Orange County Hit-and-Run Car Accident Injures One :: Southern ...

One person was injured in an Orange County car accident after his vehicle was struck by another car at a street intersection in Santa Ana, California. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the accident occurred the morning of September 11, 2009 at the intersection of Bear Street and Segerstrom Avenue. Santa Ana police say a silver Dodge minivan going north on Bear collided with a white Oldsmobile that was headed east on Segerstrom. The minivan rolled on its side, trapping the 59-year-old driver and his 17-year old passenger inside. The driver of the Oldsmobile fled the scene of the accident on foot. The 59-year-old man complained of pain and was taken to a local hospital. The teen was not injured.

I'm glad that no one was catastrophically injured or killed in this street intersection accident. I wish the injured driver of the Dodge the very best for a quick and complete recovery. Please keep him in your prayers.

Orange County Car Accident Statistics

According to the California Highway Patrol's 2007 Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS), there were 24 deaths and 1,468 injuries involving car accidents in Santa Ana, California. In Orange County as a whole, 178 deaths and 14,185 injuries were reported as a result of car accidents in 2007.

Based on this newspaper report, police officials say they are not sure yet who was at fault for this California car accident . However, the driver of the Oldsmobile who fled the scene, will most likely face criminal hit-and-run charges for leaving the scene of the accident. California law requires motorists to remain at the scene of the accident, whether or not the car accident was their fault.

California Car Accident Law

According to California Vehicle Code section 20001: "The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to a person, other than himself or herself, or in the death of a person shall immediately stop the vehicle at the scene of the accident."

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Car indulgence

20.07.10

San Bernardino County has no reason to be more generous with travel perks than its Southern California neighbors. The county's spendthrift car allowance policies waste public money better used for other needs. County supervisors should reduce the number of people who collect this benefit, and tie the payment to actual costs.

A survey of vehicle benefits by Riverside County shows that San Bernardino County pays the highest car allowance of any county in Southern California. The county gives officials a choice of driving a county vehicle or receiving a $1,123 monthly car allowance, or $1,685 a month for the vast 1st District. Los Angeles County provides a maximum of $620 a month. Orange County offers $765 monthly. And while San Diego County offers as much as $1,000 per month, only 10 people qualify for that amount, with another 34 collecting lower benefits.

San Bernardino County also extends the benefit to far more people than other counties do. The county says 120 people now get the choice of a county car or vehicle allowance -- nearly 2½ times more people than the next most-generous county.

Source: Press-Enterprise