Automobile Accidents

• Injured Bicyclist Closing in on a $150,000 Settlement

  Claude Wyle | October 01, 2007 5:52 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  San Francisco Police Officer, Philip Welsh, struck Robert Kellogg, a bicyclist, approximately three years ago today. Officer Welsh was on duty and dressed in uniform when he smashed into Kellogg at the intersection of Columbus Avenue and Stockton and Green Streets. Rather than assisting the injured cyclist, Officer Welsh fled without providing Kellogg with his full name or address, and failed...

• 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...

• The Dangerous Streets of San Francisco

  Claude Wyle | September 28, 2007 11:14 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  Whether you are driving in San Francisco, or trying to walk across a busy street, you will always be risking personal injuries or wrongful death. Although it's never really been easy to negotiate the Streets Of San Francisco, this year marks a troubling spike in motor vehicle collision deaths, and drivers and pedestrians should be extra careful. San Francisco is on a course for roughly one...

• Wrongful Death of Caltrans Highway Worker

  Claude Wyle | September 27, 2007 10:57 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  In Dublin, California, near the 580-680 interchange, a negligent driver lost control of his Porsche, hit a Caltrans truck, bounced off, and struck and killed Djuan Bush, age 24, of San Leandro, before striking another truck. Mr. Bush, a Caltrans employee, was hit by the Porsche as he was working on a San Francisco Bay area highway. Signs were posted near the Caltrans guardrail project advising...

• Hoping to Reduce Auto Accidents: Cell Phone Use Banned for Teenage Drivers

  Claude Wyle | September 25, 2007 1:00 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  That's it. The California Governor has signed into law a ban on teenage use of cellphones and texting and laptop computers while driving. In an effort to reduce distraction behind the wheel, and the resulting motor vehicle collisions, teenagers are now forbidden from using these devices while driving a car. The law will take effect on July 1, 2008. We are all hoping this new law will remedy a...

• Big Victory for San Francisco Pedestrians

  Claude Wyle | September 23, 2007 12:46 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  Good news for San Francisco pedestrian safety; 19th Avenue between Junipero Serra Boulevard and Lake Street, one of San Francisco's most dangerous streets for pedestrians, will be designated a Safety Enhancement Double Fine Zone in the next California legislative session. This residential street has a higher rate of pedestrian accidents, many of which involve children or the elderly, which will...

• 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...

• 22nd Pedestrian San Francisco Death This Year

  Claude Wyle | September 17, 2007 11:12 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  An elderly Asian woman was killed last Tuesday afternoon when she was struck by a black Chevrolet sedan on Geary Boulevard, just across from St. Mary's Cathedral. This is the 22nd pedestrian death on the streets of San Francisco this year, a markedly deadly year for seniors, and a sharp increase from the 2006 pedestrian fatalities. Although this woman may have been jaywalking, according to an...

• Teen Texting and Driving Ban Proposed by Lawmaker

  Claude Wyle | September 10, 2007 7:54 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  Doesn't texting require both hands? Yes, and this is exactly why Senator Joe Simitian proposed legislation to ban all 16- and 17-year-old drivers from texting, and using other electronic devices, while driving. If this bill passes, fatal highway accidents like the one in the Finger Lakes region of New York earlier this summer may be prevented. Five teens lost their lives this June when,...

• Tragic Train Accident Takes Life of Young Woman

  Claude Wyle | September 10, 2007 3:44 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  Our hearts go out to the family of Britta Aker. At the young age of 27, her life was prematurely taken early yesterday morning as she walked over Union Pacific Railroad tracks in Newark, California. Unfortunately, it will be a tough task for her family to persuade a court to permit recovery for civil damages. This is so because California courts tend to hold that railroad tracks alone are a...