Car Accidents

In our last post we discussed a San Leandro car accident that caused a 2-year-old to sustain a broken neck. The crash happened because the toddler’s mother was forced to stop on the highway when the driver in front of her started doing Sideshow tricks.

A San Leandro toddler is recovering from a broken neck after an I-880 Sideshow went awry last month. CBS San Francisco reports that the toddler was injured on March 20th around 10 p.m. in a rear-end car accident that happened after a Sideshow crash created significant traffic.

A recent study by phone carrier AT&T has found that adults text behind the wheel more than teens. The company surveyed over 1,000 adults and about half of adults admitted to texting behind the wheel. Texting while driving is illegal in California and 38 other states.

Authorities have arrested a San Francisco teen after she crashed her car this weekend while driving five of her friends. The accident happened last Saturday around 2:20 a.m. on U.S. Highway 101 near the Waldo Tunnel outside of Sausalito.

Saint Patrick’s Day is one of the most widely celebrated drinking holidays in California. The number of drunk driving car accidents that occur on St. Patty’s Day weekend often rival the numbers seen on New Year’s Eve and July 4th.

Several deadly car accidents have occurred in the San Francisco Bay Area during the past few weeks. Authorities say that at least one person was killed and three people were injured in an Oakland car accident on Monday morning. The accident happened around 11:30 a.m. at Foothill Boulevard at 36th avenue.

A woman was hospitalized after an early morning SOMA car accident according to ABC-7 San Francisco. Authorities say that the accident happened at Ninth and Brannan Streets around 6 a.m. last Tuesday. San Francisco police officer Gordon Shyy told reports that a tow truck smacked into a pickup truck at the intersection. It is unclear

Two Redwood City brothers are dead and another is injured after a serious San Mateo County car accident. CBS San Francisco reports that the accident happened on Sunday evening when a 21-year-old San Mateo man lost control of his packed car.

Authorities say that a 25-year-old man is dead and his passenger is severely injured after a Vacaville car accident that happened on Monday morning. The San Francisco man and his passenger were traveling on westbound I-80 between Mason Street and Allison Drive when he left the road and slammed into a tree.

A San Francisco police officer was injured early Monday morning after an alleged drunk driver slammed head-on into his car at the corner of Mission and 19th Streets. The Bay City News Service reports that this car accident happened shortly before 1 a.m. and that the 22-year-old suspected drunk driver was speeding on 19th Street