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• Bus crash injures 19 people in Los Angeles

  Claude Wyle | November 11, 2009 6:11 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  They say that misery loves company, and if so, this might be one of the few times that San Francisco loves LA. A Los Angeles county bus collided with another vehicle last week in the Silver Lake...

• More Seat Belt Use Has Reduced Wrongful Deaths

  Claude Wyle | October 23, 2009 11:13 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  I am happy to report that more Americans are buckling up than ever before, with 83 percent of vehicle occupants using seatbelts during daylight hours, according to the U.S. Secretary of...

• Oakland Pair Killed in Monterey County "Truck versus Automobile" Crash

  Claude Wyle | October 14, 2009 1:04 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  The California Highway Patrol is still investigating a truck versus car head on collision on Highway 101 that killed two Oakland-area residents in Monterey County last Saturday, October 5,...

• New Safety Guidelines Implemented After Muni Accident

  Claude Wyle | July 24, 2009 7:15 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  Many people have been injured or killed in public transit accidents over the last four months. The most current incident is last week’s crash here in San Francisco, in which nearly fifty...

• Big Rig Crash On San Mateo Bridge Injures Drivers and Pedestrians

  Claude Wyle | September 21, 2007 4:13 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  In yet another bizarre crash involving multiple trucks, three people suffered major personal injuries, including the driver of one of the trucks, a passenger in another truck and someone standing on the shoulder who was hit by flying debris. The truck accident on the San Mateo Bridge happened when one big rig truck rear-ended another truck that was parked on the shoulder. The third big rig then...

• Video of West Portal Muni Light Rail Crash Released

  Claude Wyle | July 23, 2009 5:15 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  I've been keeping my readers updated on last Saturday's Muni Metro accident in the West Portal station, including today's earlier post about how switching to manual control before entering a station...

• I-80 Crash Brings Attention to Avoiding Rear-End Collisions

  Claude Wyle | May 26, 2009 10:58 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  Despite the fact that rear-end collisions are the most common type of car accidents, injuries from such accidents are typically less severe than those in other types of wrecks, specifically head-on...

• Car Pulls Out of Driveway; Another Motorcycle Accident Death

  Claude Wyle | December 12, 2007 1:59 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  Last Friday night, a 22-year old motorcycle rider was killed in Hayward when he crashed his Yamaha R1 into a Dodge Intrepid that had just backed out of a driveway. The rider, a man named Escobar, was pronounced dead at the scene. Police has mentioned speed as a factor in the collision. The Hayward Police Department is investigating the motorcycle crash, and people with additional information are...

• Speeding Teen Driver Causes Fatal Auto Accident

  Claude Wyle | September 28, 2007 6:07 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  Rachel Vargas, a 14-year-old, suffered fatal injuries when the car she rode in spun out of control and hit into the center divider on Interstate 680, near Pleasanton. Police say the driver, Drori Levi was driving at an extremely high rate of speed, which likely was the cause of this auto accident. Fortunately, Levi's other three passengers escaped with their lives, although they did suffer...

• Cable Car Safety Tips

  Margaret Embry | June 16, 2009 4:32 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  On Thursday, June 4th, a taxi ran into two cable cars in San Francisco, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. It is unknown what caused the crash, but three cable car operators and the taxi...