A trucker involved in a chain-reaction accident on Interstate 15 last year will begin a nine-month jail sentence this month after pleading guilty to four misdemeanor counts of vehicular manslaughter.
The accident took place when an SUV with a family of four was stuck between two tractor-trailer trucks in stop-and-go traffic. The crash caused one of the trucks and the SUV to be engulfed in flames, killing the entire family.
The trucker said the crash happened so quickly; he had no time to do anything to avoid it due to the freeway construction all around him. He stated that he was not on his cell phone and he was not on drugs. He suffered burns to his hands, arm and face while trying to save one of the passengers of the SUV.
If a family member is killed in an accident as a result of a negligent driver, contact an experienced San Bernardino Personal Injury attorney who will investigate your case to determine if you are entitled to file a wrongful death lawsuit and receive compensation for your loss and expenses.
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A 20-year old man was a passenger in a vehicle driven by a suspected drunk driver early the other morning in Chino.
It was reported that the 22-year old driver crashed into an embankment, killing one of his three passengers. The other passengers, a 19-year old woman and a 16-year old girl were taken to a nearby hospital with major injuries.
California law states that it is illegal to operate a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs. California Penal Code Section 191.5(a) states, “Gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated is the unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought, in the driving of a vehicle, where the driving was in violation of Section 23140, 23152, or 23153 of the Vehicle Code, and the killing was either the proximate result of the commission of an unlawful act, not amounting to a felony, and with gross negligence, or the proximate result of the commission of a lawful act that might produce death, in an unlawful manner, and with gross negligence.”
The driver was arrested on suspicion of felony DUI and gross vehicular manslaughter.
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A 25-year old man was killed the other night when he was a passenger in a vehicle that hit a tree and rolled over in Pomona.
The Coroner’s office reported that he was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the car. The 24-year old driver fled the scene on foot, but turned himself in at the Pomona Police Department later that day.
The driver was arrested and booked on suspicion of felony hit-and-run and vehicular manslaughter. He is being held on $50,000 bail. It has not been determined if he was driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs.
I urge them to contact an experienced San Bernardino Personal Injury attorney to see if they are entitled to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the driver in order to be compensated for their tragic loss and any expenses incurred because of his negligent actions.
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Remember the accident a few months ago when a 22-year old Big Bear Lake man was weaving back and forth between the northbound and southbound lanes on Highway 395? He kept crossing the double yellow lines while heading north.
Along comes a 28-year old man who was driving south. He saw the other man’s vehicle, slammed on his brakes and veered to the right to avoid a crash. Witnesses told CHP officers that the 22-year old hit the left front of the victim’s vehicle.
The 28-year old man died at the scene. His 13-year old brother was in the vehicle and was seriously injured. The 22-year old was not wearing a seat belt and sustained injuries. He was taken to a nearby hospital where he was told he will never walk again.
The at-fault driver was charged with vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence and reckless driving causing injury. The charge carries a maximum of six years and eight months in prison. He pleaded no contest and was sentenced to probation. He doesn’t remember the accident or why he was driving back and forth across the lanes. A blood test showed no signs of drugs or alcohol. It was decided that even though he deserves prison time, it would be “unrealistic and perhaps even cruel to put him in prison with his disabilities”. He is in a wheelchair.
If you or a family member is injured or killed because of the negligence of another person, contact an experienced San Bernardino Personal Injury attorney who will protect your legal rights.
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A 20-year old man was killed almost a year ago by a driver driving under the influence of alcohol. The 34-year old intoxicated driver from Pomona collided with the victim’s car while he was stopped on Interstate 60.
Recently, the man pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter as part of a plea agreement.
It carries a sentence of one year in jail, which the victim’s family felt was too short. The court explained that the driver has no prior criminal history, he expressed remorse and he will make restitution payments to the family of the victim.
When police measured the 34-year old driver’s blood alcohol content, it was 0.07% - just a little less than the legal limit of 0.08%. The victim had also been drinking. It is believed he may have fallen asleep at the wheel.
If you or a family member was injured in an accident that involved an intoxicated driver, contact an experienced San Bernardino Personal Injury attorney who will investigate for you to determine if you are entitled to compensation for your injuries and expenses.
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Can you believe it’s been almost a month since a 47-year old Ontario man driving a Mercedes drove into a coned-off construction zone and hit an earth-moving machine on the San Bernardino Freeway? His actions killed a 20-year old woman and injured five other people.
According to California Highway Patrol, the 47-year old man was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs and vehicular manslaughter. It seems the freeway’s two right-hand lanes were marked for construction when the driver veered into them, hitting a stationary machine and worker on it.
The worker was taken to a nearby hospital with injuries. The Mercedes had six people in it; five were hospitalized with minor to major injuries. One 20-year old woman died from injuries sustained.
I hope the family will contact an experienced San Bernardino Personal Injury attorney who can investigate the details of this accident and determine if compensation for their loss is available to them.
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For those of you who were stuck in traffic several months ago on the 10 Freeway in Loma Linda when a Redlands man crashed into a Toyota stopped on the shoulder, killing a woman and wounding another woman while they were changing a tire, here is an update. The wounded woman suffered a compound fracture to her right leg.
San Bernardino Superior Court sentenced the 24-year old man, to nine months in the county jail. The sentence is in accordance to a plea bargain where he agreed to plead guilty to one count of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and one count of driving while under the influence of alcohol causing great bodily injury.
My sympathies go out to the family of the woman that dead.
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A 32-year old woman, was on the north side of Highway 18 in Crestline a few months ago when an car accident took her life. She was driving behind a truck. A truck on the south side, sideswiped the truck on the north side causing his cargo, wooden roof trusses, to fly off the truck and crash through the windshield of the woman’s car. The woman lost control of the car, hit a stone pillar and ended up in an embankment. She died at the scene.
After an investigation, it was determined that the truck on the south side crossed the double yellow line when he waved to a friend on the side of the road. He may have been driving without a wide-load permit. The driver of the truck was charged with vehicular manslaughter and is awaiting a November hearing.
My condolences go out to the family of the woman.
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A California Highway Patrol officer, died near Barstow when he pulled a speeding car over early the other morning on Interstate 15 in Barstow. Another car, driven by 18-year old man, crashed into the patrol car, hitting the officer.
The officer was flown to St. Mary’s Hospital in Apple Valley. He died a short time later from the injuries he sustained; his partner was not hurt. The 18-year old man was arrested for vehicular manslaughter. The man is at the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga where his bail is $500,000. He pleaded not guilty to vehicular manslaughter, child endangerment (12-year old boy was a passenger in his car) and transportation of marijuana. If convicted, he can serve up to eight years in prison.
The officer is the fifth officer to die in the last two months on California roadways. My sympathies go out to the officer’s wife and children, ages 7, 4 and 1.
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Remember a few months ago when a 27-year old bicyclist, was killed by a high-school student, racing on Highland streets with another vehicle? The vehicle drove across traffic and ended on the shoulder where he crashed into a man who was riding his bike. The impact threw him into a field where he died.
At the time, none of the students were arrested, pending an investigation. Once the investigation was completed, a trial was held. Recently, the two 18-year old racers, were charged with vehicular manslaughter. They both face a single felony count.
Again, my sympathies go out to the family of the bicyclist.
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