Advanced Search

Date: 
Saturday, April 25, 2015
Just before 3:30 a.m. on southbound I-5 south of the Seamas Road exit, a 2003 GMC Sonoma being driven by West Sacramento resident Nicholas Balestra, 23, rear-ended a car that was stopped on the right shoulder of the freeway. The impact sent the Sonoma spinning out of control. It came to rest facing the wrong way in the #3 lane. One of Balestra's passengers, 21-year-old Jesus Castillo of Sacramento, was killed in the crash. The other passenger, 22-year-old Nathaniel Maldonado, also of Sacramento, was injured but the injuries are not life-threatening.
Date: 
Monday, February 16, 2015

An 18-year-old Oceanside man early Monday morning after his pickup crashed on I-5 in Encinitas. His Nissan pickup was northbound when the vehicle overturned several times and struck a light pole near Leucadia Boulevard. The pole fell after the impact and struck the windshield of a UPS semi. The semi driver, a 49-year-old West Covina man, was treated at the scene for minor injuries. The Nissan driver had to be extricated by firefighters, and he was transported to a hospital, where he died. We'll update this story as more information becomes available.

Date: 
Saturday, October 4, 2014
Five young people were killed in a dramatic one car crash on the Santa Ana 5 Freeway in Irvine early Saturday morning. The bodies were burned beyond recognition according to the Orange County Fire Authority. A sixth person, a teenage male, was sent to Mission Hospital in serious condition. According to the injured teen, the youths were leaving from a night trip to Knott's Berry Farm. The crash happened at approximately 2:15 AM. According to witnesses, the youths were in their mid-to-late teens. 
Date: 
Sunday, July 7, 2013

An 18-year-old motorcyclist was killed late Monday when he slammed into a cable barrier along Interstate 5 at high speed. Troopers responded to the scene, in the northbound lanes of I-5 in Whatcom County, at about 10:45 p.m. Monday after receiving a report of a serious motorcycle crash. The motorcyclist, later identified as Abraham Guerrero, 18, of Bellingham was found dead at the scene. Guerrero was heading north on I-5 at high speed on a 2002 Honda CBR600 MC when he lost control and veered toward the median. The motorcycle slammed into the cable barrier, killing Guerrero.