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LYNWOOD >> A man and a woman were killed Monday moing when their vehicle drove off the 710 Freeway and struck a tree in Lynwood, authorities said. The crash was reported at 4:42 a.m. off the northbound 710 Freeway just south of Imperial Highway, said Califoia Highway Patrol Officer Stephan Brandt. Both victims were pronounced dead at the scene, Brandt said. Firefighters were working to extricate the bodies from the vehicle. An investigation was underway to determine the cause of the crash, he said. Advertisement Let's block ads! بخوانید...

Thirty years ago today was a Sunday, the heart of the Labor Day weekend, and just as two planes were about to collide a mile and a half above the young city of Cerritos, things in the suburban town were quiet, as you’d expect. That’s how many people described the day up until 11:56 a.m.: quiet. If anyone had any plans for the day, they weren’t ambitious. Some residents were in church, some were shopping for groceries for backyard barbecues. Then-Plaing Commissioner George Ray, who today is the mayor of Cerritos, was doing some work at home on his dining room table. Ray, an executive for a Santa Fe Springs-based manufacturing firm that makes parts for airplanes and the space program, heard wh...

HUNTINGTON BEACH — A police officer’s badge deflected a bullet heading for his heart in a gun battle during a car chase Friday moing that ended in the Cajon Pass. The officer was not hurt. Police responding to a domestic violence call in the area of Bushard Street and Yorktown Avenue in Huntington Beach found themselves in a gun battle car chase with a man who fled from the home as they arrived after midnight Friday. “When the officers arrived at the location, a male suspect got into his vehicle and drove away,” said Officer Jeifer Marlatt, a department spokeswoman. The man began driving eastbound on Yorktown with officers in pursuit. Then, abruptly, he made a U-tu and opened fire on the tw...

LONG BEACH — The southbound lanes of the Long Beach (710) Freeway were closed at the San Diego (405) Freeway this moing because of a vehicle collision that involved several big rigs and left one person critically injured, the Califoia Highway Patrol reported. The accident was reported around 12:30 a.m. and involved at least three big rigs, CHP Officer Francisco Villalobos said. Two trapped motorists were rescued and taken to nearby hospitals. One of them is in critical condition, Villalobos said. The cause of the accident remains under investigation. All lanes are expected to remain close until 7 a.m., according to the CHP. Advertisement Let's block ads! بخوانید...

A motorcyclist died Wednesday evening in a collision in Central Long Beach. Long Beach Police Department spokeswoman Marlene Arrona confirmed the motorcyclist died after responding police officers attempted to save his life by providing first aid. Long Beach Fire Department persoel also responded to the crash. The deceased motorcyclist was a male adult. His identity was not immediately available. The collision happened shortly before 5 p.m. Wednesday near the intersection of E. Pacific Coast Highway and Lemon Avenue. The driver of the other vehicle involved remained present at the site of the crash. Detectives from the police department’s collision investigations detail will investigate the...

Several Long Beach area residents who aided crime victims during their hours of need received honors from the Los Angeles County District Attoey’s office. The District Attoey’s office aounced the newest recipients of its Courageous Citizen Awards at the Queen Mary on Wednesday. In one instance, the prosecutors office credited two women with saving the life of a crime victim who was severely beaten during an attempted murder-for-hire that involved the victim’s own daughter. The honorees: • Debbie Carr, 66, of Lakewood; and Noelle van Deursen, 45, of Long Beach, received Courageous Citizen Awards for aiding a 62-year-old woman who sustained serious injuries after being attacked in her Alamitos...

ATWATER, Calif. — A charter bus veered off a central Califoia highway before dawn Tuesday and struck a pole that sliced the vehicle nearly in half, killing five people and sending at least five more to hospitals, some with lost limbs, authorities said. Rescuers pulled out “bags of body parts” from the survivors of the crash on northbound State Route 99, where the speeding bus carrying about 30 people hit the pole of a highway exit sign head-on, Merced County Sheriff Ve Wake said. It sheared straight through bus, stopping at the first rear axle “with a great impact,” he said. Emergency workers climbed in through the windows to pull out trapped passengers. Others were ejected and were lying i...

