Articles Posted in Wrongful Death

San Diego-based Infatino, the makers of the “Slingrider” and the “Wendy Bellissimo” baby slings, issued a recall of at least 1 million slings yesterday after several reports of infants dying because of the sling. The company said that customers should stop using the slings immediately, and offered replacement slings free of charge. In early March,…

One of the few upsides to an ailing economy is the improvement in traffic accident deaths. The number of people who died in a car accident in 2009 was 33,963, which is almost 9 percent lower than the previous year. Ray LaHood, the Transportation Secretary, was circumspect about the news. “I have mixed feelings,” he…

It is being reported that a Fallbrook school bus struck a man in the 1700 block of Reche Road killing him. According to news reports, the man was “drawing on the road with chalk” when the bus hit him and knocked him into a Ford Explorer. The accident occurred in front of Potter Junior High…

In 1996, Koua Fong Lee killed three people when, on his way home from church with his wife and daughter in the car, his Toyota Camry plowed into the rear of an Oldsmobile. At the time, Lee told police and prosecutors, and later a jury, he tried to stop his care but he couldn’t. The…

A 15-year-old Vista boy named Lucas Gianconelli was killed Friday night when he was struck by a car from behind while riding his skateboard near Thibodo Road and Edna Way. The driver, who was thought to have been speeding, fled the scene. Police are searching for a white, 1990s model Toyota Camry with dark-tinted windows.…

State Route 94 in San Diego’s Spring Valley area was closed for a period yesterday after a head-on car accident that claimed the life of one man, and injured three teenagers, one of whom plays minor league baseball for the Tampa Bay Rays’ organization. According to reports, a Ford Mustang being driven by 18-year-old Andrew…

Three-year-old Omar Martinez died in his back yard yesterday when the family’s pit bull attacked him. At approximately 3:00 p.m., 911 dispatchers received a call that the boy was not breathing at a home on Goshute Avenue in Apple Valley after being attacked by the dog. When sheriff and firefighter’s arrived, the boy’s grandfather opened…

A 66-year-old man was killed while eating breakfast at his local Carl’s Jr. when an SUV plowed into the building, striking the man. According to employees, the man, whose name has not been release but is said to have been a college professor, ate breakfast at the same table every morning. What instigated the accident…

Instead of planning a baby shower, the family and friends of Elaina Luquis-Ortiz are planning a funeral. The 21-year-old Lemon Grove woman was killed during the early morning hours of News Year Day when she pulled over on the shoulder of I-805 to help a friend change a flat tire, and a drunk driver named…

A 33-foot Coast Guard boat slammed into a 24-foot pleasure boat during the San Diego Bay Parade of Lights show on Sunday night killing an 8-year-old boy and injuring five others, some seriously. Apparently no one was injured on the Coast Guard boat. According to the new reports, the 24-foot vessel had 13 people on…