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A Metrolink train bound for Orange County from downtown L.A. fatally struck a bicyclist Thursday during the morning commute in Santa Fe Springs, officials said.
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A Metrolink train bound for Orange County from downtown L.A. fatally struck a bicyclist Thursday during the morning commute in Santa Fe Springs, officials said.
A bicyclist was hospitalized after being hit by a tow truck in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood Wednesday evening.
The collision happened at about 5 p.m. at Seventh and Folsom streets.
The California Highway Patrol said a multi-vehicle crash on state Route 76 at Airport Road snarled traffic Wednesday morning in Oceanside.
The wreck occurred at 5:55 a.m. on westbound SR-76 between Benet and Airport roads.
A carjacking suspect in Glendale was arrested after crashing the stolen vehicle on the northbound 2 Freeway.
Authorities received a report of a carjacking and shots fired at about 10 p.m. Tuesday in the 100 block of Sinclair Avenue, near the interchange for the 134 and 2 freeways.
A pedestrian was struck and killed while crossing Van Ness Avenue Tuesday night. There are seven lanes of traffic and police say a man was struck outside the crosswalk on Van Ness, near Grove Street, by a driver who had no time to react. It happened just before 7 p.m.
A 60-year-old Escondido woman was killed and two other women were injured in a crash on Old Highway 395 on Tuesday, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The crash was reported about 2:30 p.m. just north of Deer Springs Road, a CHP Officer said.
Three people were injured Monday night in a four-vehicle collision on southbound state Route 15 near University Avenue in City Heights, authorities said.
All were transported to hospitals, a San Diego Fire-Rescue Department dispatcher said. At least one person had to be extricated.
A fiery crash left an SUV and an RV charred Monday morning when both went over the side of Interstate 8 near Descanso and tumbled about 100 feet down a rocky embankment, authorities said.
A large dump truck lost control on a hilly San Francisco street Monday morning and rolled over onto a parked car, authorities said.
The collision occurred about 9:15 a.m. at 23rd and Castro Streets in the city’s Noe Valley neighborhood.