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A driver was killed when her car was T-boned by another driver who ran a red light in El Cajon. (Photo: CBS8)

Fatal car accident: A 36-year-old woman was killed Thursday when her car was broadsided by another driver who ran a red light in El Cajon.

•   At an El Cajon intersection where red-light cameras have been disabled, a motorist in an Acura ran the light and broadsided a Chevrolet sedan. 

•   The impact toppled the Chevy onto its side.

•   The driver of the Chevy died at the scene.

The deadly traffic accident occurred shortly before 6:30 a.m. at the intersection of  East Washington and South Mollison avenues, according to a CBS Channel 8 News report.

El Cajon Police Lt. Frank La Haye said El Cajon resident Nicole Hay, 36, as driving a Chevrolet Sonic southbound on Mollison Avenue when she entered the intersection at East Washington Avenue on a green light.

A westbound Acura Integra, driven by a 43-year-old El Cajon woman whose identity was not immediately released, ran a red light on Washington Avenue and slammed into the side of Hay’s car. The impact knocked the Sonic over onto the driver’s side.

Hay died at the scene.

The driver of the Integra was seriously injured. Witnesses at the scene administered first aid until paramedics arrived, when the woman was taken to a hospital to be treated. Lt. La Haye said her injuries were not believed to be life-threatening.

The intersection was previously monitored by red light cameras, but the cameras were covered in canvas at the time of the accident. According to the CBS report, the city council recently voted to shut off some of the cameras, and the intersection where this fatal accident took place was one of those affected.

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A mother of three was killed when her car was hit by a wrong-way driver in Mission Viejo. (Photo: ABC News)

Fatal car accident: A mother of three was killed Tuesday when her car was slammed by a wrong-way driver on Santa Margarita Parkway in Mission Viejo.

•   A wrong-way driver in a pickup truck crashed head-on into a miivan driven by a mother of three children.

•   The minivan driver died at the scene.

•   The wrong-way driver sustained critical injuries.

•   Authorities said the wrong-way driver, who had a prior DUI conviction, may have been  under the influence of alcohol when the fatal car accident occurred.

The deadly accident occurred at about 11:40 p.m., according to an ABC News report.

Orange County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Jim Amormino said 42-year-old William Carroll of Mission Viejo as driving a Ford F-250 pickup truck on El Toro Road when he made a left turn, heading south, into the northbound side of Santa Margarita Parkway.

The pickup truck slammed into an oncoming northbound Toyota Sienna minivan driven by 36-year-old Ana Martinez of Trabuco Canyon.

Martinez, who was the mother of three children between the ages of 7 and 14, died at the scene.

Carroll suffered major injuries and was transported to Mission Hospital, where he initially was listed in critical condition.

The Sheriff’s Department said that the wrong-way driver had a prior DUI conviction and that alcohol was suspected as a factor in the fatal accident.

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A hit-and-run driver ran a red light and caused a fatal multi-car accident in Temecula. (Photo: SWRNN)

Fatal hit-and-run crash:  Police arrested a Menifee man on vehicular homicide charges after he ran a red light, caused a fatal accident, and fled the scene Monday in Temecula.

•   A driver in a pickup truck ran a red light and crashed into two cars in an intersection in front of a shopping center.

•   The truck driver fled the scene.

•   One woman was killed and two others were seriously injured in the hit-and-run crash. 

•   Police caught and arrested the hit-and-run driver, who was treated for injuries and released. He was charged with vehicular homicide and felony hit-and-run.

The deadly car accident occurred at about 2:45 p.m. at the intersection of Rancho California Road and Town Center, according to a Valley News report.

Witnesses told police that a man — later identified as 63-year-old Travis Hughes Braswell of Menifee — was driving a pickup truck westbound on Rancho California Road when he ran a red light at the Town Center shopping area.

The truck slammed into a gold Pontiac, and then spun out of control and crashed into a gold Saturn. Braswell fled the scene.

The woman driving the Pontiac, 27-year-old Sharina Thomason of Escondido, suffered deadly injuries was taken to a nearby hospital in “full arrest,” Riverside County Fire Department spokeswoman Jody Hagemann told the Southwest Riverside News Network. Thomason was pronounced dead at the hospital.

Two other victims were taken to hospitals to be treated for moderate and minor injuries, Hagemann said.

Police found Braswell in the shopping center. He was transported to a local hospital to be treated, and then arrested on vehicular homicide and felony hit-and-run charges.  Police booked Braswell into the Southwest Detention Center.

The accident remains under investigation. Anyone with further information is urged to contact the Temecula Police Department at 951-696-3000.

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A drunk driver drove the wrong way on Highway 24 in Lafayette and caused a fatal accident.

Fatal freeway crash: A drunk driver who was going the wrong way on Highway 24 crashed into another vehicle and killed the driver Friday in Lafayette.

