Information and news about auto accidents where speed was a factor.
AUGUST 15, 2009 – A man was killed when he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed in a residential neighborhood about nine miles east of downtown San Diego, authorities said. The motorcycle crash occurred about 7:50 p.m. at the intersection of La Corta Street and Massachusetts Avenue, according to Read more »
AUGUST 10, 2009 – Five people were injured, including two critically, when a sports-utility vehicle crashed while being pursued by the U.S. Border Patrol west of Jamul, authorities said. The crash occurred shortly before 9 a.m. on State Route 94 near Steele Canyon Road, according to the California Highway Patrol. Read more »
AUGUST 7, 2009 – A 24-year-old man died when his pickup truck struck several parked cars and then overturned in a San Diego County residential neighborhood, authorities said. John Kirk Colgan Jr. of Imperial Beach was driving on 11th Street at a high rate of speed when he struck the Read more »
JUNE 25, 2009 – An Anaheim man was airlifted to an Orange County hospital after he crashed his motorcycle near the Border Patrol checkpoint, authorities said. The 29-year-old motorcyclist was riding northbound on Interstate 5 at speeds of up to 90 mph when he crashed about 3:30 p.m. while trying Read more »
JUNE 5, 2009 – A 61-year-old man suffered a fractured neck and pelvis when his vehicle was hit from behind by a speeding driver, causing it to overturn, authorities said. The accident occurred around 11:48 p.m., when a 22-year-old man was speeding east on Otay Mesa Road near Alisa Court, Read more »
MAY 26, 2009 – The California Highway Patrol said a 20-year-old man suffered massive head injuries and later died when his vehicle lost control on eastbound Highway 78 near the Mar Vista Drive Exit in Vista and flipped several times. Authorities believe Rafael Rivera Jr. was racing a yellow Ford Read more »
MAY 5, 2009 – Five people were injured in a head-on collision in Harmony Grove on Saturday evening. A car traveling in the 8000 block of Harmony Grove Road was speeding as it turned a corner in the roadway and collided with another vehicle. Two injured children were flown to Read more »
APRIL 6, 2009 – Two people were killed when their car struck a pole in Bay Park on Saturday. 21-year-old Mario De La Rosa and his passenger, Paul Albert Alferos, Jr., 19, were traveling south on Clairemont Drive when Mr. De La Rosa lost control of his vehicle near Burgener Read more »
MARCH 31, 2009 – Police officers will begin patrolling more frequently along Highway 67 after Sunday’s fatal crash. 25-year-old Alexandria Drake was killed when her car was struck by a Jaguar while traveling southbound on the Highway. It is believed that the driver, 47-year-old Melvin Pearless, was racing a BMW Read more »
MARCH 30, 2009 – A young mother was killed yesterday in a multi-vehicle accident in Ramona. 25-year-old Alexandria Drake was following her mother on southbound SR-67 when a northbound Jaguar crossed into the path of her mother’s vehicle just east of Archie Moore Road. The Jaguar struck the side of Read more »