Paul Smith was a fatal victim in a drunk driving accident on Friday, August 1st in Sacramento, California. Smith was a passenger in a car driven by Kirk Jones; both were Sacramento residents. Jones was driving a Pontiac, and was traveling at about 70 mph on Highway 116 when he…
Gary Parvin, a 51-year-old Sacramento resident, was making a withdrawal from an ATM at a Wells Fargo bank on March 7th, 2008, when a car jumped a curb, hitting Parvin and pinning him up against the ATM. The impact from the car severed his right leg and severly broke his…
On Tuesday June 23rd, 2008 a man was sentenced 17 years in prison after crashing his car into another car, and killing a 13 year boy. It happened last summer. The crash took place in Bakersfield, south of Sacramento, California. Gordon Tutton was intoxicated when he ran through a stop…
You may have heard of the famous country music band “Asleep at the Wheel.” While that is a clever name for a band, actually falling asleep at the wheel is nothing to sing about. I should know. I’ve had a family member die because she fell asleep while driving. And…
Nineteen year old Brandi Thomas has now been arrested after hitting two bicyclists in El Dorado Hills, just north of Sacramento California. it has been reported that Brandi had been drinking all night and still had Alcohol in her system when she hit the two bicyclists. The two bicyclists were…
A 24 year old student is currently facing charges for two accounts of second degree murder and vehicular manslaughter, in Encino, south of California’s capital Sacramento. The alleged drunk driver, Sean Martin Mishlof, did not stop his car at an intersection and collided into the car in front of him.…
May 1st was a scary day for some motorists in Antioch, California, not very far from our capital Sacramento. Twenty five year old Pittsburg residents Shawna George and Nicole Berry crashed their SUV, which contained Shawna’s two young boys in the back seat. The Police believe Nicole Berry and Shawna…
Last week in Los Angeles, Sacramento, California’s sister to the south, a teen was killed in a car crash and three passengers were injured. Danielle Barrett, 16 years old, left her high school at lunchtime on May 1st with three of her friends, to have a pleasant lunch not expecting…
A man in Paso Robles has been rearraigned and is facing three felony charges from a car crash he caused on Highway 101 near Ventura, CA. In the crash, the man, Jeremy White, killed one man, Andreas Parra, 20, and severely injured another, California Highway Patrolman Anthony Pedeferri, 36. Officer…
Note: This article was taken from the Charleston Gazette Law Blog page of their website. To view the article, please click here. From the Charleston Gazette: Girl hurt in wreck gets $1.25 million By Andrew Clevenger Staff writer After a four-day trial in Kanawha Circuit Court, a jury awarded more…