reckless Driving: Bodily Injury Vehicle Code 23104, whenever a reckless driver of a vehicle causes physical injury to any person aside from the driver, the vehicle driver shall be punished by either fine or imprisonment or a combination of both.

Apparently, the driver of the Tacoma is facing a serious penalty for his reckless driving involving alcohol since there weren’t only injuries involved but the accident also resulted to the death of one driver. Maybe now that reckless driver had learned his lesson.

Pregnant Woman Injured in a Hit-and-Run Pedestrian Accident

As the saying goes, pregnant women are lucky. However, this 29-year old pregnant woman from Tyler, Texas is not so lucky enough to avoid a pedestrian accident.

According to reports, a pregnant woman named Latosha Little was crossing the North Palace Street from east bounded to west when she was struck by a northbound vehicle that was about to make a left turn into Bow Street. As a result, she was thrown into the vehicle’s hood and then fell to the ground.

Little was able to get up and walk towards a nearby grocery to use a telephone and call the police. Meanwhile the vehicle driver, after pulling over into the parking lot, abruptly left the scene upon learning that the pregnant woman was calling the authorities.

Under the federal law, leaving a victim immediately from the scene of the accident scene will definitely mean a hit-and-run accident which is considered a very serious crime in most jurisdictions.

Respondents who rescued Little transported her to a nearby hospital through an ambulance. Fortunately, Little only sustained minor injuries and both she and her unborn baby are now in stable condition.

The Tyler police are now in pursuit of the hit-and-run suspect who was an elderly black man, according to Little.

Once the authorities found the hit-and-run driver, Little may file for a personal injury claim to make him pay for being an irresponsible driver. Little deserves a compensation claim since she almost lost her baby from the said accident.

Amateur Boxer’s Sister Dies from a Chain - Accident

A simple car accident which occurred at the Westbound Cross Bronx Express Way last Sunday morning ended in a tragic chain accident.

Based on the investigation, a thin sheet of ice or the so called “black ice” covering the over pass road was the cause of the accident. The chain accident started from a single accident involving Pedro Luis, the 20–year old amateur boxer and her 19–year old sister, Jennifer Sosa. As the two got out in their Chewy Venture, they were struck by a 1999 Toyota Corolla traveling recklessly at high speed which sent them both flying over a wall and resulted into a 75–foot drop into a sand pit of a construction site at the corner of Bruckner Boulevard and Brush Avenue in Unionport in New York. 

Luis and Sosa were immediately rushed to the hospital where Sosa was pronounced dead while her brother Luis is critical condition.

The chain accident involved a total of nine vehicles and left one – dead and fifteen injuries. People who sustained personal injuries are expected to survive soon.

Last November, the city of New York begun implementing its first 20mph Slow Zone and said limit applies into few areas of Bronx since it has the highest vehicular accident and death rate in the city.

According to statistics from 2006 to 2010, 46 people have been reported injured from vehicle accidents in the Bronx area. This new slow speed limit aims to reduce accidents in the area. To some motorists, the area serves as a short cut. It is often taken by motorist to reduce their time and effort in driving. Hopefully, they would consider obeying this new slow speed limit even though they are in a hurry for their own safety.

Hybrid Cars Have Lower Chances for CAR Accidents

From the recent report from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, it reveals that the chances of getting involved in a car accident is twenty – five percent (25%) lower compared to the common fuel – powered car.

Nowadays, fuel prices are pretty high. Therefore, people are seeking for alternative ways to avoid using too much fuel. In addition, as an answer to their prayers, hybrid cars were made.

A hybrid car is a vehicle that uses two or more different power sources to power its engine and over all technical system. It is commonly referred as hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) because it is powered by electricity wherein no fuel is required.

Initial studies agree that hybrid cars are economically refined.  However, the big problem they determined about this is that it is smaller and lighter than the non – hybrid ones making it less safe.

On the other hand, in a new study conducted, hybrid cars’ high - tech batteries are too heavy. Researchers found out that though hybrid cars are smaller, they are ten percent (10%) heavier than non – hybrid ones. That extra – weight of the hybrid definitely means that they can stand up better in car accidents.

A member of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reported that the chances of being injured in a car accident in hybrid cars is twenty – five percent (25%) lower than those which are not.

That’s quite a good news for hybrid car owners. However, if there is good news, there would always be a corresponding bad one. The bad news here is that because hybrid cars are less noisy than the non – hybrid cars, people often do not hear them coming, so there is a huge possibility of hitting a pedestrian.

This means that if hybrid cars are twenty – five percent (25%) safer and causes less personal injuries from car accidents, on the contrary, they are twenty percent (20%) more dangerous to pedestrians.

The Department of Transportation is now working to find ways on how to make hybrid cars a little bit noisier to be safer from both car accidents and to pedestrians.