A 59-year-old man died after rear-ending a school bus on May 16th. The driver of a Honda station wagon ran a red light at Omeara Street and Skyline Drive. He veered right, and collided with the back of a school bus that was parked in front of O’Farrell Community Junior High School. The driver was inside the bus, but no children had boarded yet. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. The bus driver suffered a slight neck injury.
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A 37-year-old woman was killed in an auto accident on May 19th on Sweetwater Road. The woman was traveling westbound near Plaza Bonita Center Way at approximately 70 mph when she approached vehicles stopped at a red light. She steered her 2005 Nissan Altima to the right, causing her to strike the rear bumper of a Volkswagen Passat. She then collided with the concrete base of a traffic signal and was killed instantly. The 46-year-old driver of the Volkswagen was hospitalized with minor injuries after striking a guardrail. If you or someone you know has been injured in an auto accident, contact personal injury attorneys Estey & Bomberger.
A driver is dead and two others are injured after an accident on May 17th in San Diego. The 22-year-old driver of an Oldsmobile was traveling west on Interstate 8 west of College Avenue at approximately 2:45 a.m. He was speeding when he lost control of the vehicle and struck the center median. The Oldsmobile was then struck by a Nissan Maxima, which was also speeding. The driver of the Oldsmobile died at the scene. The driver of the Nissan and a passenger were transported to Sharp Memorial Hospital with minor injuries. If you or someone you know has been injured in an auto accident, contact the law firm of Estey & Bomberger.
Fourteen people were injured in an explosion on May 19th at the construction site for the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel. The 30-story building is located on Harbor Drive near the San Diego Convention Center. The blast happened around 2:00 p.m. on the fifth floor, knocking out the northern side of the fourth to seventh floors of the hotel. It was discovered that the explosion was the result of a natural gas leak inside the hotel. Of the fourteen individuals hurt, three were injured critically. The three recieved burns that covered up to 35% of thier bodies, and were placed in medically-induced comas. Nine construction workers were taken to the UCSD Medical Center burn unit, and four others were transported to Scripps Mercy Hospital. One firefighter recieved a minor hand injury.
The fifth floor of the hotel is where the utility equipment is housed, and investigators believe that leaking gas exploded from boiler flames or an electrical spark. The full investigation could take as long as six months, but the damage is already worth an estimated $5 million. The Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel is being developed by two national firms: Portman Holdings and Phelps Program Management. Phelps Program Management is part of Hensel Phelps, which has violated federal OSHA standards ten times since 1974.
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