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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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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BIG RIG CRASHES AND BURSTS INTO FLAMES CLOSING THE 57 FREEWAY

  The California Highway Patrol received the first call at 3:31 a.m. reporting that a big rig truck traveling southbound on the 57 freeway just north of Yorba Linda Bl. in Fullerton had crashed through the center divider and burst into flames. Fullerton Fire Department Engine 5 was the first …

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