North County Injury Blog

The California Highway Patrol is looking for a hit-and-run driver that caused a multiple vehicle crash that killed three people, including an 11-year-old girl. The accident occurred last Tuesday afternoon on Highway 74 in Riverside County. According to witnesses, an Acura or Honda was tailgating a Ford Fusion then tried to pass it, sideswiping the…

MSNBC is out with an article about the dangers posed by heavy, drowsy truck drivers. Apparently a growing number of trucking firms are screening drivers who are considered at risk for sleep apnea, and then pay to monitor and treat divers who have the condition. Sleep scientists at Harvard University have renewed a call for…

If your negligent driving causes a car accident in Fallbrook, and police or fire responds, your insurance company is going to get a bill from the city. This new fee goes into effect at the end of this month, and is designed to provide some revenue to cash-strapped local governments. Depending on the severity of…

An $86 million judgment against Starbucks was reversed by a San Diego appellate court today. The judgment was based on the finding that Starbucks violated tip-sharing law by allowing shift “supervisors” to share in tip pools. The judgment ended a lengthy class action lawsuit brought by a Starbucks “barista” named Jou Chau. In a 3-0…

Four people suffered injuries, including two teenagers, after a three-vehicle car accident on Mission Ave. in Oceanside. The crash occurred just after 10:00 p.m. on Friday night, and involved a Hyundai Tiburon and a Chevy Silverado truck. According to news accounts, the cause of the accident has not been determined, but the truck reportedly overturned.…

Here’s a good story. As Capt. Thomas Schwabenbauer was on his way to the Marine Combat Center from San Diego last Sunday, he heard a crash as he was traveling on westbound I-10. He looked up to to see an SUV up in the air. “The first thing I remember thinking was I knew I…

It’s not yet summer, and Riverside County has already had four drownings this year; all boys under the age of five. Near-drowinings are also up. In the prior year, the County had a total of seven drownings. “We’re very concerned,” said Victoria Young, a nurse with the county health department. “We definitely have seen a…

Grandma is a hero, of sorts. Yesterday morning while walking her two grandchildren to school she was hit by a car while shielding the kids from from the accident. According to reports, the three were walking in a crosswalk on Holt Avenue in Santa Ana, with vehicles stopped for them, when a red Nissan Sentra…

Ten Southern California hospitals have received penalties of $25,000 each after the California Department of Public Health determined that medical mistakes in care to patients caused, or was likely to cause, serious injuries or death. Los Angeles County had five hospitals on the list, Orange County three and San Diego County two. The following hospitals…

Assembly Bill 496 would require tire dealers in California to disclose the age of a tire before selling it, and informing consumers about the dangers of using older tires. It is easy to spot a worn and potentially dangerous tire, but what about the tire that looks brand new, but is actually many years old?…