Sonoma County Personal Injury Blog
Posted on Jan 23, 2012 By David Silva
January 23, 2012 - The first major rain storm of 2012 resulted in three serious traffic collisions in and around Petaluma on Friday. At approximately 6:00 p.m., a pedestrian versus auto accident ...
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Posted on Mar 31, 2011 By David Silva
March 31, 2011 - A team of California Highway Patrol officers sought out speeders on Highway 101 in the construction zone between Rohnert Park and Cotati on Tuesday evening. It was a very productive ...
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Posted on Mar 30, 2011 By David Silva
March 30, 2011 - California Highway Patrol officers arrested 14 people over the weekend on suspicion of intoxication. The arrests included a bicyclist, a driver involved in a major injury crash and ...
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Posted on Mar 29, 2011 By David Silva
March 29, 2011 - The California Highway Patrol reported that a 24-year-old Santa Rosa man has been arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated after his involvement in a drunken driver accident ...
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Posted on Mar 25, 2011 By David Silva
March 25, 2011 - A 20-year-old Soquel man was arrested on March 22 on suspicion of violating conditions of his release after a November 2010 DUI accident. The man was driving alone at the time of the ...
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Posted on Mar 24, 2011 By David Silva
March 24, 2011 - A 42-year-old woman whose leg was crushed when a taxi cab rolled into a crowd outside of San Diego's Stingaree nightclub is being released from the hospital to a rehabilitation ...
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Posted on Mar 23, 2011 By David Silva
March 23, 2011 - A children's train ride derailed in Spartanburg, South Carolina on Saturday, March 19. A 6-year old boy was killed and 27 others were injured in the amusement park accident . Over ...
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Posted on Mar 22, 2011 By David Silva
March 22, 2011 - A 74-year-old woman from Tustin, California died in a pedestrian accident after being struck by a car and dragged for blocks while pinned underneath the vehicle. Tustin Police ...
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Posted on Mar 21, 2011 By David Silva
March 21, 2011 - New recommendations pertaining to child safety seats were issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration today. Earlier ...
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Posted on Mar 3, 2011 By David Silva
March 3, 2011 - This is a follow-up to the DUI rollover accident that occurred on March 1 on Laughlin Road just south of the Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport: A California Highway Patrol ...
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Posted on Mar 2, 2011 By David Silva
March 2, 2011 - A California Highway Patrol officer reported that a 23-year-old Santa Rosa woman was arrested last night after being involved in a suspected drunken driver accident . The Tuesday night ...
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Posted on Feb 23, 2011 By David Silva
February 23, 2011 - According to the California Highway Patrol, a car accident near the town of Pescadero left one person dead and two others injured. The accident occurred on Tuesday, February 22 on ...
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Posted on Feb 22, 2011 By David Silva
February 22, 2011 - A Pacifica Police Department spokesman reported that a 25-year-old man was killed after being struck by an alleged drunk driver. The pedestrain accident occurred at approximately ...
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Posted on Feb 21, 2011 By David Silva
February 21, 2011 - Two individuals were hurt in a car accident on Thursday when their vehicle rolled over as it was being towed. A Windsor Fire Protection District spokesman said he believed the two ...
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Posted on Feb 5, 2011 By David Silva
February 5, 2011 - A 53-year-old Costa Mesa, California man was sent to prison for nine years after being convicted of felony vehicular manslaughter while driving intoxicated. The car accident ...
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Posted on Jan 27, 2011 By David Silva
January 27, 2011 - According to the California Highway Patrol, a 29-year-old Santa Rosa man was arrested Tuesday night after his involvement in a car accident . The suspect was driving on a suspended ...
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Posted on Jan 26, 2011 By David Silva
January 26, 2011 - A 15-year-old boy and 16-year-old girl were found dead in Huntington Beach, California on January 21, 2011. The bodies of the Orange County teens were found in an unoccupied ...
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Posted on Oct 5, 2010 By David Silva
October 5, 2010 - A 21-year-old San Jose man was sentenced to 15 years and eight months in prison for a drunken driver accident that resulted in the deaths of two of his passengers and serious ...
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Posted on Oct 4, 2010 By David Silva
October 4, 2010 - An 8-year-old boy was killed and five others were injured on December 20, 2009 when a Coast Guard vessel struck a civilian boat during the San Diego Bay Parade of Lights. The ...
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Posted on Oct 3, 2010 By David Silva
October 3, 2010 - Authorities say a 1956 Cessna 310 twin-engine plane crashed today at about 3:40 p.m. on Santa Catalina Island. Earlier in the day, the plane took off from Santa Ana (Orange County) ...
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Posted on Oct 2, 2010 By David Silva
October 2, 2010 - According to police, two Austin, Texas men were arrested and charged with attempted aggravated sexual assault after a July, 2010 incident involving a 13-year-old girl. Police say the ...
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Posted on Oct 1, 2010 By David Silva
October 1, 2010 - A horrible amusement park accident that killed six people and injured 10 others in China was the result of a design defect according to a report by the administrative bureau of work ...
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Posted on Sep 30, 2010 By David Silva
September 30, 2010 - The California Highway Patrol reported that a 20-year-old Pope Valley man drove his 1997 Mazda pickup truck into opposing traffic at around 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday, September 29. ...
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Posted on Sep 22, 2010 By David Silva
September 22, 2010 - Petaluma Police are reporting that a 69-year-old woman and her 8-year-old grandson and 6-year-old grandaughter were struck by a vehicle at 8:10 this morning. The accident occurred ...
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Posted on Sep 21, 2010 By David Silva
September 21, 2010 - Police officials reported that a 52-year-old Santa Rosa man sustained serious injuries in a motorcycle accident last night. The man was riding his 2005 Harley motorcycle on Coffey ...
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