By Ross Jurewitz on July 20, 2009 -
Date: July 15‚ 2009
Location: Northbound Mission Road‚ Fallbrook‚ CA
Type: Car Accident
Outcome: Two people injured
A 59 year-old woman suffered life-threatening injuries and a 66 year-old woman was also injured when their car rolled over while they were travelling northbound on Mission Road at 11:30 a.m. Another vehicle had pulled in front of them near Green Canyon Road and they had swerved to avoid hitting that car. The women were taken to Palomar Medical Center in Escondido and Fallbrook Hospital.
By Ross Jurewitz on July 20, 2009 -
Date: July 17‚ 2009
Location: 4000 Block of Sixth Avenue‚ San Diego‚ CA
Type: Car Accident
Outcome: Child suffers head and brain injury
A 10 year-old boy suffered a serious head and brain injury when a southbound vehicle on Sixth Street crossed over the double-yellow line and struck a northbound vehicle. The boy was a passenger in the southbound vehicle. He was taken via ambulance to the hospital where he was treated for a skull fracture.
By Ross Jurewitz on July 19, 2009 -
Date: July 19‚ 2009
Location: 605 Freeway near Waddell Street‚ Whittier‚ CA
Type: Car Accident
Outcome: One woman killed‚ two people injured
A Fullerton woman was killed when her car stalled alongside the 605 Freeway near Waddell Street when the car she was riding in was struck by a suspected drunk driver. The victim was transported to Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital where she was pronounced death. Two other people were transported to St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood with moderate injuries. The driver was arrested for vehicular manslaughter and bail was set at $25,000.