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Saturday, June 6, 2015Preliminary investigation by the California Highway Patrol indicates that a 1998 Volkswagen Bug and a 2008 BMW 535i sedan were racing along East First Street in Cloverdale Friday night, east of the Russian River, over a bridge that crosses the river. Several bystanders were watching the race. Both cars were headed west going faster than 50 miles per hour, when the driver of the Volkswagen, a 16-year-old boy from Cloverdale, lost control of the vehicle and struck a raised concrete abutment on which three females had been sitting on prior to the collision.
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Saturday, February 14, 2015One man was killed in a motorcycle accident Saturday afternoon in near Fort Ross, California. Anthony Cruz, 44, was riding his motorcycle north with a group of riders on Highway 1 when an oncoming car veered into their lane. The group met in Mill Valley, setting out on a 140-mile ride up the coast, ending in Healdsburg. Cruz and two other motorcyclists were struck. Robert Rodgers, 55, was riding a Ducati and was struck in the leg. Phillip Telesforo, 54, was struck head-on riding his Yamaha. They were airlifted to Santa Roasa Memorial Hospital.
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Friday, January 16, 2015A man died when his speeding Porsche collided with another vehicle on Highway 12 Friday, January 16. John Daman Hatley, 55, from the Sonoma Valley, was traveling eastbound in a 2006 Porsche Boxster convertible when he lost control and crashed into oncoming traffic. The sports car crossed the center line and was witnessed speeding and making several dangerous passes before before it went out of control on the wet road. The Porsche crashed into a GMC 3500 flatbed truck; the two occupants of the truck were uninjured.
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Sunday, November 30, 2014Officers were called to Littlewoods Mobile Villa in Petaluma with reports of a man intentionally hit by a car. The man was found lying in the road being aided by many bystanders. The driver who hit him was reportedly speeding when he hit the man, and then attempted to hit another who was able to get out of the way in time. The driver was seen fleeing the scene at high-speed and was later arrested at his home. He has been identified as 18-year-old Moses Hunt.
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Thursday, December 26, 2013A man was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving in Santa Rosa Friday evening after allegedly causing a five-car crash that left three people injured, police said Saturday.
Police said the collision occurred around 5:15 p.m., when a Toyota Tacoma speeding down Hoen Avenue toward Yulupa Avenue rear-ended a car stopped at a red light.
The force of the crash caused three more cars stopped at the light to collide, causing major damage to each of the cars and leaving three drivers with minor injuries, police said.
One of the drivers was taken to a hospital to be treated for their injuries.