Automobile Accidents

• DUI Arrest Follows Head-on Crash on Highway 44

  Todd Slaughter | October 22, 2008 5:35 PM | 0 CommentsRedding, CA

  REDDING, Calif. - The Record Searchlight reported that a three-vehicle head-on crash occurred on State Route 44 between Palo Cedro and Redding yesterday afternoon. A 31-year-old Redding woman was...

• Chronic Whiplash Pain Is Real, and Often Caused by Spinal Facet Injury

  Todd Slaughter | September 12, 2008 7:24 PM | 2 CommentsRedding, CA

  In an article published in late 2007 in the prestigious Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the often asserted position that whiplash injuries cannot result in chronic pain was...

• Stop! Pull Over! Remove that Cell from Your Ear!

  Todd Slaughter | July 02, 2008 1:07 PM | 0 CommentsRedding, CA

  CHICO, Calif. The City of Chico Police Department and the local contingent of the California Highway Patrol (CHP) rolled out onto the streets on July 1 with the avowed purpose of getting the message...

• Does the New California Cell Phone Law Make the Roads Safer?

  Todd Slaughter | May 30, 2008 5:09 PM | 2 CommentsRedding, CA

  The papers and television stations have recently highlighted the changes in California lawconcerning the use of cell phones due to take effect on July 1, 2008. Our previous post on the subject...

• Deputy Rear-ends Truck, Driving at a Safe Speed?

  Todd Slaughter | May 07, 2008 11:50 AM | 0 CommentsRedding, CA

  RED BLUFF, CA. On Saturday, May 3, 2008, a young couple from Oakland traveling southbound on I-5 were rearended by a Tehama County Sheriff's patrol car. The collision caused the couple's truck to...

• Cell Phone Causes Another Serious Crash

  Todd Slaughter | May 06, 2008 11:50 AM | 0 CommentsRedding, CA

  PAYNES CREEK, Ca. A 37 year-old woman ran off Manton Road at 9:20 a.m. yesterday with her 6 month-old daughter in the back seat. The car drifted off the shoulder while the driver was talking on her...

• Rain/Speed Cause Death on Highway 299

  Todd Slaughter | April 23, 2008 5:39 PM | 0 CommentsRedding, CA

  DOUGLAS CITY. A collision between two trucks on Highway 299 in Trinity County resulted in death on Tuesday, April 22, 2008. The driver of an eastbound tire truck was struck head-on by a westbound...

• "Looky Lou" Causes I-5 Car Crash

  Todd Slaughter | March 27, 2008 10:06 AM | 0 CommentsRedding, CA

  Car accidents are ugly, destructive, life-changing events. Crashes can severely alter the driving environment by blocking lanes, placing debris on the roadway, and causing road, bridge, and property damage. Unfortunately, just as an audience is captivated by the spectacle of a high-speed crash in an action movie, motorists approaching an accident scene tend to be distracted while...

• Is Boating Safety Seasonal At Cypress Bridge?

  Todd Slaughter | March 06, 2008 5:19 PM | 0 CommentsRedding, CA

  On Wednesday, March 5, 2008, a panel of eight Sacramento River enthusiasts including kayakers, river guides, boaters, and fishermen recommended that the City of Redding close the waterway beneath the Cypress Avenue Bridge construction site when river flows exceed 10,000 cubic feet per second (CFS). The river typically exceeds 10,000 CFS in the summer months.The City appointed the panel to...

• Is Boating Safety Seasonal At Cypress Bridge?(2)

  Todd Slaughter | March 06, 2008 5:19 PM | 0 CommentsRedding, CA

  On Wednesday, March 5, 2008, a panel of eight Sacramento River enthusiasts including kayakers, river guides, boaters, and fishermen recommended that the City of Redding close the waterway beneath the Cypress Avenue Bridge construction site when river flows exceed 10,000 cubic feet per second (CFS). The river typically exceeds 10,000 CFS in the summer months.The City appointed the panel to...