SAN DIEGO - Sixteen people were injured in the East Village area of downtown San Diego on Thursday, August 28, 2008, when a wooden pedestrian walkway collapsed at a construction site. Some scaffolding on the building under construction also fell. Estey & Bomberger, LLP is already representing victims of Read more »
Just before 3 a.m. on Friday, August 29, 2008, a fatal car crash occurred in Chula Vista at the intersection of Third Avenue and L Street. Police reported that the driver who crashed a 2006 Mercedes was drunk. Chula Vista resident Adrian Sanchez, 22, a back seat passenger, died at Read more »
A man is dead after being hit by a car on August 23rd in Chula Vista. A police office witnessed the 22-year-old Navy sailor being struck at the intersection of Broadway and McIntosh Street. The driver, 22-year-old Claudia Lopez, initially fled the scene; however the officer followed and arrested her Read more »
Three people were critically injured when a walkway collapsed in downtown San Diego on August 28th. The incident occurred at a construction site at 15th Street and Imperial Avenue. A covered wooden walkway, which was meant to protect pedestrians from falling debris, collapsed. Two women and one man suffered critical Read more »
A Mexican man has won a case against the government after he bought a car filled with marijuana. Francisco Rivera Agredano bought a Nissan Pathfinder at a government auction in San Ysidro in 2001. Approximately four months later, he was pulled over at a military checkpoint near Ensenada and soldiers Read more »
A motorcyclist was hurt in an accident in Oceanside on August 24th. The 25-year-old man was allegedly racing another motorcyclist when he struck a curb while making a left turn on College Boulevard. The motorcycle then hit a tree and the driver was ejected, his body hitting a utility box Read more »
One person was killed and another injured in an accident in San Marcos on August 24th. 19-year-old Salvador Alberto Ventura was the passenger in an SUV when it collided with another vehicle at West San Marcos Boulevard and Acacia Drive. The other vehicle was making a legal left turn when Read more »
A motorcyclist was killed in Otay Mesa on August 24th. 31-year-old Jose Leon Jr. was traveling northbound on Interstate 5 when he lost control of his motorcycle. The vehicle struck the center median just north of Dairy Mart Road and then skidded across the freeway. Mr. Leon died at the Read more »
A pedestrian was killed by a hit-and-run driver on August 21st. The man, approximately 50 years old, was walking northbound on Interstate 15 when he was struck by a car. He was thrown into a concrete barrier on the shoulder of the roadway. A driver noticed the body shortly after Read more »
Four hospitals in the San Diego area have each been fined $25,000 for mistakes that put patients in danger. Pomerado Hospital in Poway was fined for using an anesthesia machine that was not working properly. Three patients remained partially conscious during surgery and experienced a great deal of pain. A Read more »