Information and news about auto accidents where speed was a factor.
MARCH 19, 2009 – A driver injures herself and her passenger after a suspected drunk driving accident in Carlsbad. 22-year-old Alicia Biggs and her passenger Amy Lopez, 27, were traveling northbound on Interstate 5 when Ms. Biggs’ pickup truck crashed through the guardrail near Tamarack Avenue. The vehicle landed in Read more »
MARCH 16, 2009 – A motorcyclist was killed in Barrett Junction yesterday. 59-year-old Charles Thomas Omelina was traveling eastbound on Route 94 when he lost control of his motorcycle and went down an embankment. Emergency responders arrived, but Mr. Omelina was pronounced dead at the scene. It is believed that Read more »
MARCH 4, 2009 – The drunk driver who killed his passenger in Poway last year has been sentenced. 19-year-old Richard Caldwell and three passengers were leaving a party last April 10th when he lost control of his SUV. The vehicle rolled several times, killing passenger Charles Amaro II and injuring Read more »
FEBRUARY 23, 2009– – One person is dead and another injured after an auto accident in Temecula yesterday. 18-year-old Spencer Davis Bolt and his passenger, 19-year-old Lindsay Lockery, were traveling southbound on North General Kearney Road when they struck a bridge abutment. The vehicle became airborne, eventually landing in Read more »
FEBRUARY 9, 2009 – Milton Willis, the well-known surfer, has been charged with DUI and gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated in the June 6, 2008 car crash that killed his passenger. 52-year-old Mr. Willis and his passenger, 24-year-old Bradley Dillahunty, were traveling on Coast Boulevard in Del Mar when Mr. Read more »
FEBRUARY 9, 2009 — One man is dead and two are injured after an auto accident in Vista on February 7th. 22-year-old Rodolfo Cisneros was the passenger in a vehicle traveling southbound on Santa Fe Avenue when the driver lost control. The vehicle then struck a light pole Read more »
JANUARY 20, 2009 – Lou E. Ferrar, 23, of Oceanside, was killed Monday evening in a motorcycle crash on Highway 78 in Vista. According to the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s report, Ferrar was speeding westbound on Highway 78 near Sycamore Avenue when he crashed into a pickup truck Read more »
JANUARY 5, 2009 – Yaser Ali Sayah, 20, of El Cajon, was killed in a high-speed crash on Highway 52 early this morning, the San Diego CHP has reported. Sayah was a passenger, one of four people in a white BMW 323-I that flipped over on eastbound Highway 52 Read more »
JANUARY 5, 2009 – The Oceanside CHP is investigating an accident that killed a 24-year-old pregnant woman early Sunday morning. The woman has been identified as Yine Erandy Gonzalez Angeles, of Tijuana, Mexico. She was about six months pregnant. Gonzalez was a passenger, one of Read more »
JANUARY 2, 2009 – The CHP has reported Gaudencio Reyes-Guaintana, 29, of San Marcos, was killed early New Years Day in a two vehicle crash in Rancho Santa Fe. According to the Medical Examiner’s report, Reyes-Guaintana was driving northbound on El Camino Real in his 2001 GMC Jimmy when Read more »