Accidents that occured in California or impacted California residents.
A crew with the Los Angeles County Fire Department was involved in a traffic collision in Santa Clarita. The crew had been dispatched to Whites Canyon Road and Nadal Street on reports of an earlier collision. One victim was taken to a nearby hospital in unknown condition.
Two San Francisco women, who suffered the unimaginable loss of family members in a mistaken-identity triple murder in 2008, were among those killed in a head-on crash in Calaveras County. The crash happened on Highway 4, west of the town of Copperopolis on Friday.
A 16-month-old toddler was killed in Oceanside after being hit by a truck. The incident occurred on Tuesday night when the child ran out in front of the vehicle. Authorities are investigating the cause of the crash.
A bicyclist was struck and killed while riding in the Quartz Hill area of Los Angeles County. The incident occurred on Monday night near the intersection of 42nd Street West and Avenue L. The bicyclist was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.
Police are investigating a crash that tore a car apart, leaving one person dead in Santa Ana. The single-vehicle crash occurred shortly after 11 p.m. in the 3900 block of Flower Street. An unidentified occupant of the BMW was pronounced dead at the scene.
A person is dead after a multi-vehicle crash on Monday afternoon in Shafter, California. One person died and two vehicles were involved in the collision. Traffic is closed on East Lerdo Highway between Cherry Avenue and Vultee Road.
Eastbound lanes on Interstate 80 in Emeryville were blocked for hours after a big rig plowed into the center divider late Monday night. Three other vehicles were involved in the crash, with at least one driver suffering significant injuries.
A minor is in the hospital with major injuries after an accident in Roseville. Three others were taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
A crash involving multiple vehicles sent six people, including two children, to the hospital on Saturday morning near the Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area in Los Angeles.
A motorcycle rider in Sacramento, identified as Alexander Verhoeven, was killed in a multi-vehicle crash on Highway 99. The incident occurred on Thursday night. The rider was ejected from the motorcycle and struck by additional vehicles, resulting in his death.