A man was killed and his teen aged niece was injured in a collision on the southbound 55 freeway at the Del Mar Avenue exit in Costa Mesa around 6 p.m. Tuesday. As many as 4 cars were involved in the crash, including one that fled the accident scene. A …
Read More »FAMILY ESCAPES EARLY MORNING MOBILE HOME FIRE
A family of four escaped their burning mobile home at 4801 W 1st St. in Santa Ana shortly before 2 a.m. Arriving OCFA Firefighters reported that the mobile home was fully involved with fire and was a danger to the two homes next door. It took about 30 minutes for …
Read More »TEEN KILLED IN HORRIBLE THANKSGIVING MORNING CRASH ON THE 405
An 18 year old from San Diego was killed in a crash in the rain on the southbound 405 freeway north of Harbor Blvd. in Costa Mesa shortly before 3 a.m. Thanksgiving morning. The Fiat the teen was riding in struck a car on the freeway and became disabled with …
Read More »FAST WORK BY FIREFIGHTERS QUICKLY STOPS WIND DRIVEN FIRE
A fast response and an aggressive attack quickly stopped a well established, wind driven fire in a strip mall at 2222 W. 1st St. in Santa Ana early Friday morning. The fire was dispatched at 3:13 a.m. with the first fire engine arriving several minutes later. Heavy winds fanned the …
Read More »HELICOPTER MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING ON GOLF COURSE
A Robinson R22 helicopter made an emergency landing on hole 3 at the Costa Mesa Country Club after experiencing mechanical problems around 2:30 p.m. this afternoon. Costa Mesa Firefighters used golf carts to access the course and find the downed helicopter. Both the flight instructor and his student were uninjured …
Read More »SUSPECTED DUI DRIVER CAUSES BIG MESS IN FULLERTON
A suspected DUI driver is in custody after an accident that closed Chapman Avenue and sent 2 people to the hospital. The accident was reported to Police at 12:46 a.m. on Chapman Avenue just west of Commonwealth Avenue. Police were in the area at the time of the crash responding …
Read More »MEXICAN POLICE OFFICER ARRESTED TRANSPORTING 50 POUNDS OF METHAMPHETAMINE
The Orange County Sheriff’s Departments Highway Interdiction Team arrested a man who identified himself as an Ensenada, Mexico Police Officer during a traffic stop on Interstate 5 in south Orange County on October 9th. The man, 41 year old Miguel Patron, appeared to be extremely nervous according to Deputies who …
Read More »MAN KILLED IN SUSPECTED DUI CRASH ON THE 5 FREEWAY IN IRVINE
The California Highway Patrol received reports of a single vehicle crash at 12:46 a.m. on the transition road from the northbound 5 freeway to the northbound 405 freeway in Irvine. Upon arrival Officers and Firefighters located 2 victims, including the passenger who apparently was not wearing a seatbelt and was …
Read More »HEAD ON CRASH KILLS ONE IN NEWPORT BEACH
The driver of a pick up truck was killed when he collided head on with a Scion occupied by an Uber driver and his passenger on Pacific Coast Highway shortly before Midnight. The Uber driver was critically injured and his passenger suffered a broken arm. Firefighters had to use the …
Read More »SUSPECTED DUI DRIVER LOSES CONTROL AND HITS FAMILY OF FOUR ON SIDEWALK IN IRVINE
Irvine Police and the Orange County Fire Authority responded to a major traffic accident near the intersection of Turtle Rock Drive and Ridgeline Drive in Irvine around 8 p.m. Wednesday night. A massive response was launched by the O.C.F.A to treat at least 5 injured victims, including one trapped under …
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