A 25-year-old San Francisco woman was killed while crossing the with an armful of groceries and was hit by a pickup truck. Suzanne Monacowas walking west across Masonic Avenue near Euclid Avenue in the Laurel Heights neighborhood around 5:20 p.m. when a driver heading south on Masonic struck her, relatives and authorities said. Monaco, who had just left a grocery store, was not in the crosswalk when she was hit, police said. She died 30 minutes later at San Francisco General Hospital. The man driving the Toyota pickup remained at the scene and cooperated with investigators, said police spokesman Sgt. Daryl Fong. His name was not released, and he has not been arrested. Monaco, originally from Chico, was working toward becoming a certified architect, said her father, Jim Monaco. She worked at 450 Architects, a [...] Read more »
Two people were airlifted to area hospitals after a head-on collision in Contra Costa County this morning, according to the California Highway Patrol. The collision was reported at 5:24 a.m. Thursday on Sellers Avenue south of Sunset Road, according to the CHP. The Contra Costa Fire District reports two people were taken by helicopter to the hospital. Another occupant of one of the vehicles may also have been injured. While the injuries for at least two of the motorists were considered major, all are expected to survive, the CHP said. The street was blocked for about an hour before authorities cleared the scene. Alexander Law Group, LLP is a nationally-recognized and award-winning personal injury law firm with offices in San Jose and San Francisco. We are passionate about our clients and our community. We are advocates for [...] Read more »
A 91-year-old Pleasant Hill woman, Rita Pricco, was killed after her car collided with another vehicle and struck a light pole Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. Pricco was driving a Hyundai Elantra near Taylor Boulevard and Ruth Drive in Pleasant Hill when she collided with a Acura sedan just before 2 p.m., according to Pleasant Hill police. Pricco’s car veered off and hit a light pole at the intersection. Pricco was taken to the hospital but died from her injuries later that afternoon, police said. A police news release did not mention any injury for the 19-year-old Pleasant Hill woman driving the Acura. The fatal collision remains under investigation. Anyone who may have witnessed it or has information for police can contact 925-288-4600. Alexander Law Group, LLP is a nationally-recognized and award-winning personal injury law firm with offices in [...] Read more »
An Oakley teenage was behind the wheel of the truck involved in Saturday’s early morning collision that killed another local teen and sent two women to the hospital. Brentwood police confirmed Tuesday that an 18-year-old was behind the wheel of the pickup truck that ran a red light at Walnut Boulevard and Balfour Road and was broadsided by a car. As of yet no charges have been filed. The impact overturned the truck, which was carrying four other people ranging in age from 15 to 20, said Sgt. Tim Herbert. Two of the passengers are from Oakley, one lives in Discovery Bay and one is a Brentwood resident. A former Freedom High School freshman Ashley Malone, 15-years-old, was pinned under the truck. Malone had transferred in February to Antioch Unified School District’s Prospects independent study program. Malone [...] Read more »
Four men were injured, when the vehicle they were in careened 60 feet down an embankment off eastbound Interstate 580 between Seminary and Keller avenues, according to the California Highway Patrol spokesperson. One man was able to get out of the four-door sedan on his own while firefighters had to assist the other three. Some of them had what were described as traumatic injuries, two of the men are listed in critical condition. One of the critically injured men was placed in a basket stretcher and brought up the embankment by emergency crews. None of the men’s names were released. They were in their mid 20s to mid 40s and may have been on their way to work, officials said. Authorities were alerted at 5:38 a.m. Thursday when a resident of the area along eastbound [...] Read more »
After the latest fatality on Highway 17, Caltrans will speed up a safety study on Highway 17 to extend a median barrier at Laurel Curve. The California Highway Patrol had repeatedly requested the barrier be extended. “We’ll consider all options,” Caltrans spokesman Colin Jones said Monday. “Everything is on the table.” CalTrans has recently began to look again at what further safety improvements can be made at the sharp curve, which ranks as the most dangerous stretch of this mountain highway from Los Gatos to Santa Cruz. Despite a one-third reduction in crashes over the past decade after the spending of more than $100 million for roadway upgrades, increased police patrols and a public-relations campaign, crashes have soared at Laurel. “The injury collisions there are horrific, because they often are head-on,” CHP spokeswoman Sarah Jackson [...] Read more »
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued a recall of 2011-2012 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid cars. More than 14,700 of the Hyundai hybrid vehicles are affected by this recall but Hyundai doesn’t want to tell you about the rear center seat belts which fail to meet federal safety standards. Hyundai believes it doesn’t need to fix the seat belt issue with all Sonata hybrids—or notify all affected Sonata owner, as required by the usual federal safety recall procedures. The issue, says NHTSA, affects Hyundai Sonata Hybrids manufactured since December 2010. The federal safety agency claims both the lap and shoulder portions of the rear center seat belts disconnect when occupants press the 3-point safety belt’s unlock mechanism—a violation of safety standards. Hyundai claims it will fix the rear center seat belt issue in the approximately 1,633 new [...] Read more »
Nissan Motor Co. announced the recall of nearly 34,000 Sentra compact cars because of a battery cable problem that could cause the engines to stall. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration documents say that a zinc coating on the cable bolts could be too thick which could cause a voltage drop that can damage the engine control computer. The documents say the cars can stall while moving and it may not be possible to restart them, increasing the risk of a crash. The problem affects 2010 and 2011 Sentras equipped with MR-20 engines that were built from May 11, 2010, to May 22, 2010, and from July 8, 2010, to Oct. 25, 2010, according to the NHTSA documents. Nissan says it will replace the positive battery cables and covers free of charge starting on or before [...] Read more »
California Highway Patrol discovered unidentified man in Redwood City off Interstate Highway 280. CHP officers responded to reports of a body on the roadway on the Farm Hill Boulevard offramp of I-280 at around 1:18 a.m., according to CHP officer Art Montiel. The man was traveling south on I-280 and lost control of the vehicle just north of Farm Hill Boulevard and ran off the road. The vehicle hit a tree just south of the Farm Hill Boulevard offramp, and the man was ejected from the vehicle, landing on the offramp. The man was pronounced dead at the scene, Montiel said. Montiel said it appeared another vehicle hit the body after it landed on the roadway. Officers are investigating the incident, and Montiel said that there is no suspicion that alcohol was involved in the crash. [...] Read more »
A unidentified motorist was found dead in a vehicle along Interstate 580 early this morning after authorities were called to reports of a wreck, the California Highway Patrol said. The CHP received a call around 2:27 a.m. after a passing motorist spotted a crashed vehicle in the eastbound right-hand shoulder near First Street. Officers called emergency crews to extricate the driver, who was pronounced dead at the scene. Further details about the crash were not immediately available. The wreck has been cleared from the roadway and there are no anticipated delays resulting from the crash. Alexander Hawes, LLP is a nationally-recognized and award-winning personal injury law firm with offices in San Jose and San Francisco. We are passionate about our clients and our community. We are advocates for our clients and we invite you to [...] Read more »
