California Personal Injury Attorneys

A 39-year-old Clairemont woman sustained major injuries in a San Diego car accident after her car was hit by a dump truck the morning of August 23, 2010. KGTV San Diego reports that the accident occurred when a dump truck ran a red light at the intersection of State Route 163 and Kearny Villa Road, near the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. The woman’s sedan had entered the intersection on a green light when it was broadsided by the dump truck. An investigation is ongoing. Read the rest of this entry »

One man was killed and two others were injured in a San Diego car accident early morning on July 23, 2010. According to a news report in The San Diego Union-Tribune, the two-car crash occurred on Skyline Truck Trail near Lawson Valley Road. California Highway Patrol officials say the victim was driving a 1998 Mitsubishi 300 GT west on Skyline Truck Trail when he turned the car abruptly to the left and entered the eastbound lane. Read the rest of this entry »

A pedestrian accident in San Diego resulted in major injuries for a 5-year-old boy the evening of July 13, 2010. A San Diego 6 news report states that a man who was backing up his vehicle pinned the little boy against a wall. He then left the scene on foot without stopping to render aid to the injured victim, in this case a young child. Thankfully the boy sustained non-life-threatening injuries. Read the rest of this entry »

Nicholas Norman, 5, died in a swimming pool accident in a backyard pool the night of June 20, 2010. According to a 10news report, Nicholas was found floating face-down in the pool behind a next-door neighbor's home on Loma Alta Drive in San Diego. Police officials said he was pronounced dead in a La Mesa hospital shortly after he was found. An investigation is ongoing. Read the rest of this entry »

A major injury pedestrian accident in the Torrey Pines area of San Diego was caused by a bicyclist who struck a woman and fled the scene, officials say. The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that the 22-year-old woman was walking a dog the night of June 13, 2010 when she was hit from behind by a bicyclist. She was knocked to the ground and hit her head. The bicyclist left the site of the collision. The woman went home. But after a few hours she admitted herself to a hospital where it was determined that she had suffered double skull fracture. No description of the suspect is available. Read the rest of this entry »

Hao Yun "Eddie" Lin, a 33-year-old letter carrier, suffered fatal personal injuries the afternoon of May 25, 2010 after he was attacked by a Rottweiler on his Oceanside route, which caused him to fall and hit his head. According to a news report in the North County Times, Lin was found lying on the street with a major head injury that day and taken to a local medical center. He had severe brain swelling from the fall and died from those injuries on June 3. The Rottweiler that attacked Lin was put down at the owner's request, officials said. An investigation is ongoing. Read the rest of this entry »

A 35-year-old man sustained serious injuries in a San Diego car accident after he was struck by an out-of-control vehicle while jogging on the sidewalk. According to a news report in The San Diego Union-Tribune, the major injury collision occurred the morning of May 31, 2010 on Telegraph Canyon Road in Chula Vista. The man was running on the sidewalk along the south side of the roadway near Paseo Ladera, when a Nissan Sentra went over the curb and struck him. Read the rest of this entry »

BreAnna Erickson, 17, was killed in a San Diego car accident the evening of May 28, 2010, after the Acura Legend in which she was a passenger collided head-on with another vehicle. According to a news report in the San Diego Union-Tribune, BreAnna was killed and four other teens were injured when the driver of the sedan they were in, lost control, crossed into opposing lanes of traffic and crashed into a truck. Police say BreAnna was wearing a seatbelt and was sitting in the center rear seat of the Acura when it crashed in the 12500 block of Sabre Springs Parkway. Read the rest of this entry »

Romeo Dumlao, 34, has been charged in connection with a DUI collision that occurred in San Diego four months ago killing 9-year-old Ashley Heffington. According to a news report in The San Diego Union-Tribune, the arrest was made this week and Dumlao was charged with gross vehicular manslaughter and DUI, both felonies. The fatal car accident occurred the morning of December 31, 2009 near the intersection of Sports Arena and West Point Loma boulevards. Ashley was a rear-seat passenger in a vehicle stopped at a light when Dumlao struck the vehicle from behind. Ashley was in critical condition for 12 days before she died from her injuries. Read the rest of this entry »

A woman was severely injured in a San Diego car accident after she was struck by an SUV at a city intersection. According to a news report in The San Diego Union-Tribune, the woman was walking at the intersection of Second Avenue and Elm Street in the Park West neighborhood the morning of April 28, 2010, when a Ford Explorer hit her. The female pedestrian sustained major injuries in this collision. She was transported to a nearby hospital with hip injuries. An investigation is ongoing. Read the rest of this entry »