Author name: CCAR Staff

PHILADELPHIA >> Amtrak trains began rolling on the busy Northeast Corridor early Monday, the first time in almost a week after a deadly crash in Philadelphia, and officials vowed to have safer trains and tracks while investigators worked to determine the cause of the derailment. Amtrak resumed service along the corridor with a 5:30 a.m. […]

RIVERSIDE >> Authorities say one of the six U.S. Marines aboard a helicopter that crashed during a relief mission in earthquake-hit Nepal was identified as a 30-year-old from Riverside County. A joint military task force said Sunday that Sgt. Eric M. Seaman was one of six U.S. Marines and two Nepalese soldiers who died when […]

INDUSTRY >> Coroner’s officials Sunday released the named of a Baldwin Park man and an Ontario woman who died when the car they were passengers in left the roadway and struck a tree along the 60 Freeway early Saturday. Rafael Flores Reinoso, 49, of Baldwin Park and Michelle Alvarez, 23, of Ontario, died at the […]

KATHMANDU, Nepal >> The bodies of six U.S. Marines and two Nepalese soldiers who were aboard a Marine helicopter that crashed during a relief mission in earthquake-hit Nepal have been identified, officials said Sunday. The wreckage of the UH-1 “Huey” was found Friday following days of intense searching in the mountains northeast of Kathmandu, Nepal’s […]

INDUSTRY >> A Baldwin Park man and an Ontario woman died early Saturday when the car they were passengers in veered off the roadway and struck a tree along the 60 Freeway in an unincorporated county area near Industry, authorities said. Paramedics pronounced the 49-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman dead at the scene, officials […]

POTISKUM, Nigeria >> A teenage suicide bomber blew herself up and killed seven other people Saturday outside a bustling bus station in the northeast Nigerian town of Damaturu, the state medical director said of the latest in a string of attacks this week by Nigeria’s home-grown Boko Haram extremists. Thirty-three people were seriously injured and […]

DIAMOND BAR >> The driver of big rig was seriously injured Friday morning after his truck hit a stalled truck on the east 60 Freeway. The 1:23 a.m. collision east of Grand Avenue shut down most of the eastbound lanes for nearly seven hours, causing traffic to back up. California Highway Patrol Sgt. Mike Maehr […]

Three motorcycle riders were treated for injuries Wednesday morning after their bikes crashed on the 15 Freeway just south of Oak Hill Road. All were taken to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, authorities said. The crash occurred just before 8:30 a.m. in the northbound lanes of the 15. Lynn Elbe, 71, of Ohio lost control […]

LOS ANGELES — Metro will provide free bus and train rides for Los Angeles County bicyclists today as part of “Bike to Work Day,” one of several events being held for the Bike Week LA bicycle and pedestrian safety campaign. Along with Metro, other Los Angeles County transit providers that will be offering free rides […]