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My News LA reports the police are seeking an 18-year-old alleged street racer accused of a hit-and-run crash. The crash happened in Palmdale and killed two people. They are asking for the public's help. The police believed the suspect, Jamall Tyree Madden, to be the responsible driver. They estimate that Madden was traveling over 100 mph on Rancho Vista Boulevard near 11th Street West when he crashed into the victim's...

Quick work by the California Highway Patrol may have caught a hit-and-run driver on I-5 involving a motorcycle crash. The California News Times reported on the situation. The accident happened earlier today on the north-facing lane of I-5 south of Smoky Bear Road. The Los Angeles County Fire Department was also called in to assist. All northward lanes of I-5 near the area were under a SigAlert for some time...

The driver who allegedly killed a Ventura teen in a crash on Highway 101 has pleaded not guilty to the charges. The VC Star reports. The CHP stated that the accused man was driving a 2005 Nissan Sentra and went off the right shoulder down an embankment. Two unbelted teen girls in the car were thrown out as the car rolled down the hill. One of the teens died, and...

An unusual situation happened in three different cities this week. Cattle broke free from trucks, farms, and slaughterhouses. One incident took place in a Los Angeles suburb. The Guardian reports. The cattle escape on Wednesday in Los Angeles was the largest. Forty cattle fled a slaughterhouse into the suburb, entering yards and blocking traffic. One of the animals was killed after charging a family and most of the others were...

After a Pomona accident that killed a woman in her house, the driver has been sentenced to six years in state prison for gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. PE.com reported on the sentencing. The sentenced man, Carmelino Oliver Martinez Ordonez, pleaded no contest to the count according to the court record. According to the Pomona Police Department, Ordonez was going south on Hamilton Boulevard in Pomona at a high rate...

A man is suing the Hawthorne Police Department after being blinded in one eye after an arrest. There is enough evidence that the police have launched their own investigation into the matter. NBC Los Angeles reports. The man suing was arrested for misdemeanor domestic violence. While at the station, according to the man's lawyer, an officer pushed him against some lockers against the wall. A protruding piece of metal stabbed...

Lake Havasu is a popular vacation destination for people in California. But it can also be a dangerous one. Winds on the lake can push boats away from swimmers and cause them to drown before they can get back to safety. That's what seems to have happened in an accident that killed a teen last Sunday. His body was recovered yesterday. KTLA reported on the tragedy. A group of people,...

Walking late at night in LA is dangerous because it's harder to see pedestrians, but for homeless people they don't have a choice. CBS reported that a homeless pedestrian died in a hit-and-run last Sunday night. An officer at the Los Angeles Police Department's Operations Center said that it happened at 1606 S. Grande Vista Avenue in Boyle Heights. The 62-year-old victim was crossing the street and got hit by...

When a crash is bad enough, the at-fault driver can also receive criminal charges. In fatality crashes, it's usually some form of vehicular manslaughter. But sometimes the charge is murder. The Mercury News reports that the Alameda DA wants to upgrade one accused driver's charges from manslaughter to murder. The accused driver is believed to have run over a mother of 7 who was picking up her child from school....

Reader discretion is advised for this next story. The Los Angeles Times states a man in San Jose crashed his pickup truck into a bar, killing a woman and injuring two others. Court documents say he was having sex at the time of the crash, along with driving DUI. The suspect was told to leave the Agave Sports Bar & Grill due to intoxication. Witnesses saw him and a young...