A worker sustained fatal job injuries after being crushed by equipment at a Long Beach rail facility. According to a news report in the Los Angeles Times, the fatal workplace accident occurred in the 2400 block of East Sepulveda Boulevard the morning of September 18, 2010. The worker was standing under a crane and doing repair work when the accident occurred, a fellow worker told the Times. The victim died instantly. Another worker, who was in the area, was also pinned under the crane and sustained injuries. But, the extent of his injuries is not known. An investigation is ongoing. Read the rest »
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Long Beach Train Accident Causes Injuries
A Metro Blue Line train accident in Long Beach the afternoon of July 7, 2010 was likely caused by the train driver running a red light, the Associated Press reports. Long Beach police officers say an onboard video shows the Metro Blue Line train running a stop signal before colliding with a Long Beach police patrol car injuring an officer, who still remains hospitalized with injuries. At least 10 passengers on the train sustained injuries in the crash as well. Read the rest »
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Long Beach Car Accident Injures Six
Six people were injured, two of them critically, in a Long Beach car accident the afternoon of March 10, 2010. According to a news report in The Press Telegram, the accident occurred on the northbound 710 Freeway near the Pacific Coast Highway, when a Coca-Cola van caused a chain-reaction collision involving a Caltrans van, a Caltrans truck and an SUV. Two men were taken to an area hospital with critical injuries and four others were treated for what were described as minor to moderate injuries. Four of the injured victims were Caltrans employees, Long Beach fire officials said. An investigation into the cause of the accident is ongoing. Read the rest »
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Long Beach Car Accident Kills Pedestrian
Samira Chalala, 54, was killed in a Long Beach car accident the night of February 24, 2010 after she was hit by a pickup truck at a street intersection. According to a news report in The Press-Telegram, Chalala was walking in an unmarked crosswalk at the intersection of 27th Street and Pasadena Avenue when she was struck by a 1998 Nissan Frontier, which was eastbound on 27th Street. She was transported to a local hospital where she died. The driver of the truck has not been cited or arrested pending a police investigation. Anyone who saw this fatal pedestrian accident is asked to contact Long Beach police officials at 562-570-7355. Read the rest »
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Three Injured in Los Angeles Car Accident
A Los Angeles car accident at a Bellflower street intersection left three people with injuries. According to The Long Beach Press Telegram, the car crash happened the night of December 9, 2009, near the intersection of Alondra Boulevard and Clark Avenue. All three victims were transported to area hospitals. But it is not clear how seriously they were injured. The collision involved a truck and car. Emergency personnel had to extricate one person who was trapped in one of the vehicles.
I sympathize with the victims of this car accident whose injuries were serious enough to require hospitalization. It is indeed fortunate that none of these victims sustained fatal injuries. I hope and pray that all of these victims recovery quickly and fully from their injuries. Read the rest »
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Los Angeles Car Accident Injures Three
Three people sustained injuries in a Los Angeles car accident, after a two-vehicle crash in Bellflower, The Long Beach Press Telegram reports. Read the rest »
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