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Posted on May 16, 2013 By Catherine Lerer
A safety study of Malibu's 27 miles of Pacific Coast Highway has recently been completed, and the results were presented at two public meetings last week. The study, which cost $375,000, was ...
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Posted on May 16, 2013 By Daniel McGee
A bicyclist was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Northridge on Thursday night. The accident occurred at about 11:30 p.m. near the intersection of Roscoe Blvd. and Balboa Blvd. Officers from the Los ...
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Posted on Feb 24, 2013 By Daniel McGee
A bicyclist was struck by a left-turning van Friday near Griffith Park. The accident happened about 11:35 a.m. Bicyclist Damian Kevitt, a 36-year-old Los Angeles resident, was westbound on Zoo Dr. A ...
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Posted on Dec 21, 2012 By Catherine Lerer
A bicyclist was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver on Friday in Los Angeles. The accident happened at about 8:50 a.m. The bicyclist and driver were traveling westbound on East 43 rd St., near the ...
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Posted on Oct 16, 2012 By Catherine Lerer
A bicyclist was killed after colliding with a bus on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu. The accident happened on Saturday at approximately 2:25 p.m. in the 25000 block of PCH near Puerco Canyon Rd. The ...
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Posted on Aug 23, 2012 By Catherine Lerer
A father was killed, and his daughter injured, when they were struck by a suspected drunk driver Tuesday night near the Santa Monica Place mall. The accident happened at 8:15 p.m. An Austrian tourist, ...
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Posted on Jun 10, 2012 By Catherine Lerer
A car-dooring accident on Friday in Santa Monica left a bicyclist in critical condition. The accident happened at about 5:30 p.m. on 11 th St. near Oak St. in the Sunset Park section of Santa Monica. ...
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Posted on Apr 3, 2012 By Catherine Lerer
The Santa Monica Police Department will be focusing on bicycle accident prevention during the month of April. Each month, Santa Monica's Traffic Enforcement Unit is focusing on a different driving ...
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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 Jan 31, 2012 By Catherine Lerer
In an effort to reduce traffic accidents, including car accidents, motorcycle accidents, pedestrian accidents and bicycle accidents, the Santa Monica Police Department each month is focusing on a ...
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Posted on Jan 29, 2012 By Catherine Lerer
Saturday night, a pedestrian was killed after being hit by two hit-and-run drivers in Santa Ana. The accident happened about 8:40 p.m. The pedestrian, 55-year-old Jose Javier Diaz, was crossing the ...
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Posted on Jan 26, 2012 By Catherine Lerer
A hit-and-run driver fatally struck a bicyclist on Friday in Santa Ana. The accident happened just before 6:45 p.m. in the 100 block of South Broadway. Bicyclist Elfego Lozano-Nicolas, a 39-year-old ...
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Posted on Jan 20, 2012 By Catherine Lerer
A pickup truck driver struck a bicyclist Friday evening in Santa Ana, and then fled the scene. According to Santa Ana police Cmdr. Larry Coleman, the accident happened just before 6:45 p.m. in the 100 ...
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Posted on Jan 20, 2012 By Catherine Lerer
Did you know that riding a bicycle on a sidewalk in Santa Monica is prohibited under Santa Monica's Municipal Code? If you are injured in a bicycle accident while you are riding on a sidewalk, ...
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Posted on Jan 15, 2012 By Catherine Lerer
An 81-year-old driver struck and seriously injured a 76-year-old bicyclist on Thursday in Huntington Beach. The accident happened at about 11:40 a.m. on westbound Heil Ave., west of Goldenwest St. A ...
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Posted on Jan 5, 2012 By Catherine Lerer
On Thursday, a Huntington Beach resident was sentenced to 180 days in jail for killing a bicyclist with his vehicle, then fleeing the scene. The accident happened on May 15, 2011 just before 3 a.m. ...
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Posted on Dec 28, 2011 By Catherine Lerer
A hit-and-run driver struck and killed a bicyclist on Wednesday in Pomona. The accident happened at 5:29 p.m. at the intersection of Towne Ave. and Sixth St. in Pomona. According to Pomona Police ...
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Posted on Dec 26, 2011 By Catherine Lerer
A bicycle v. vehicle accident left the bicyclist in critical condition Sunday night in Santa Ana. The accident happened just after 6:15 p.m. in the 100 block of North Euclid. According to Sgt. Richard ...
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Posted on Nov 8, 2011 By Catherine Lerer
A bicyclist died in Malibu on Saturday after striking a guardrail. 51-year-old Robert Hyndman, a Laguna Beach resident, was riding his bike on Las Flores Canyon Road near Hume Road. He was riding with ...
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Posted on Nov 2, 2011 By Catherine Lerer
Santa Monica has been awarded a $158,000 grant from California's Office of Traffic Safety (OTS). The grant was awarded for a year-long program whose aim is to reduce injuries and deaths on Santa ...
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Posted on Sep 3, 2011 By Catherine Lerer
Last week's confrontation between a bicyclist and a motorist raises the question: is Santa Monica safe for bicyclists? In 2010, 134 bicycle accidents in Santa Monica were reported to the Santa ...
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Posted on Aug 31, 2011 By Catherine Lerer
An enraged driver intentionally struck a bicyclist in Santa Monica last Thursday, sending the bicyclist to the hospital. The incident happened at about 6:25 p.m. in the 2600 block of Barnard Way. The ...
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Posted on Aug 26, 2011 By Catherine Lerer
Right-turning trucks are an accident waiting to happen. They present enormous dangers to cars, motorcycles and bicycles that are in the lane to the right of the truck. Trucks cannot physically make a ...
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Posted on Jul 31, 2011 By McGee Lerer
In July, the Los Angeles City Council passed a new ordinance that prohibits the harassment of bicyclists. The new ordinance makes it illegal for motorists in Los Angeles to intentionally force or ...
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Posted on Jul 30, 2011 By Catherine Lerer
Has your child suffered a head injury or concussion in a bicycle, skateboarding or rollerblading accident in Santa Monica? One of the first questions that a personal injury attorney will ask you is: ...
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