Southern California

You’re not invincible. Ed Scott knows it, because his son is dead. Eddie, 17, died June 5 last year. He and the driver of the vehicle he was in had inhaled nitrous oxide — laughing gas. But within 13 minutes on the 10 Freeway, near where it intersects the 15, there would be no laughing. […]

MONTCLAIR >> Two people are in critical condition following a violent crash Tuesday night in Montclair, officials said. The crash took place around 9:30 p.m., in the 4800 block of Mission Boulevard, according to a Montclair police statement. Officers found a vehicle that had crashed into the center median along Mission Boulevard. The force of […]

JOHANNESBURG >> At least 38 girls and young women were killed in a crash while travelling to a famous traditional festival in Swaziland, a rights group said on Saturday. About 20 others were injured when the truck they were in collided with another vehicle on Friday, the Swaziland Solidarity Network said in a statement. The […]

A man in his 70s died Friday morning when the vehicle he was driving crashed into a power pole in San Bernardino. There was a medical episode for the driver that resulted in the crash, according to San Bernardino police. The crash occurred at 9:29 a.m. in the 700 block of East Central Avenue, police […]

POMONA — The coroner’s office identified a 30-year-old female pedestrian Thursday who was fatally struck by two vehicles in Pomona, one of which left without stopping. The accident occurred in the 3600 block of Temple Avenue around 8:45 p.m. Tuesday, said Pomona police Lt. Alex Rilloraza. Killed at the scene was Lauro Alvarado of Pomona, […]

WEST COVINA – A man in a stolen car led police on a pursuit Wednesday that wound through side streets and freeways before it ended with the car hitting a pole in Ontario. West Covina Police spokesman Rudy Lopez said Andrew Escobedo, 19, of West Covina was arrested on suspicion of grand theft auto and […]

Pomona police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run crash after two cars struck a man crossing the street Tuesday but only one driver stopped. Around 8:45 p.m. Tuesday, officers were called to the area of Temple Avenue and South Campus Drive for a person hit by a car, according to a police statement. There they found […]

As tributes to late Verizon Indy Car Series driver Justin Wilson continue to be paid, there is an added urgency to enclose the cockpits of open-wheel cars. Wilson died Monday night after sustaining a serious head injury in Sunday’s IndyCar race at Pocono Raceway. Wilson was hit by a piece of debris that flew off […]

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department officials today submitted their investigation of a fatal Malibu traffic crash involving Caitlyn Jenner to the District Attorney’s Office, which will determine if a criminal case is warranted. The District Attorney’s Major Crimes Division will review the potential case against Jenner, according to Greg Risling of the […]