Big Rig Oil Tanker Overturns on 5 Fwy in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA (August 7, 2019)- The 5 freeway is temporarily shut down as crews try to clean fuel that was spilled when 2 tanks being carried by a big rig overturned near Griffith Park early Wednesday morning, August 7th. The California Highway Patrol responded to reports of an overturned big rig that was carrying 2 oil tankers in the northbound lanes at Los Feliz and Glendale Boulevard near the Atwater Village area of Los Angeles sometime around 7:30 A.M.
Search for Hit-and-Run Suspect that Killed 1 in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA (July 19, 2019) – Authorities are searching for a driver who fled the scene after fatally striking a man in a Mid-City neighborhood in Los Angeles early Friday morning, July 19th. The incident occurred just after 2:15 A.M. when officers responded to a report of a pedestrian found in the roadway near the intersection of Venice Boulevard and Cadillac Avenue.
Drunk Driver Arrested Following Collision in South LA
Los Angeles, CA (February 19, 2019) – A man who is suspected of drunk driving and causing a collision, that left 1 of his passengers in critical condition, was arrested hours after the early Sunday morning crash at his south Los Angeles home, February 19th. According to authorities, Wilfredo Vaquiz Escobar had been driving a white 2017 Honda Accord with 6 passengers traveling southbound on South Central Avenue. As Escobar approached East 33rd Street, he lost control of his vehicle colliding into 6 parked vehicles sometime around 2:40 A.M. CCTV footage retrieved from a nearby business captured the collision and showed the Honda Accord spinning completely around 4 times before it careens across the street slamming into the parked vehicles.
L.A. County Fire Captain Killed in Collision in Santa Clarita
Santa Clarita, CA (January 23, 2019) – The family of an off-duty Los Angeles County Fire Captain are mourning his tragic death after his vehicle rear-ended a Caltrans vehicle on the 14 Freeway in Santa Clarita Wednesday morning January 23rd. According to California Highway Patrol Officer Josh Greegard, the incident took place around 11:30 A.M. on the northbound lanes of the 14 Freeway, a stretch of highway that runs from the 5 Freeway near Sylmar through to Bradys in Kern County.
Fatal crash near Cal State San Bernardino
San Bernardino, CA (December 5, 2018)- A man has died after his vehicle crashed into a light pole that went up in flames early Wednesday morning December 5th. The tragic accident occurred near Cal State San Bernardino when the driver, 20-year old Daniel Ochoa, was driving at high speeds eastbound on Kendall Drive when he attempted to make a left turn onto University Parkway and slammed into a light pole.