Automobile Accidents

• California Car Crash Kills 5 foreign students and 1 American

  Rick Patterson | February 24, 2009 8:22 AM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  An accident on the 101 Freeway in Los Alamos, California killed six of the seven passengers involved. Three French women, one Russian woman, an American man, and a Turkish woman were all killed. The...

• Two-Vehicle Car Crash Leaves Woman Dead, Husband and Child Injured

  Rick Patterson | February 06, 2009 4:07 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  A two-vehicle car crash at the intersection of 12100 W. Osborne St. in Pacoima left a mother dead and her husband and child critically injured. The mother died at the scene while the driver of the...

• The High Cost of Fraudulent Auto Insurance

  Rick Patterson | July 27, 2008 11:12 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  There seems to be more fraudulent insurance claims out there than many would guess. It has been estimated by Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner that as many as 802 claims in the last year are...

• Minnesota Teen Drivers get Bad Rap

  Rick Patterson | May 02, 2008 11:10 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  Minnesota teen drivers have been getting a bad rap, and it is undeserved. It has been widely reported that teen drivers in Minnesota have the highest teen fatality rate as a result of motor...

• California Campaign To Help Prevent Teen Deaths

  Rick Patterson | April 19, 2008 3:05 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  Between the California Highway Patrol, California Teachers Association, state legislators and other groups California is working hard to bring public awareness to all in an effort to reduce the...

• Trucker Arrested for DUI after he Kills another Driver

  Rick Patterson | February 07, 2008 4:24 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  While driving a truck in Frankfort, Kentucky last Wednesday night, Paul George Neto of Decatur, Alabama killed 41-year-old Leslye Robertson.The driver was charged with murder; DUI; possession of drug paraphernalia, methamphetamine and marijuana. Nato caused the head-on collision , when his truck swerved into the opposite lane of U.S. 421. His victim died after Neto's truck pushed the van she...

• Automobile Accidents on the Rise

  Rick Patterson | January 27, 2008 6:09 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  Automobile accidents have greatly increased on Los Angeles freeways and streets according to officials. In fact, according to Francisco Villalobos, an officer who works out of the California Highway Patrol's Transportation Management Center, there were twice as many automobile collisions reported this week as there were last week. "We do see a lot of solo spinouts, people going over the side of...

• Black Ice is the Cause for Fatal Accident

  Rick Patterson | December 13, 2007 12:56 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  During this time of year drivers need to be aware of slick roads and black ice. Heather Richie, 26, and her boyfriend Joseph Lee Bekker, were killed in a car accident due to black ice. Their wrecked Ford Explorer was found 24 hours after the accident under an overpass. Police say the two were headed home when their SUV hit black ice, slid across the top of a guardrail and fell off the overpass,...

• Kentucky Accidents Claim Thirteen Lives

  Rick Patterson | December 07, 2007 11:37 AM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  One would hope at this stage of the game we are all aware of the absolute importance of wearing a seat belt while traveling in a motor vehicle. The difference it makes in an accident cannot be overstated. According to the Kentucky State Police, thirteen people died in thirteen accidents on roadways in thirteen Kentucky counties last week. Out of the thirteen victims, ten were in cars and four of...

• How to Avoid Car Crashes

  Rick Patterson | November 12, 2007 7:12 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  Dean Voelker, has an idea. He has worked of that idea for the past 17 years. He feels he has perfected the automobile headlight that will significantly reduce automobile crashes. He has invented and patented a new brake light system that lights up proportionately to how much force the driver is exerting on the brake pedal. "When you step lightly, it lights up only the middle of the light. The...