Blog Posts in March, 2012
Posted on Mar 27, 2012 By Catherine Lerer
A pit bull attacked a two-year-old boy in Oxnard Sunday afternoon, biting him multiple times. The victim was at his babysitter's home when he was attacked by the dog. The boy suffered major facial ...
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Posted on Mar 19, 2012 By Catherine Lerer
A motorcyclist who was racing with another motorcyclist struck an SUV in Santa Monica and later died. The accident happened on February 24 th at 12:20 p.m. Two motorcyclists were westbound on Pico ...
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Posted on Mar 18, 2012 By Catherine Lerer
An elderly pedestrian was killed in a double hit-and-run on Saturday morning in Pacoima. The hit-and-run accident happened at about 6 a.m. The victim, 79-year-old Virginia Ramirez of Pacoima, was ...
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Posted on Mar 16, 2012 By Catherine Lerer
The mother and father of a 29-year-old woman who was killed when a tree fell on her car have filed separate wrongful death claims against the city of Newport Beach. Haeyoon Miller was killed in ...
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Posted on Mar 13, 2012 By Catherine Lerer
A multi-vehicle collision in Oxnard on Monday left one victim dead and six victims injured. The accident happened at about 11:49 a.m. on Victoria Ave., south of Gonzales Rd. Jill McDonald, a ...
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Posted on Mar 11, 2012 By Catherine Lerer
A pickup truck driver fled the scene of a hit and run accident that killed a motorcyclist Saturday afternoon in Canoga Park. The accident happened at the intersection of Nordhoff St. and De Soto Ave. ...
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Posted on Mar 8, 2012 By Catherine Lerer
A 59-year-old postal work died Sunday from a stroke, four days after being attacked by a dog in Escondido. Diane Jansen, a resident of Sun City, was attacked by a pit bull and bitten on both legs ...
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Posted on Mar 6, 2012 By Catherine Lerer
A 23-year-old driver was sentenced to jail today for the 2011 hit-and-run death of a teenage bicyclist in Canoga Park. The accident happened on April 20, 2011. German Alex Romero, a 17-year-old senior ...
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Posted on Mar 2, 2012 By Catherine Lerer
A motorcyclist struck two cars on Sunday in Pacific Palisades. The accident happened at 5:05 p.m on Sunset Blvd., between Chautauqua Blvd. and Brooktree Rd. The motorcycle rider and his passenger were ...
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Posted on Mar 1, 2012 By Catherine Lerer
The Santa Monica Police Department has been campaigning to curb pedestrian accidents. As part of that ongoing effort, during the month of March, the police department will be targeting drivers who ...
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