Los Angeles, CA
A 49-year-old Long Beach man was killed Friday when he got out of his vehicle after an accident on the northbound 405 Freeway in Torrance and was struck by another vehicle, authorities said.
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A 49-year-old Long Beach man was killed Friday when he got out of his vehicle after an accident on the northbound 405 Freeway in Torrance and was struck by another vehicle, authorities said.
A cyclist was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in South Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 11, 2014.
Police are looking for a hit-and-a-run driver that killed a bicyclist in South Los Angeles Wednesday night.
The Santa Monica Firefighters Association has established a fund for the family of a Las Vegas child who died in a car accident Friday.
An off-duty Los Angeles police detective was killed Friday afternoon when his pickup collided with a cement truck in Beverly Hills on the same street where a fellow officer died in a similar crash two months ago.
One man is dead after the motorcycle he was riding crashed with a Metro bus and caught fire in Chatsworth Thursday night.
Authorities have identified an LAPD officer who was killed Saturday morning after the police car he and his partner were in was struck by an SUV as they were pursuing another vehicle, police said.
The officer who was killed was a 5-year veteran of the force and is survived by his wife.
One person was killed and five others were hospitalized after a car crash in Lancaster on Saturday. Three children were among the victims, Los Angeles County fire officials said.
A woman is killed while sitting on the passenger side of a car that slammed into the back of a tow truck in Florence on Friday morning.
Authorities say a freeway accident involving two trucks continues to disrupt train service northeast of downtown Los Angeles.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority says service between the Lake and Sierra Madre Villa stations remains shut down early Friday.
A 16-year-old Southern California girl was killed while sleeping in her bed after an alleged drunken driver crashed his sport utility vehicle into her home early Sunday, authorities said.
Fourteen people were injured when two fire trucks collided, sending one into a Monterey Park restaurant Wednesday.
A Monterey Park Fire Department engine truck crashed into a building at the intersection of Emerson and Garfield avenues shortly after 3 p.m.
A 33-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence when her vehicle struck a Los Angeles Police Department motorcycle officer from behind at a red light, leaving him pinned between two vehicles Saturday, officials said.
A fatal accident involving a big rig and a car forced a major SigAlert on the Hollywood (101) Freeway Thursday morning.
The accident happened around 3:15 a.m. north of the Vineland exit in Studio City, the California Highway Patrol said.