Santa Ana Police Department
Victim: Male (50’s) Pending Family Notification
On Thursday, January 11th at approximately 11:29 p.m., SAPD officers responded to the area of the 1100 block of W 17th Street regarding a hit and run vehicle collision involving a pedestrian, with the pedestrian reported to still be in the roadway. OCFA responded and treated the pedestrian at the scene before pronouncing him deceased. Continue reading
California Highway Patrol officers are searching for the driver of a white sedan who they say fled from a traffic collision that killed two people on the 405 Freeway in Santa Ana on Friday, Jan. 5, according to the O.C. Register.
The accident happened in the evening on Friday, at about 8:30 p.m., on the 405, heading north, just north of Harbor Blvd. A sliver Audi was speeding when it made a lane change and crashed into a Dodge Challenger before crashing into the freeway’s center divider, according to the CHP. Continue reading
John Motesharrei, a 40-year-old Westminster man, pleaded guilty on his birthday Tuesday to a hit-and-run collision that killed Juan Ramirez Garcia, a 48-year-old Santa Ana man who was jogging in Fountain Valley, according to the O.C. Register.
Motesharrei pleaded guilty to hit and run with permanent injury, a felony, and hit and run with property damage, a misdemeanor. Continue reading
Santa Ana Police Department
Deceased: Reno Nicklaus Carothers (26) Santa Ana
On Thursday, November 30, 2017 at approximately 5:30 p.m., our officers responded to the intersection of Bristol Street and Santa Clara Avenue in regards to a motorcycle vs. vehicle collision with the motorcyclist reported to still be in the roadway. OCFA responded and briefly treated the motorcyclist at the scene before pronouncing him deceased. Continue reading
N. Bristol Street was shut down this evening after a fatal crash between a motorcyclist and a taxi cab, at W. Memory Lane and N. Bristol St., according to the O.C. Register.
The crash happened at around 5:40 p.m., according to the SAPD. Continue reading
Raul Vazquez Jr., 50, of Santa Ana, was killed on Thursday morning when he was struck by a vehicle when he got out of a disabled car on the Garden Grove (22) Freeway, according to the Fountain Valley Patch.
Charlotte Nugent, 68, of Seal Beach, died at UCI Medical Center in Orange at 9:37 a.m. She was driving one of the vehicles that crashed, according to the O.C. Coroner. Continue reading
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: November 16, 2017
SANTA ANA, Calif. – The Orange County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA) will continue to serve as the statewide traffic safety training agency through its acceptance of two grants from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) for a training and Vertical Prosecution Program. OCDA was given $672,500 for the Alcohol and Drug Impaired Driver Vertical Prosecution Program and $594,600 for the California Traffic Safety Resource Program Training Network. OCDA has been working in partnership with OTS on Traffic Safety and driving under the influence of drugs (DUID) prosecutions since 2011. Continue reading
David Lee Macmillian, a 54-year-old homeless man, died Thursday evening, Oct. 26, hours after trying to ride his bicycle through opposing vehicle traffic and colliding with a Corvette, according to the O.C. Register.
Macmillian was apparently riding his bike north on the southbound side of Main St., on the sidewalk on Thursday night, at 6:46 p.m. Then he left the sidewalk and tried to cut through traffic, as he was riding his bike northeast near West Columbine Ave. That is when a yellow 2005 Corvette that was heading north on Main collided into him, according to the SAPD. Continue reading
Santa Ana Police Department
Advisory: SAPD Investigating Fatal Vehicle vs. Pedestrian Collision
Deceased: Johanna Vargas (27) Santa Ana
On 10/24/2017, at approximately 11:22 pm, officers responded to the scene of a vehicle vs. pedestrian traffic collision in the 3600 block of West First Street (near Santa Anita Park). Officers located a 27-year old female pedestrian, Johanna Vargas, suffering from major head trauma as result of the collision. The Orange County Fire Authority responded to the scene and transported the victim to UCI medical center to be treated. The victim succumbs to her injuries at the hospital. Continue reading
Fatal Traffic Collision and Officer Involved Shooting
On 10/13/2017 at 11:34 PM, Fountain Valley Police Officers responded to a fatal traffic collision at Magnolia and Mint. While investigating the fatal collision at 5:16 AM, a suspect driving a black Dodge pick-up truck drove at officers and through the fatal traffic collision scene. The suspect turned around and drove at officers a second time, and an officer involved shooting occurred.
The suspect fled the area and was stopped by officers at Bushard, south of Edinger, where he was arrested. No officers were injured and the male suspect was transported to a local hospital for non-life threatening injuries. Continue reading
Santa Ana Police Department
Advisory: SAPD Investigating Early Morning Fatal Vehicle vs. Pedestrian Collision
On 10/13/2017 at 0103 hours, officers were dispatched to the area of 1500 E. 17th Street for a report of a vehicle vs. pedestrian collision. Officers arrived and the found a female Hispanic, approximately 50 years of age lying in the eastbound #3 lane of 17th Street just before Concord Street. Continue reading
A two-car crash that ended on the front porch of a Santa Ana home sent three people to the hospital, with one person critically injured, on Sunday, according to the O.C. Register.
Officials first responded to the collision that occurred on the 100 block of East Edinger Avenue between midnight and 1 a.m., according to KTLA. Continue reading
A man was seriously injured Saturday evening, Sept. 23, when he was struck by a car that drove onto a sidewalk following a two-vehicle collision, according to the O.C. Register.
The victim was walking on the sidewalk at the 500 block of North Main St. when two cars collided, at about 8:50 p.m. One of the vehicles injured the victim when it went onto the sidewalk, after the collision. Continue reading
The SAPD is searching for two vehicles involved in a hit-and-run that left a family injured Thursday night, according to the O.C. Register.
The incident happened at around 7:40 p.m. on Thursday night, Sept. 21, when a black Jeep and a white truck crashed at 1st and Raitt streets, according to the SAPD. Continue reading
Santa Ana Police Department
Advisory: SAPD Traffic Investigating A Fatal Traffic Collision, 98 Year-Old Victim
Deceased Victim: Jose Juarez De Martínez (98) Santa Ana
On Monday, September 18th, 2017 at approximately 11:32 am, our officers responded to 4th and Santa Fe Streets regarding a vehicle versus pedestrian traffic collision with the pedestrian still down in the roadway. OCFA responded and transported the elderly male, with head injuries, to a local hospital for treatment. Continue reading