ATWATER, Calif. — A charter bus operated by an East Los Angeles company veered off a central Califoia freeway before dawn Tuesday and struck a pole that sliced the vehicle nearly in half, killing five people and sending at least five others to hospitals, authorities said. The unmarked white bus carrying about 30 people hit the pole of a highway exit sign, and emergency workers climbed in through the windows to pull passengers out. “The pole went through the center of the bus, and that’s where the injuries were sustained,” Califoia Highway Patrol Officer Moi Onsurez told The Associated Press. The bus was operated by an East Los Angeles company and driven by a 57-year-old Los Angeles man, KNX...

ATWATER, Calif. — A charter bus veered off a central Califoia freeway before dawn Tuesday and struck a pole head-on, killing five people and sending at least five others to hospitals, authorities said. The pole of a highway exit sign sliced the unmarked white bus carrying about 30 people nearly in half lengthwise, photos and video show. “The pole went through the center of the bus, and that’s where the injuries were sustained,” Califoia Highway Patrol Officer Moi Onsurez told The Associated Press. Emergency workers climbed in through the windows to pull passengers out. The five injured were airlifted to hospitals, Onsurez said, but he did not have information about any additional injuries o...

LOCKHART, Texas >> At least 16 people died in the hot air balloon crash in Central Texas, the National Transportation Safety Board said Sunday, adding that investigators are still trying to determine the exact number of passengers and what caused the accident. It’s apparently the worst such disaster in U.S. history, and one of the worst ever in the world. In February 2013, a balloon flying over Luxor, Egypt, caught fire and plunged 1,000 feet to the ground, crashing into a sugar cane field and killing at least 19 foreign tourists. NTSB investigators are begiing the process of determining what caused the balloon to crash Saturday moing in a pasture near Lockhart, Texas, which is about ...

LOCKHART, Texas >> A hot air balloon carrying at least 16 people caught on fire and crashed in Central Texas on Saturday, causing what authorities described as a “significant loss of life.” Erik Grosof with the National Transportation Safety Board would not provide an exact number of how many people died. The crash happened at about 7:40 a.m. in a pasture near Lockhart, and Ly Lunsford with the Federal Aviation Administration said earlier that the balloon was carrying at least 16 people. Authorities have not said where the hot air balloon was based out of or which company was flying it, though Caldwell County Sheriff Daniel C. Law told The Associated Press that it’s the kind of situati...

LOCKHART, Texas >> No one appeared to survive a hot air balloon crash in Central Texas, authorities said Saturday. At least 16 people were on board the balloon, which Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ly Lunsford said caught fire before crashing into a pasture shortly after 7:40 a.m. Saturday near Lockhart. The Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that investigators are determining the number of victims and their identities. The FAA is investigating, Lunsford said. National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Eric Weiss said that his agency’s investigative team should arrive later Saturday. Weiss said the safety agency knows “very, very little right now” about...

TWENTYNINE PALMS >> A Miramar-based Marine aviator assigned to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing died Thursday when his F/A 18C Hoet crashed in the desert near the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms. The crash happened during training maneuvers about 10:30 p.m., according to a Marine Corps news release. The name of the pilot is being withheld until next of kin has been notified. The crash is under investigation. This crash happens on the heels of a another recent crash off the coast of North Carolina. In May, two F/A 18 Super Hoets based at the Naval Air Station Oceana in Virgina had “in-flight” mishaps forcing the aircraft to crash in the ocean, according to the Dep...

Two people critically injured in East Long Beach crash this moing Home → News → Automotive accidents Long Beach firefighters used the jaws of life to extricate a victim of a multi-vehicle traffic collision in East Long Beach Monday moing. (Courtesy Long Beach Fire Department). By Press-Telegram staff Two people were transported to a local trauma center with critical injuries after a multi-car at Palo Verde Avenue at Carson Street in East Long Beach, officials said. Fire officials used the jaws of life to extricate one of the victims. Details as to what caused the crash were not available. Police only confirmed that they responded to a collision involving multiple vehicl...