•   A drunk driver drove the wrong way on the freeway and crashed head-on into another vehicle.

•   The other driver was killed in the freeway crash.

•   A third car was involved in the accident. 

•   The  drunk driver was arrested.

The deadly drunk driving accident occurred at around 1:30 a.m., according to a report in the San Francisco Chronicle.

California Highway Patrol Officer John Fransen said 20-year-old Annelise McKay of Brentwood was driving a Toyota Avalon, with only one working headlight, eastbound in the westbound lanes of the freeway near St. Stephens Road.

The Toyota crashed head-on into a westbound Geo Metro driven by 51-year-old Alvaro Cruz of Pittsburg. The impact caused the Metro to spin out and crash into a Buick sedan.

Cruz died at the scene.

The driver of the Buick suffered from pain and was taken to a hospital by his wife.

The wrong-way drunk driver sustained minor injuries. She was taken to John Muir Medical Center and then released into police custody. She was arrested on drunk driving charges. The CHP did not say whether she would face any additional charges.

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A teen driver caused a fatal highway crash in Perris.

Fatal highway crash: A Moreno man was killed Friday night in a head-on crash caused by a teen driver who crossed the center divider on Highway 74 in Perris.

•     A teen driver with four passengers in his Ford Taurus crossed over the center divider of a highway and crashed into an oncoming Mazda Protege.

•     The driver of the Protege was killed.

•     The teen driver and all four of his passengers were injured and taken to hospitals to be treated.

•     Authorities said alcohol was not involved in the accident.

The deadly head-on crash occurred just before midnight, according to a report in the Riverside Press-Enterprise.

Riverside County Sheriff’s Department officials said a teen driving a Ford Taurus crossed over the center divider for unknown reasons and slammed into an oncoming Mazda Protege.

The driver of the Protege, 54-year-old Moreno Valley resident Robert Washington, suffered severe injuries and was taken to Inland Valley Medical Center in Wildomar. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.

The teen driver and four of his passengers, all of whom were minors, suffered a variety of injuries and were treated at a local hospital. Their names and ages were not released.

The sheriff’s department said in a news release that alcohol was not suspected to be a factor in the deadly accident.

An SUV ran a stoplight and caused a fatal accident in Oakdale. (Photos; Modesto Bee)

Fatal car accident: A Turlock man was killed Monday when his car was broadsided by an SUV that ran a stop sign on Bentley Road in Oakdale.

•     An SUV ran a stop sign on a rural road and slammed into the driver’s side of a Toyota Corolla.

•     The driver of the Corolla died at the scene.

•     CHP officers said neither drugs nor alcohol were involved in the accident.

The deadly accident occurred at about 7 a.m., according to an ABC Channel 10 News report.

California Highway Patrol officer Eric Parsons said 22-year-old Oakdale resident Oscar Ibarra was driving a Jeep Compass northbound on Bentley Road when he drove through the stop sign at Claribel Road.

The Jeep slammed into the driver’s side of a 1999 Toyota Corolla driven by a 46-year-old Oakdale man.

The impact forced both vehicles through a fence and into a cattle pasture on the northwest corner of Claribel and Bentley, according to a report in the Modesto Bee.

The driver of the Toyota died at the scene. His identity was not immediately released.

Parsons said neither drugs nor alcohol were believed to be a factor in the crash. Both drivers were wearing seat belts.

A civilian woman was killed when a Marine Corps humvee (above) slammed head-on into her car in Joshua Tree. (Cropped from a photo by Jimmy Biggerstaff | Hi-Desert Star)

Fatal Humvee crash: A 26-year-old Yucca Valley woman was killed Friday when a U.S. Marine Corps Humvee slammed into her Ford Focus on Highway 62 in Joshua Tree.

•   A military Humvee veered across the center line of a highway near the U.S. Marines Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms.

•   The Humvee crashed head-on into an oncoming Ford Focus driven by a 26-year-old woman.

•   Both vehicles overturned.

•   The woman driving the Ford Focus died at the scene.

The deadly rural highway accident occurred at about 3:30 p.m., according to a report in the Hi-Desert Star.

California Highway Patrol officials said the military Humvee was driven by 19-year-old Juan Lira, a U.S. Marine from Oceanside.

Marine Corps Captain Nick Mannweiler, spokesman for the Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, said the Humvee came from a Camp Pendleton-based unit.

Lira was driving the Humvee eastbound on Highway 62. For unknown reasons he allowed the vehicle to drift across the center divider into the oncoming traffic lane about one mile east of White Feather Road.

The Humvee crashed head-on into a westbound 2010 Ford Focus driven by 26-year-old Kristin Thrawl of Yucca Valley. The violent impact caused the Ford Focus to roll over and land on its roof. The Humvee rolled onto its side. (See photo.)

