Automobile Accidents

• Woman Stable after Pleasant Hill Crash

  Ed Smith | October 23, 2006 3:58 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  On Sunday evening, October 22nd, a driver southbound on Pleasant Hill Road, lost control of her vehicle and crashed into a house in the 1500 block of Pleasant Hill Road at Camino Verde. The 22 year old driver of the car, Briana Christensen, a Walnut Creek resident, was taken to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek with a concussion and facial abrasions, Yox said.

• Fatal South Sacramento Accident Sunday Nite

  Ed Smith | October 23, 2006 12:37 AM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  Sacramento police are looking for a woman who fled the scene of a fatal accident Sunday evening. The accident happened at 24th street and Matson Drive when a white car ran a red light and struck a maroon colored car. One person in each vehiclew died.

• 3 Vehicle Crash on Hwy 16

  Ed Smith | October 20, 2006 11:46 AM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  On October 9, 2006 at about 6:30 a.m. a Crash on Hwy 16 involving a Big Rig, School Bus and a Jeep was reported. The driver of the jeep had been driving erratically trying to pass the big rig, he suffered critical injuries and was airlifted to a hospital. On the bus was also a student that received injuries to the head.

• Fatal Sacramento crash involving teen driver

  Ed Smith | October 20, 2006 10:31 AM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  An investigation is underway after a deadly crash occurred involving a 17 year old girl where a passenger in the car was killed. The accident happened just before midnight Thursday, October 19th, at Greenback and Elkhorn lane . The victim was identified as 18 year old Kimberly Barcenas of Arcata. Her car apparently ran a red light and was hit by a driver in the intersection.The CHP continues...

• 2 injured in Del Paso Road crash

  Ed Smith | October 19, 2006 4:01 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  Two people were injured Thursday, October 19th in a single-vehicle crash in Sacramento.The wreck occurred at about 3 a.m. near the intersection of Del Paso and El Centro roads.Police said a car was likely speeding when the driver lost control, leading the vehicle to hit the center divide.The driver and passenger were injured, officials said. The road was shut down in the area until about 6...

• Assessment of the pregnant trauma patient

  Ed Smith | October 17, 2006 10:31 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  Often attorney's intake new clients whoese pregnancy is, in some way, affected after an accident. This article reviews the physiology of pregnancy, discuss recent changes in assessment and resuscitation, and identifies special injuries and issues specific to the pregnant trauma patient.

• UC Davis and Sutter Memorial Amongst Best in Nation

  Ed Smith | October 16, 2006 10:34 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  The Leapfrog Group, a healthcare safety and quality coalition supported by many of the nation's largest corporationsnamed UC Davis and Sutter Memorial Hospitals in Sacramento as amongst the 50 Best hospitals in the nation.UCSF Medical Center and California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco were also named among adult hospitals, and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford in the...

• Truck Drivers plead guilty to falsifying logbooks.

  Ed Smith | October 16, 2006 1:14 AM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  10-13-06 Five truckers pleaded guilty Wednesday to falsifying their driver's logs, bringing to an end a major federal investigation of the practice in the commercial-trucking industry. This was the culmonation of an operation known as "Operation Safe Roads" begun in 2003 by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, whose regulations include limitations on the number of daily driving hours...

• School bus accidents -- all too common and short time lines involved

  Ed Smith | October 13, 2006 6:11 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  While the statistics involved are likely due, in part, to the number of miles driven on a daily basis by school buses state wide, our office has seen an increase in the number of cases involving accidents caused by school bus drivers. Recently, my office settled a case for $1,900,000.00 as the result of the negligence of a San Juan Unified School District bus driver. The accident was...

• Mobileye AWS: Color Coded Nagging on your dashboard

  Ed Smith | October 13, 2006 1:35 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  A new mobile warning system from Mobileye has a color coded warning system which gives an audible and visual warning if a driver gets too close to the car in front. It will also let you know if you drift out of your lane. Mom, if you can't be in the car with your teen driver, this sounds like a great way to encorage safe driving from afar...Photos within.