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• Five Killed In Monterey County Bus Accident

  Chrissie Cole | April 29, 2009 4:27 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  At least five people were killed and several were injured in a tour bus accident on the Monterey Peninsula Tuesday on a U.S. 101 overpass near Soledad, officials report. It appears the driver...

• Another San Francisco Muni Pedestrian Accident!

  Claude Wyle | December 13, 2007 2:36 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  I wish I was kidding, but I am sad to advise that the San Francisco MUNI has just been involved in its 18th pedestrian accident since this last July. Of these 18 reported MUNI pedestrian accidents, five have caused deaths. While this time, the MUNI bus did not kill anyone, the lady who was struck was taken to San Francisco General with personal injuries. Not surprisingly, although the accident...

• Police Sting Helps San Francisco Pedestrians

  Claude Wyle | November 13, 2007 4:30 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  San Francisco drivers and pedestrians have long been on both sides of a raging controversy, involving bad drivers who blaze through crosswalks and errant pedestrians who cause accidents by not looking, and walking into traffic, often against the light. Now, the San Francisco Police have begun a sting operation with undercover officers citing drivers who blatantly violate pedestrians' right of...

• Traumatic Brain Injuries From Car And Motorcycle Accidents

  Claude Wyle | September 05, 2007 4:27 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  Astoundingly, 1.5-2 million people a year sustain traumatic brain injury (TBI) from motor vehicle accidents such as automobile accidents and motorcycle accidents, as well as bicycle accidents and pedestrian accidents and falls, sport injuries, and other traumatic events. 500,000 of these TBIs are severe enough to require hospitalization, and 50,000 people die from complications of head...

• Six Students Die in SoCal Car Crash

  Chrissie Cole | February 20, 2009 4:34 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  A fiery car crash claimed the lives of six people from San Francisco, including five foreign students, in Santa Barbara County on Thursday night. The driver of the Toyota Land Cruiser, Jeanne...

• San Francisco Hit and Run Auto Accident Fatality

  Claude Wyle | September 20, 2007 3:55 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  A 70-year-old woman was killed and another person suffered serious personal injuries in a three-vehicle hit-and-run collision which happened at about 8:30 p.m. Monday at the intersection of Gilman Avenue and Jennings Street. in San Francisco. Anyone with information about this hit and run accident is asked to call the San Francisco police Hit and Run detail at (415) 553-1641 or the Confidential...

• Trucker Struck by Motorist While Chasing Hat.

  Claude Wyle | August 17, 2007 5:48 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  This Monday, Rick Uvaney, a trucker, survived a freeway accident with relatively few injuries after being struck by a SUV in Canton, Ohio. Moments before, Uvaney pulled to the side of the road to secure his load when a gust of wind blew his favorite baseball cap into the median. Uvaney was struck by the SUF during his attempt to retrieve his cap. Luckily, he escaped with only a broken wrist...

• Motorcycle Race Fans Crash Car As They Leave Laguna Seca

  Claude Wyle | July 27, 2007 8:32 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  Two motorcycle race fans suffered serious personal injuries in a car crash near the Laguna Seca exit last Sunday. Apparently over-excited by the motorcycle racing earlier in the day, a driver crashed his automobile on South Boundary Road near the exit to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. I didn't realize it was an automobile crash that snarled traffic as I and other fans tried to leave at the end of...

• Marin County Lawsuit For Dangerous Bicycle Hubs Spurs Consumer Protection Legislation

  Claude Wyle | July 25, 2007 10:14 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  This Fall, the New Jersey legislature may pass the first-ever ban on quick-release bicycle hubs. Traditional quick release bike hubs are dangerous to children because the wheels can suddenly fall off causing serious injuries. The New Jersey ban has roots in Marin County, California, where eight children suffered serious injuries when dangerous and defective hubs caused bicycle accidents. ...

• Proposed Legislations Will Reduce Child Drowning Deaths

  Claude Wyle | July 23, 2007 11:35 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  The mother of the 4-year-old boy who recently drowned in a Great America pool blames lifeguards for not spotting her son until it was too late to save him, but was not in the pool herself at the time of the drowning. Great America now requires all children less than 4 feet tall wear life jackets while in its pools. Will this new rule save lives? Or will it only provide a false sense of...