By Personal Injury Lawyer on August 22, 2011 -
Tuan Phan, 49, suffered fatal injuries on the job in an industrial accident in Orange County, the afternoon of August 19, 2011. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the industrial accident occurred at American Apparel in the 12000 block of Pala Drive in Garden Grove. Phan was operating a circular knitting machine when it crushed him. He was transported to a hospital in Anaheim where he died from his injuries. An investigation is ongoing.
I offer my deepest condolences to the family members and friends of Tuan Phan for their tragic and heartbreaking loss. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.
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By Personal Injury Lawyer on June 22, 2011 -
At least one person was injured in an Orange County car accident, which officials say, involved two vehicles, the afternoon of June 20, 2011. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the injury accident occurred at the intersection of Western and Lampson avenues in Garden Grove. The report does not specify what caused the two vehicles – a Toyota 4Runner and a Honda Accord -- to collide at the intersection. None of the four occupants of the Honda was injured, but the driver of the Toyota was trapped inside the vehicle and was hospitalized following the crash.
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By Personal Injury Lawyer on January 19, 2011 -
An 80-year-old man was killed in a Garden Grove car accident after his bicycle was hit by a pickup truck. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the fatal bicycle accident occurred the morning of January 18, 2011 near the intersection of Brookhurst Street and Jennrich Avenue. The driver of a Ford F-250 was making a right turn out of a parking lot when he struck the elderly bicyclist. The man died at the scene. The 36-year-old male driver was not cited pending an official investigation. Police do not believe alcohol or drugs are involved.
I offer my deepest sympathies to everybody who knew and loved this deceased car accident victim. Please keep his family and friends in your thoughts and prayers.
Bicycle Accident Statistics
According to California Highway Patrol's 2008 Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS), there were no fatalities, but 57 injuries involving bicycle accidents in Garden Grove. In Orange County as a whole, 10 people died and 1,087 were injured due to bicycle accidents during the same year. Read the rest »
By Personal Injury Lawyer on June 26, 2010 -
An Orange County car accident resulted in serious injuries for a man who lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a sound wall on the Garden Grove Freeway. The Orange County Register reports that the accident occurred the morning of June 18, 2010 when the man's Toyota Camry veered off the lanes and struck the wall. Officials are investigating eyewitness accounts that the man may have been cut off by another vehicle or that the accident may have occurred as the Camry was changing lanes. An investigation is ongoing. Read the rest »
By Admin on June 13, 2010 -
A school office employee who sustained serious injuries in a dog bite incident the afternoon of June 8, 2010, has been identified as 65-year-old Marilyn Reyes. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, Reyes was attacked by a loose dog, which wandered into the office. Reyes was attacked unprovoked and bitten numerous times. She suffered puncture wounds and had to undergo surgery to repair a ruptured artery. The dog has been quarantined in a county facility. The dog owner has been identified and an investigation is ongoing. Read the rest »
Street-racing may have been the cause of a Garden Grove car accident that injured four teenagers who were heading home to Huntington Beach from their prom at the Disneyland Hotel. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the 18-year-old male driver of the BMW carrying the teens, swerved to avoid another vehicle the morning of June 6, 2010 and hit a parked car on West Street near Reva Drive, in Garden Grove. Read the rest »
By Personal Injury Lawyer on January 16, 2010 -
An Orange County car accident caused by a suspected drunk driver left a 12-year-old girl injured the evening of January 7, 2010. The Orange County Register reports that the injury pedestrian accident occurred at the intersection of Clinton Street and Cardinal Way when the girl who was walking across the street was struck by a vehicle driven by 47-year-old Alvaro Hernandez. The girl suffered a broken toe and cuts to her arms. Police officers who responded to the scene conducted field sobriety tests and determined that Alvaro was under the influence. He was arrested on suspicion of felony DUI. Read the rest »
By Personal Injury Lawyer on January 14, 2010 -
A 12-year-old girl sustained injuries in an Orange County car accident after she was struck by a suspected drunk driver at a Garden Grove street intersection. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the injury pedestrian accident occurred at the intersection of Clinton Street and Cardinal Way the evening of January 7, 2010. The girl apparently sustained a broken toe and cuts to her arms. Police administered field sobriety tests to the driver, 47-year-old Alvaro Hernandez. Officials determined that Hernandez was intoxicated and arrested him on suspicion of felony drunk driving. Read the rest »
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