Victorville Car Accident Injures Six
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY -- A rollover car crash in Victorville left six people injured, Victorville Daily Press reported. The accident occurred at about 4:15 p.m. Tuesday when the driver of an SUV lost control, rolled over several times, and then struck a Toyota on Village Drive near Air Expressway. Witnesses at the scene stated the female driver of the SUV was traveling at an extremely high rate of speed before she lost control of her vehicle.
Following the accident, the two occupants in the Toyota sustained minor injuries and was taken to St. Mary Medical Center. The driver of the SUV was not wearing a seat belt, which then caused her to be ejected from the vehicle and sustain head injuries. Authorities at the scene indicated four of the woman's passengers were seriously injured. Two people were airlifted to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center and two were taken to a local hospital for further treatment.
Cause of the Victorville Car Crash
The accident on December 27th remains under investigation by the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. However, based on the information provided by the Victorville Daily Press, it is unclear what caused the driver to lose control of the vehicle. But, if witness reports are accurate, and speed was a factor in the accident, the driver may be held responsible for the crash.
Car Accident Personal Injury Liability
Following a car accident such as this one, the victims or family members of the victims would be well-advised to contact a Victorville personal injury lawyer. If it is confirmed by police officials that driver negligence or unsafe driving prompted the accident, knowledgeable and experienced attorneys at Estey Bomberger can help the victims protect their legal rights to recover compensation for medical care expenses, lost wages, pain and suffering, and other damages relating to this horrible car accident.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY -- One person was killed and a few injured after the vehicle they were riding in rolled over, The Desert Sun reports. The solo-vehicle accident occurred at 11:30 a.m. Sunday on the westbound lanes of Interstate 10 near Desert Center. The details regarding the accident, the cause, and the individuals names were not immediately released. However, what was provided by news reports indicated that the driver of the pickup truck died at the scene while three other occupants were injured following the crash.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY -- Two Riverside teenagers were tragically killed Monday night in a solo-vehicle accident, The Press-Enterprise reports. The driver, Marcelo Rios, 19, was traveling at high speed along Jurupa Avenue east of Essex Street when he failed to negotiate a curve and lost control of the vehicle. Then, as Rios was unable to maintain control of the car, the vehicle overturned and struck a metal utility pole.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY - A 59-year-old New Mexico man was tragically killed early Saturday morning when the vehicle he was riding in overturned on Interstate 40, the Desert Dispatch reported. The accident was reported around 5:13 a.m. on Saturday, September 3, 2011 near Essex. The victim was identified by the San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner as Laverne Tsosie of Crown Point, New Mexico. Three other occupants of the vehicle were flown to Las Vegas area hospitals. A fourth occupant was taken to Colorado River Medical Center in Needles. The cause of the accident remains under investigation by the CHP.
BUENA PARK - Three people were tragically killed and two others hospitalized with serious injuries Monday night after the Ford Excursion SUV they were riding in overturned on Interstate 5, the Los Angeles Times reported. According to news reports, the SUV, carrying a family returning from a church service at the Crystal Cathedral, overturned when the driver lost control while exiting the Beach Boulevard offramp. Four passengers were ejected from the vehicle before it became engulfed in flames. The driver, a 41-year-old Downey woman, and a 16-year-old girl, were taken to UCI Medical Center. Three women, ages, 24, 30, and 49, died at the scene of the crash. None of the parties identities were immediately available.
PERRIS VALLEY - The Southwest Riverside News Network reported three people were hurt early Friday morning in a pickup truck rollover accident. According to a Riverside County Sheriff's news release, the single-vehicle accident occurred at 2:24 a.m. on Holland Road near Annas Lane. The truck was reportedly travelling at a high rate of speed when the 21-year-old Nuevo woman driving the vehicle lost control. The truck overturned and the driver, along with a 30-year-old Nuevo man and a24-year-old Canyon Lake woman, were injured. All three were taken to Inland Regional Medical Center for treatment. The cause of the Lake Elsinore car accident remains under investigation.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY - The Desert Dispatch reported a 22-year-old Las Vegas man tragically died Sunday morning following a solo-vehicle car accident near Essex, CA According to reports by the San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner's Department, the crash was reported at 6:57 a.m. in the westbound lanes of I-40, about ½ mile west of mile marker 95, and involved a 2005 Chevy Cobalt. The 22-year-old driver of the vehicle, was pronounced dead at the scene. A female passenger was airlifted to University Medical Center in Las Vegas.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY - A 50-year-old woman and an 11-year-old girl were both tragically killed Sunday night in an SUV rollover crash in Mountain Pass on Interstate 15, the San Bernardino Sun reported. The July 17th accident was reported at 10:18 p.m. on northbound I-15, north of Yates Well Road, west of Nipton, CA and south of Primm, NV. Paramedics found a silver 1999 Isuzu Rodeo had overturned into a ditch. The Sun reported two people died at the scene and the driver and two other passengers were taken to University Hospital in Las Vegas. The fast lane of I-15 was closed for five hours while CHP officers conducted an investigation.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY - According to a San Bernardino Sun news report, a 39-year-old woman was tragically killed after she was thrown from her vehicle north of Baker Wednesday evening, June 29th. San Bernardino County coroner's officials said the woman's vehicle rolled over after she lost control on Highway 127 at approximately 7:52 p.m. Three passengers, one woman and two children, were taken to hospitals in Las Vegas for treatment.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY - Two Nevada woman were tragically killed Wednesday in an SUV rollover accident on Interstate 15 near Baker. The Press-Enterprise reports that the two women were traveling on the interstate's southbound lanes at Halloran Springs Road when, apparently, one of the SUVs tires blew, causing the vehicle to veer off the road and rollover several times. The driver of the vehicle and a rear seat passenger died at the scene of the accident. The other passengers were hospitalized and at this time, it is not known what their condition is.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY - California Highway Patrol investigators reported that an 18-year-old Lake Elsinore woman was tragically killed when her pickup truck rolled over on Interstate 10 just west of Interstate 215 at 4:40 a.m. Monday. After losing control of her truck, the victim was ejected from her vehicle as it rolled over and slammed into a Nissan Sentra driven by a Rialto man. Shortly after the June 27th crash, two other vehicles struck the victim's truck and the vehicle driven by the Rialto man. A 19-year-old San Bernardino woman, who was a passenger in the pickup truck, was taken to Loma Linda Medical Center for treatment of major injuries. The driver of the Nissan sustained minor injuries sin the crash and was also taken to Loma Linda Medical Center for treatment. The condition of the other two drivers is not known.
MIRA LOMA - A 51-year-old old Pasadena woman died Monday morning in a solo-vehicle collision on Interstate 15 in Riverside County, just south of the Ontario city limits, the San Bernardino Sun reported. The victim, Alta Marie Chriss, had been driving southbound on I-15 near the 60 Freeway interchange, when for unknown reasons, her vehicle went off the roadway, struck a guardrail, and overturned. Chriss, the sole occupant of the vehicle, was not reported wearing a seat belt and died of her injuries at 8:14 a.m. The cause of the April 11th accident remains under investigation by the CHP-Riverside Office.