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A 58-year old woman pleaded not guilty Thursday afternoon in San Francisco Superior Court to felony gross vehicular manslaughter and reckless driving charges in connection with a crash that killed a 16-year-old boy in September.
Jennie Zhu, a San Francisco resident, was arraigned Thursday afternoon on the manslaughter charge and two felony counts of reckless driving causing injury after hitting a car on Pine and Gough streets on the morning of Sept. 27.
Two lanes of a freeway in Corona were shut down on Thursday after a tour bus returning from a casino trip during a rain storm crashed, injuring 22 passengers, the CHP said.
The passengers were quickly taken to hospitals after the crash. Most suffered minor injuries, fire officials said. All of the passengers were adults.
The crash was reported at 2:43 p.m. in the northbound lanes of the Ontario (15) Freeway at Magnolia Avenue, officials said.
The bus was returning from Pala Casino in San Diego, headed back to Westminster, Corona Fire Chief John Medina said.
A person was killed Wednesday evening when a Toyota Corolla hit the center divide on northbound Interstate 280 in Daly City, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The accident, which involved only the Corolla, occurred about 4:45 p.m. on I-280 near the Westlake Avenue off-ramp.
The left three lanes of northbound I-280 were blocked for about two-and-a-half hours after the crash. They opened about 7:30 p.m., according to the CHP.
UPDATE: The victim of this accident has be identified as Gilbert Vallejo. 12/19/13.
A bicyclist who was struck by a big-rig truck and killed in West Oakland has been identified as a 62-year-old El Cerrito woman, the Alameda County Coroner's office said Thursday.
Susan Watson was riding her bicycle at Fifth and Market streets at about 6:15 p.m. Dec, 17 when the truck hit her, police said.
The truck driver has been cooperating with the investigation, according to authorities.
A female bicyclist was struck and killed in West Oakland on Tuesday evening, police said.
The woman was riding her bike at Fifth and Market streets about 6:15 p.m. when a big-rig truck hit her, according to authorities.
No other information was immediately available.