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Could New Jersey commuter train crash happen here?

Q: What happened in New Jersey? A: A commuter train, New Jersey Transit train No. 1614, bulldozed into the Hoboken Terminal station after crashing through an end-of-the-line barrier at 8:45 a.m. Thursday. A woman standing on the platform was killed and more than 100 others, mostly train passengers, were injured when the train slammed into […]

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Fontana police officer cleared of negligence in 2012 fatal collision

FONTANA >> After deliberating five hours, a San Bernardino Superior Court jury earlier this week cleared a Fontana police officer charged with negligence in the deaths of a man and his mother-in-law in a 2012 traffic collision, the city’s legal representatives announced Thursday. The family of Jose Landaverde alleged that Fontana police Cpl. Jason Coillot […]

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I-15 crash kills San Bernardino woman along Eastvale-Jurupa Valley border

A high-speed freeway crash killed a San Bernardino woman along the border between Jurupa Valley and Eastvale, California Highway Patrol officials say. The victim died at the scene of the 12:53 p.m. wreck Tuesday, Sept. 27, along the southbound lanes of Interstate 15 at Mission Boulevard. For reasons that weren’t immediately determined, her 2016 Nissan […]

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A face behind the news: Homeless man in Pomona killed in hit-and-run remembered fondly

POMONA >> Noel Tarifi was heartbroken when she learned last week a man she befriended had been killed by a hit-and-run driver. “He had already lost his leg in a car crash before and was in a wheelchair,” Tarifi said. “So it’s really sad to know he died because of another reckless driver.” Charles Atterbury, […]

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Baldwin Park, Ontario residents killed in Irwindale collision

IRWINDALE >> A crash between a motorcycle and a car in Irwindale early Sunday claimed the lives of both the motorcyclist and the driver of the car, authorities said. The crash took place about 12:30 a.m. in the 14900 block of Los Angeles Street, east of Maine Avenue, Irwindale police Sgt. Rudy Gatto said in […]

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Hesperia woman killed in collision that caused Sigalert on 15 Freeway

RANCHO CUCAMONGA >> A Hesperia woman was killed Thursday after a large dump truck collided with her compact car, according to a California Highway Patrol news release. Faith Michaela Hawkins, whose age was not provided in the news release, was traveling south on the 15 Freeway near the 210 interchange about 11:13 a.m. Thursday when […]

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Quick justice: Ontario man gets 3 years for Pomona crash that killed man in wheelchair last weekend

POMONA >> An unlicensed driver who drove off after fatally injuring a homeless man in a wheelchair in Pomona last weekend pleaded no contest Wednesday to felony charges and was sentenced to nearly three years in state prison. Alejandro Ambriz, 43, of Ontario entered his plea to one count each of hit-and-run driving resulting in […]

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