Author name: CCAR Staff

POMONA >> A 68-year-old man died today from injuries he suffered when the vehicle he was driving went over an embankment in Pomona. The crash occurred about 5:20 p.m. on Mission Boulevard east of Phillips Drive, according to Pomona police. Joseph Holbrook of Montclair was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police […]

JOHANNESBURG >> A commuter train crashed into another passenger train during rush hour Friday in South Africa’s largest city injuring more than 300 people, an emergency services spokeswoman said. Nana Radebe, spokeswoman for Johannesburg Emergency Services, said 326 people were rushed to nearby hospitals with minor to serious injuries. No fatalities were reported. “For now […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. >> Federal safety officials on Tuesday urged commercial buses to have more clearly labeled emergency exits and safety briefings similar to those on planes after their investigation of a deadly collision in California in which a tractor-trailer slammed into a bus full of students. Dozens of students struggled to escape the burning, smoke-filled […]

SEATTLE >> A 16-year-old girl survived a small-plane crash in the rugged mountains of north-central Washington state and then hiked through thick forest to reach safety in what one official called “a miracle.” But searchers still were looking for the wreckage and the teen’s two step-grandparents who also were aboard. There was no official word […]

SAN DIMAS >> A local Formula Drift driver is asking the public’s help to recover a two-car trailer that was stolen from his shop in San Dimas on Sunday. Justin Pawlak said the approximately $6,000 trailer was taken sometime after 3 p.m. Sunday. He discovered the theft Monday morning. “It’s the trailer we use to […]

Authorities are searching for a driver who drove off after striking and killing a woman in Lytle Creek. Jennifer Stoops, a 35-year-old transient, was found lying on the northbound shoulder of Lytle Creek Road, north of Glen Helen Road, in Lytle Creek on Friday night, according to the San Bernardino County Coroner’s Office. Paramedics took […]

LE HAVRE, France >> Tour de France leader Tony Martin had to pull out of the race after breaking his collarbone in a crash that he caused late in Thursday’s sixth stage. The crash also dragged down defending champion Vincenzo Nibali and fellow Tour contender Nairo Quintana, but they escaped with cuts and bruises. A […]

AMIENS, France — Andre Greipel won a rain-drenched fifth stage of the Tour de France in a sprint finish on Wednesday, while fellow German Tony Martin kept the yellow jersey and the main Tour contenders stayed safe as others tumbled around them. Greipel attacked some 100 meters from the line and held on to beat […]

HUY, Belgium — Spanish veteran Joaquim Rodriguez won the crash-marred third stage of the Tour de France on Monday, with British rider Chris Froome finishing second to take the race leader’s yellow jersey. The crash happened with a little under 37 miles remaining, forcing the stage to be neutralized and then stopped altogether shortly after […]