Taser International has advised police agencies across the United States not to fire stun guns at a suspect’s chest. The company has said that if used in such a way, there is a slight chance of inducing an “adverse cardiac event.” This advisory was sent out in an October 12th training bulletin for law enforcement. [...]

Almost four thousand off-road utility vehicles have been recalled by Bad Boy Enterprises LLC of Massachusetts. These vehicles can accelerate without warning, posing a risk of injury to those operating the vehicle as well as bystanders. The company has received thirty-two reports of unexpected acceleration, several of which were accompanied by injury reports. The product [...]

An accident in Breas today resulted in injury after a woman crashed her car into the pillar of a church.  The accident happened when the  driver’s white Ford Escort struck a curb at around 10:40 a.m.   and flew into the pillar.  The Brea congregational Church at 300 E. Imperial Highway suffered no real structural damage.  [...]

A fiery crash that killed four family members in San Diego County prompted Toyota to look into the possibility that mismatched floor mats were the culprit.  A memorandum sent to 1400 Toyota and Lexus auto dealerships this past Tuesday, Toyota told employees to inspect their vehicles for  mats which may have snagged the gas pedal [...]

Annually, there are some 50, 000 motor vehicle accidents that result in fatalities.  Of these wrecks, a whopping 41 percent are DUI related. With these kinds of numbers, it is easy to see why the leading cause of death for Americans aged 3-33 since 2002 has been  injuries sustained in auto wrecks.
These disturbing statistics also  [...]

A car crash involving a Santa Ana resident occurred in Anaheim and ended in a fatality shortly after 8 p.m. The incident transpired on the eastbound 91 freeway just West of Imperial Highway after a 1999 Ford Explorer suddenly swerved from the No. 2 lane, veered across traffic and crashed into several trees.  Victim Phillip [...]

A solo car accident resulted in two major injuries and three fatalities when a Honda crashed into a wall in Irvine Thursday evening.  The tragedy happened at 11:30 p.m. on Shady Canyon east of Sunny Hill near a gated community.  Authorities arrived at the scene and found a 1993 Honda had collided into a brick [...]

A pedestrian knock down accident in Cerritos resulted in a fatality after a 50-year-old Downey woman was struck by an SUV as she walked near the mall parking lot. The fateful occurrence unfolded at the Cerritos Towne Center shopping area at around 1:54 p.m.  after the driver of the SUV had apparently lost control of [...]

A Yorba Linda man was killed after his sedan veered off the 91 highway,  rolled down a 30-foot embankment and was subsequently hit by a train.  62-year-old victim, Mark Carter was driving westbound on 91 around 5:45 p.m. Monday afternoon when his 2007 BMW swerved from the left lanes onto the right shoulder.  The car [...]

A man  who was killed in a solo vehicle accident on July 27 was identified as Danilo Rivera a 27-year-old resident of Aliso Veijo.  Rivera died at around 2:30 a.m. after his car hit tree on the shoulder of the southbound I-405 at Irvine Center Drive.  Witnesses on the scene told authorities that the 1991 [...]