Thrawl died at the scene. She was pronounced dead at about 3:45 p.m., according to the San Bernardino County Coroner’s Office.

Lira was not injured.

The CHP is investigating the accident.

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A worker was crushed to death in an industrial accident in Simi Valley. (Photo: CBS News)

Fatal industrial accident: A worker was killed on the job Wednesday when a 5,000-pound slab of steel fell on him and crushed him at Pre-Con Products in Simi Valley.

•   A huge slab of steel fell from a crane while it was being unloaded and crushed a worker to death.

•    A second worker was hospitalized with serious injuries.

•    Cal/OSHA is investigating the accident.

The deadly accident occurred at about 4 p.m. at Pre-Con Products on West Los Angeles Avenue, according to a report in the Ventura County Star.

The victim, 58-year-old Clinton Morgan of Bakersfield, was a driver for Valley Wide Distributors, a trucking company based in Bakersfield.

The huge slab of steel fell off of a crane while it was being unloaded. Morgan was unable to get out of the way and was hit by the steel as it fell to the ground. Morgan was crushed to death.

Another worker was able to avoid being crushed by the steel, but was seriously injured. The Ventura County Star said his injuries were minor, but CBS News reported that the injured worker was taken to a hospital in critical condition.

Erika Monterroza, a spokeswoman for California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA), said a chain that was holding the steel broke, causing the slab to fall onto Morgan.

Monterroza said no previous safety violations has been reported at either Valley Wide Distributors or Pre-Con Products.

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One person was killed and three others were injured in a rural highway accident in Somis.

Fatal highway accident: One person was killed and three others injured Monday in a five-car crash on State Route 118 in Somis.

•     A driver rear-ended a car in front of him on a rural highway, pushing the car into the oncoming traffic lane.

•     The car was broadsided by an oncoming truck. The driver died from his injuries.

•     Two other cars were hit in the accident.

•     All of the drivers were injured and taken to hospitals.

The deadly car accident  just before 4:30 p.m., according to a report in the Ventura County Star.

California Highway Patrol officials said 28-year-old Moorpark resident Domingo Mendoza was driving westbound on Highway 118 (Los Angeles Avenue) at about 50 mph when he rear-ended a sedan driven by 37-year-old Alejandro Hernandez Tamlatzi of Oxnard.

The impact pushed Tamlatzi’s car sideways into the eastbound lane, where it was broadsided by a truck driven by 40-year-old Francisco Arroyo of Moorpark.

Meanwhile, Mendoza’s car rearended a minivan driven by 38-year-old Raul Lopez of Camarillo. The impact from that crash pushed Lopez’s vehicle into a fifth car, driven by 28-year-old Aimee Birkner of Simi Valley.

Tamlatzi suffered severe injuries and was rushed to Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, where he died at 6:57 p.m.

Mendoza and Lopez sustained injuries and were taken to Ventura County Medical Center in Ventura, CHP officials said. The nature and extent of their injuries was not immediately reported.

Arroyo suffered minor injuries and was treated at Los Robles Hospital.

The accident remained under investigation.

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Four people were injured in a highway crash on State Route 1 in Santa Maria.

Rural highway crash: Four people were injured Monday in a head-on collision on Highway 1 in Santa Maria. One of the victims was airlifted to a hospital.

•    A man driving a Cadillac SRX failed to navigate a left turn off of Highway 1, crashed into a guardrail, and careened back into oncoming traffic.

•    The Cadillac hit two vehicles, one head-on. All three drivers and one passenger were injured.  

•    A driver of a pickup truck was severely injured and had to be airlifted to a hospital.

The car accident occurred at about 6:50 a.m., according to a report in the Santa Maria Times.

California Highway Patrol officials said 25-year-old Lompoc resident Jose Arevalo as driving a black Cadillac SRX northbound on Highway 1 when he failed to complete a turn onto Jalama Road.

The Cadillac crossed the southbound lane, hit a guard rail, and careened back into the southbound lane, where it sideswiped a 2005 GMC Sierra driven by 49-year-old Alicia Flores, also of Lompoc.

The Cadillac then crashed head-on into a 1995 Dodge pickup truck driven by 36-year-old Victor Rodriguez, also of Lompoc.  Rodriquez was trapped inside the pickup truck. It took firefighters 40 minutes to extricate him from the vehicle.

Rodriguez suffered severe injuries in the highway crash and was airlifted by helicopter to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. His passenger, 57-year-old Laura Taylor, was injured as well, but the nature and extent of her injuries was not immediately known.

Taylor, Arevalo, and Flores all were transported via ground ambulance to Lompoc Valley Hospital to be treated for injuries they sustained in the highway crash.

Highway 1 was temporarily closed while officials cleared the accident scene and conducted a preliminary investigation.

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