Armed Forces To Hold Motorcycle Training In An Attempt To Reduce The Amount of Fatalities

September 30, 2009 (by Horatio Algren) According to reports alarmed at the rate of motorcycle deaths of service personnel, there will be required training for soldiers, marines, and sailors that own motorcycles.

The military will be requiring training, assessments for risky behavior while on a motorcycle, causing motorcycle accidents, and they will be organizing racing events that will be safe for the riders. According to the military statistics during the fiscal year ending September 1, 2008 there had been 124 service members killed in motorcycle accidents. This fiscal year the number has dropped to 74 service members killed.

The most recent was a Camp Pendleton Marine identified as Sgt. Adam Bosley age 29, who had done three tours of duty in Iraq and was awaiting orders for Afghanistan. Bosley was killed when he lost control of the sports bike he purchased in August on a San Diego highway on ramp, striking the guardrail and went down into a ravine.
Military officials have stated that most of the fatal accidents involving military personnel occur on racing style sports bikes. They believe it is the speed and the lack of riding experience, along with the inability to handle the high performance motorcycles, which is a factor in the fatal accidents.

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La Habra Police Officer Could Be Charged With Manslaughter in Deadly Chase

September 24, 2009 (by Horatio Algren) According to reports a La Habra police officer could face manslaughter charges after a chase that turned deadly. According to reports the California Highway Patrol is recommending that the Orange County Prosecutors Office file vehicular manslaughter charges against La Habra police officer Nancy Garcia in the April 5th accident that fatally injured Charles Antuna Sr. and his wife Susanne.

La Habra Police spokeswoman Cindy Knapp stated that an officer was on foot chasing a fugitive parolee and Garcia was responding to the call and was in the vicinity of La Habra Boulevard and Euclid Street. Garcia had her emergency lights and siren on when she went through a red light at approximately 62 mph.

Running the red light Garcia collided with Antuna’s car as Charles Antuna was driving east on La Habra Boulevard. The crash occurred at approximately 5:00 p.m., Suzanne Antuna was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident and Charles age 54 was transported to UC Irvine medical Center in Orange where he died early the next morning according to the La Habra Police Department spokeswoman.

Officer Garcia sustained minor injuries and was hospitalized overnight according to Knapp. She also went on to state that Garcia a two year veteran of the La Habra Police Department has been assigned not non-patrol duties.

California Highway Patrol supervised the investigation into the April 5th accident and released their report Monday that recommends the officer be charged in the deaths of the Antuna’s. Spokeswoman Susan Kang Schroeder for the Orange County District Attorney’s Office stated that she does not know if the prosecutors have received the case against the La Habra police officer.

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Santa Ana Man Killed After Falling At Boeing’s Huntington Beach Campus

September 22, 2009 (by Horatio Algren) According to reports a man working at Boeings Huntington Beach Campus was killed when he fell from a scissor lift. The man identified as 48 year old Angel Celaya a resident of Santa Ana was working in building 45 at the Boeing Campus at the time of the accident.

The building located on 5301 Bolsa Avenue according to Huntington Beach Fire Department spokesman Jeff Lopez is where the accident occurred when Celaya was on a scissor lift working on building 45. The man doing construction fell 21 feet head first into a concrete pit that was 6 feet below ground level.

According to Lopez, Celaya fell from the scissor lift at approximately 4:10 p.m. and after Huntington Beach firefighters attempted to save him he was pronounced dead a short time later.

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Toyota Orders Dealers To Inspect Vehicles After Deadly California Accident

September 17, 2009 (by Horatio Algren) According to reports Toyota has order dealers of both used and new vehicles across the country to inspect the floor mats after deadly California crash.

The deadly crash occurred in San Diego County and is believed to have occurred after a floor mat was caught in the gas pedal on a Lexus.

According to the California Highway Patrol the accident took the lives of a family of four, one which was a 19 year veteran of the California Highway Patrol. Killed were Officer Mark Saylor age 45, his wife Cleofe age 45, Salylor’s brother-in-law Chris Lastrella age 38, and his daughter Mahala age 13.

The accident occurred on August 28 when the Lexus was traveling over 120 miles an hour and struck a sport utility vehicle causing it to be launched over an embankment rolling over several times and bursting into flames on impact.

According to reports Lastrella made a call to 911 seconds before the crash stating the vehicle had no breaks and the accelerator was stuck. The telephone call ended when someone in the background said to prey and a woman’s screams could be heard.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Investigators there was a rubber all weather floor mat found in the wreckage of the 2009 Lexus ES 350. Investigators stated was a floor mat from a different Lexus vehicle and that the ES 350 was a loaner vehicle from the dealer while their car was being repaired.

According to Toyota Motor Sales spokesperson for the Torrance based company stated that they planned to issue an order to approximately 1400 Toyota and Lexus dealers across the country to check each of their new, used and loaner vehicles have the proper floor mats and that they are properly secured in the vehicles.

Toyota has since recalled 55,000 floor mats in light of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and these included 30,500 mats from the Lexus ES350 and another 24,500 mats from the Toyota Camry.

Spokesperson for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Rae Tyson stated that they have also received complaints about the RAV 4 and the Tacoma.

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Caltrans Workers Injured When Hit By Driver Looking For Change

September 10, 2009 (by Horatio Algren) According to reports two people were struck while working on the roadside by driver looking for change while driving.

It has been reported that at approximately 10:30 a.m. a Caltrans crew of five that included three probationary workers were on the I-15 north. The accident occurred in the vicinity of state route 94 and the Interstate 805 Interchange when a woman driving an Infiniti struck one Caltrans employee and one probationary worker that were on a cleanup detail according to the California Highway Patrol.

The Infinity struck a Caltrans van and then struck the two injuring them and it has been reported that the severe injuries sustained were life threatening.
According to the California Highway Patrol the female driver was traveling in the slow lane and was digging for change when she lost control of the Infinity she was driving striking the Caltrans van and then the Caltrans employee and the probationary worker.

The crash was severe enough that the Infinity had extensive damage including a left wheel that came off of the vehicle, a broken axle, the windshield was broken out during the crash and there was also damage to the vehicles roof and hood.
The woman driving the Infinity at the time of the crash was transported to the hospital with injuries and her condition has not been reported.

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Jet Forced To Make Emergency Landing At LAX

September 8, 2009 (by Horatio Algren)

According to reports a Southwest Airlines jet was forced to make an emergency landing at LAX after having a malfunction with the wing flaps.

The pilot of flight 3419 reported a problem with the wing flaps on the flight that was scheduled to land at the Burbank Airport. The jet was then diverted to the Los Angeles International Airport due to the fact it has longer runways.

The jet was in route Tuesday morning from Phoenix when the problem prevented the plane from landing at the Burbank Airport. According to experts the problem with the wing flaps would have prevented the jet from landing at a slower speed and with the increase in speed while landing the plane would require a longer runway.

There have not been any reports of injuries or how many passengers were on the Southwest Airlines flight 3419 when it landed at 9:25 a.m.


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