Automobile Accidents

• Proposed California Law Bans Cell Phones for Cyclists

  Todd Slaughter | April 08, 2010 2:03 PM | 0 CommentsRedding, CA

  Democrat Senator Joe Simitian of Palo Alto, the author of the original bill that banned the use all but hands-free cell phones for California drivers, has now introduced a law which seeks expand the...

• Cell Phone Causes Major I-5 Crash - Federal Government Employee not Following California Law

  Todd Slaughter | July 13, 2009 2:30 PM | 0 CommentsRedding, CA

  We all know it is a bad idea to fool around with our cell phones while we are driving. One group of researchers at the University of Utah found that drivers on cell phones are more likely to cause...

• The Deer Warns "I'm Here," Helpful?

  Todd Slaughter | June 23, 2009 1:18 PM | 1 CommentRedding, CA

  FORT JONES, Calif. - This summer Cal Trans is installing a deer detection system in a remote area of far northern California. The system involves the radar detection of deer and other large mammals...

• Cyclist Injured by Hit-and-Run Driver

  Todd Slaughter | May 21, 2009 1:04 PM | 0 CommentsRedding, CA

  REDDING, Calif. - On the evening that the Shasta Wheelmen participated in the international Ride of Silence, a slow-ride of rememberance of cyclists injured or killed on public roadways, a...

• Chico Police Crack Down on Cell Phone Use by Motorists

  Todd Slaughter | May 01, 2009 4:00 PM | 0 CommentsRedding, CA

  CHICO, Calif. - Yesterday the Chico Police Department issued 44 citations in a single day crackdown on cell phones by motorists. It has been unlawful to use a handheld cell phone while operating a...

• Crash into Klamath River Kills Driver, Injures Passengers

  Todd Slaughter | April 27, 2009 12:52 PM | 0 CommentsRedding, CA

  REDDING, Calif. - On Tuesday, March 21, 2009, a single car crash off State Route 96 in Somes Bar took the life of the driver and critically injured two passengers. According to the Eureka...

• Head-On Collision on SR 299 Kills Arizona Man

  Todd Slaughter | March 13, 2009 5:16 PM | 0 CommentsRedding, CA

  NORTHERN CALIFORNIA - Last night a 50-year-old Arizona man was fatally injured when his Chevy S-10 pickup drifted across the centerline of Highway 299 and collided with another vehicle. According to...

• Crash Kills Woman on South Market

  Todd Slaughter | March 10, 2009 2:02 PM | 0 CommentsRedding, CA

  REDDING, Calif. - Yesterday I was driving up So. Market street at about 11:30 a.m. when I observed numerous emergency vehicles crowded together in the southbound lane. There were scores of people...

• Fatal Rollover on I-5 near Willows

  Todd Slaughter | February 19, 2009 7:42 PM | 0 CommentsRedding, CA

  WILLOWS, Calif. - A Wednesday morning rollover of a 2008 Chevy Suburban killed a 24-year-old Oregon woman and seriously injured three others. According to the Chico Enterprise-Record the rollover...

• Two Drivers Seriously Injured in Head-On I-5 Crash

  Todd Slaughter | February 12, 2009 11:23 AM | 5 CommentsRedding, CA

  ANDERSON, Calif. - A mid-afternoon crash on I-5 yesterday sent both motorists to Mercy Medical Center with major injuries. According to the Redding Record Searchlight, the crash occurred on I-5 near...