One man died this moing in a fiery two-vehicle crash on the 605 Freeway in north Long Beach, according to the Califoia Highway Patrol. The crash took place at 2:35 a.m. on the northbound 605 Freeway, just south of Carson Street, according to CHP Officer Alex Rubio. A good Samaritan tried to pull the victim out of the car, according to the CHP. He died at the scene, Rubio said. His name was withheld pending notification of next of kin. The crash initially closed the carpool and No. 1 lanes, according to the CHP. But all northbound lanes were temporarily closed so firefighters could extinguish the car fire and the CHP could conduct its accident and death investigation. The CHP declared a SigA...

SAINT-GERVAIS-LES-BAINS, France >> Rain and crashes played havoc at the Tour de France on Friday as Chris Froome hit the ground and Romain Bardet posted the first French victory at this year’s race. Froome quickly borrowed a teammate’s bike and kept the now to yellow jersey after crossing the finish line 36 seconds behind Bardet, who climbed to second place overall. Froome holds a lead of 4 minutes, 11 seconds over Bardet, with two-time ruer-up Nairo Quintana of Colombia moving up to third, 4:27 back. Bardet attacked on a descent moments before Froome slipped on road paint and hit the ground. The two-time champion was able to continue racing after Geraint Thomas gave him his bike. Fro...

SAINT-GERVAIS-LES-BAINS, France — Rain and crashes played havoc at the Tour de France on Friday as Chris Froome hit the ground and Romain Bardet posted the first French victory at this year’s race. Froome quickly borrowed a teammate’s bike and kept the now to yellow jersey after crossing the finish line 36 seconds behind Bardet, who climbed to second place overall. Froome holds a lead of 4 minutes, 11 seconds over Bardet, with two-time ruer-up Nairo Quintana of Colombia moving up to third, 4:27 back. Bardet attacked on a descent moments before Froome slipped on road paint and hit the ground. The two-time champion was able to continue racing after Geraint Thomas gave him his bike. Froome was...

A 28-year-old Long Beach man riding a motorcycle was killed after broadsiding a car trying to get out of the way of a fire engine that was responding to an unrelated collision, police said. The name of the man killed in the Saturday night collision has not yet been released, pending notification of next of kin. Police said a fire engine with its lights and siren on was traveling south on Santiago Avenue at about 7 p.m., near Recreation Park, in response to an injury collision involving two vehicles. A 2013 Volvo S60 driven by a 36-year-old Beverly Hills resident was traveling west on 7th Street and was stopped in the left-hand tu lane, police said. “The traffic control light had cycled to y...

AUSTIN, Texas — An Austin-area father and son who were vacationing in Europe with their family are among the victims of the deadly truck attack in Nice, France, relatives said Friday. Sean Copeland, 51, and his son Brodie, 11, were killed Thursday evening in what French authorities have described as a terror attack, family friend Jess Davis said. • Photos: Dozens dead in Bastille Day attack in Nice, France “We are heartbroken and in shock over the loss of Brodie Copeland, an amazing son and brother who lit up our lives, and Sean Copeland, a wonderful husband and father,” the Copeland family said in a statement released by Davis. “They are so loved.” Davis said the Copeland family from Lakew...

Dozens of people have been killed in Nice, France, after a truck plowed through a crowd that had gathered Thursday to watch fireworks on Bastille Day. While investigators work to determine who was involved and what motivated the deliberate attack, here’s what you can do right now to help the victims. Donate to verified French charity groups French Red Cross: www.croix-rouge.fr French Catholic Relief: www.secours-catholique.org Give for France: www.giveforfrance.org Be sure to do your research before giving to online fundraising campaigns. WHERE TO FIND RESOURCES State Department guide for U.S. citizens victimized overseas: travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/emergencies.html The United Na...