Automobile Accidents

• Off the Record

  Shanley Monroe | July 31, 2009 7:57 PM | 1 CommentStockton, CA

  Chances are that if you watch television, you’ve seen at least one ad for an insurance company touting their folksy, people-first policies. While insurance companies are not your enemies, it...

• When Hit and Run Accidents Leave You in a Lurch

  Shanley Monroe | July 17, 2009 1:33 PM | 1 CommentStockton, CA

  Most people know some variation of the parable of the Good Samaritan. A man traveling on the road is beaten and left for dead by a group of bandits. Two men pass on the road without helping him,...

• Multi-Car Accident Injures 7

  Shanley Monroe | July 17, 2009 1:36 AM | 0 CommentsStockton, CA

  It’s a safe driver’s worst nightmare. It’s unavoidable, it’s unpredictable, and it’s unstoppable. It’s the other person on the road. Whether another driver is...

• Safe Teen Driving Week Hopes to Cure Rise In Teenage Auto Acciedents

  Marlon A. Scarlett | April 21, 2009 7:31 PM | 0 CommentsStockton, CA

  Parents of teenage drivers, lend me your ear, this week is offically Safe Teen Driving Week. Recent statistics show that teenage accidents on our highways have been steadily increasing since 2005....

• Car Seats Properly Installed Can Limit Car Accident Injuries

  Marlon A. Scarlett | April 06, 2009 2:28 PM | 0 CommentsStockton, CA

  Several days ago a two year old was involved in a car accident that violently ejected them from their car seat. The driver of that vehicle was transporting two toddlers who were both said to be...

• Stockton Man Killed In Head-On Collision

  Chrissie Cole | February 22, 2009 5:22 PM | 0 CommentsStockton, CA

  A head-on collision claimed the life of a 23-year-old Stockton man Friday night, in Solano County, according to the California Highway Patrol. Two other Stockton residents – a 17-year-old...

• Report of Three Injured on Pershing Avenue

  Larry Knapp | September 20, 2007 10:12 AM | 0 CommentsStockton, CA

  Stockton is a busy place and it's not unusual for motor vehicles to come in contact with each other causing injury to the occupants. Certain arterial roadways have a hirer volume of traffic and thus a higher likelihood of injury or death. Pershing Avenue and Pacific Avenue are excellent examples of these high volume arterial roadways that have a higher likelihood of car crashes. Its...

• Bicycles and Automobiles Don't Mix

  Larry Knapp | September 18, 2007 10:09 AM | 0 CommentsStockton, CA

  The tragic death of a 14-year-old boy who was struck by at least one automobile while trying to cross Hammer Lane just east of West Lane late Monday afternoon emphasizes the need for safety training. Both bicyclists and motorists need to be trained to be on the alert for situations that may place them in harms way. In this case, Hammer Lane is a major thoroughfare that spans six lanes in some...

• Highway 49 Drivers in MotherLode Exposed to Injury

  Larry Knapp | September 17, 2007 10:12 AM | 0 CommentsStockton, CA

  Highway 49 is the major arterial road that runs through San Andreas, Angels Camp and Sonora. Due to, among other things, the increased weekend traffic that occurs in the Mother Lode as a result of people looking to get away from the Bay Area and the Central Valley and escape to the Sierras it is not uncommon for increase exposure to injury. This was borne out in the news this weekend when...

• Wrongful Death Automobile Accident East of Stockton

  Larry Knapp | September 13, 2007 3:58 PM | 0 CommentsStockton, CA

  The wrongful death of automobile drivers and passengers on rural roads surrounding Stockton is a common occurrence and is happening more and more often as the population in the area grows. The 19-year-old driver of a 1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse, from Fresno, unsuccessfully tried to pass a 2007 Toyota Corolla driven by a, 21-year-old woman, from Elk Grove, in the Farmington / Linden area resulting in...