Marine Helicopter And Coast Guard Plane Collide Off San Diego Coast

by October 30, 2009
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October 30, 2009 – Searchers have found nothing but a debris field where two military aircraft collided off the coast of San Diego Thursday night. Nine Coast Guard and Marine Corps personnel are missing after the mid-air collision between a Coast Guard transport plane and a USMC light attack helicopter about 15 miles east of San Clemente Island, authorities said. “The search is still on, but it’s likely taken the lives of nine individuals,” said Pentagon Spokesman Bryan Whitman, calling the collision a “tragic event.” The Coast Guard, Navy and Marine Corps are involved in the search, with Coast Guard …. » Read more »

Oak Park Hit & Run Leaves 18-Year-Old Injured

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October 30, 2009 – A teen was seriously injured when he was struck by a pickup truck in the Oak Park area Thursday night. The 18-year-old pedestrian was hit on 54th Street, just north of Euclid Avenue at around 8:15 p.m.   The suspect fled the scene in a small, red pickup truck with a damaged windshield. The injured young man was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. Read more »

Mission Valley Woman Dies After Being Struck by Car

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October 30, 2009 – Charlotte Goldman, 84, was hit  in the 6700 block of Friars Road around 6:40 p.m. Thursday, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office. She died about half an hour later at Scripps Mercy Hospital, the Medical Examiner’s Office reported. San Diego police were investigating the accident. So far there have been no reports as to whether the driver was cited or arrested. Read more »

Riverside Motorcyclist killed in crash with 94-year-old man

by October 29, 2009
October 29, 2009 – A 94-year-old Riverside man was driving a 2002 Ford Focus north across Indiana Avenue near La Sierra Avenue when about 8:36 a.m. he hit the 2002 Suzuki motorcycle driven by a Fontana man, stated a Riverside Police Department news release. An ambulance took the 36-year-old motorcycle rider to Riverside Community Hospital where he was pronounced dead, according to the release. The Major Accident Investigation Team is investigating the crash. Read more »

One dead, one injured in Riverside County wreck

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October 29, 2009 – A freeway wreck killed one Beaumont man and critically injured another this morning along I-10 in Cabazon, according to California Highway Patrol officers and Riverside County Fire Department officials. “It was a 1982 Camry versus a big-rig,” CHP Officer Jaci Parent said of the 12:50 a.m. collision along the freeway’s westbound lanes near Fields Road. “The (fatally injured) victim was the passenger in the Camry.” Riverside County coroner’s officials have not released the name of the 26-year-old passenger. The driver was 26-year-old Robert Martinez, also of Beaumont, who was taken to Desert Regional Medical Center in …. » Read more »

Blair Women’s Chenille Robes, Jackets and Tops Products Recalled – Burn Hazard

by October 28, 2009
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October 28, 2009 – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Blair LLC, of Warren, Pa., are expanding Blair’s voluntary recall of women’s full length chenille robes to include additional chenille robes and three other chenille products all manufactured by A-One Textile & Towel. CPSC and Blair also are re-announcing the earlier recall of women’s robes. In April 2009, Blair recalled 162,000 chenille robes after it learned of three robes catching on fire, including one report of second degree burns. Blair then received several reports of deaths allegedly due to robes catching fire. This prompted a second news release …. » Read more »

Tree falls on car in San Marcos; two briefly trapped

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October 28, 2009 – High winds toppled a eucalyptus tree in San Marcos this morning that fell onto a car and briefly trapped two people, officials said. The tree fell over around 9:30 a.m. on Woodland Parkway near Rancheros Drive, a Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman said. The couple was extricated from their car by San Marcos firefighters and one person was transported to the hospital, a fire dispatcher said. Read more »

Target Halloween Flashlights Recall – Burn Hazard

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TaylorSEOReport090309October 28, 2009 – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Target, today announced a voluntary recall of Halloween flashlights manufactured by DGI LLC, of Warren, N.J. and Tien Hsing, of Wanchai, Hong Kong.  The flashlights can overheat and melt, posing a burn hazard to consumers.   To date, there have been eight reports of flashlights overheating and melting, including one report of burns to the hand. This recall involves two types of Halloween-themed flashlights: the mini flashlights and flashlights sold with stencils.  The mini flashlights have a key ring extending from the bottom and were sold in a …. » Read more »

Riverside County bicyclist dies in collision with tanker truck

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October 28, 2009 – A 41-year-old Indio bicyclist died yesterday after colliding with a water tanker truck, according to Riverside County coroner’s officials. Robert Alexander Escovedo died at the scene of the 3:24 p.m. collision along Eb Avenue, about 45 feet east of Jackson Street, Deputy Coroner M.B. Drafton said in a written statement. Indio police are investigating. Read more »

San Bernardino County woman hits tree, dies

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October 28, 2009 – A 74-year-old Big Bear City woman died last evening after being hurt in a single-car traffic wreck, according to San Bernardino coroner’s officials. Barbara Lowe was a passenger in a 1999 Ford that was traveling north on Highway 38 in Big Bear City when the car veered off the roadway and hit a tree, investigators said in a written statement. Lowe was taken to Bear Valley Community Hospital where she died at 6:15 p.m. Read more »
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