Yazmin Rodriguez, 18, was killed and two others were injured in an Escondido car accident the night of July 23, 2010.

Two teenage girls were injured in an Orange County car accident after the car they were in crashed on the 55 Freeway in Tustin.

Victor Martinez, 19, was killed in a Sacramento car accident after he lost control of his car on Highway 99 and crashed.

Natanael Garcia, 11, was killed in a Los Angeles car accident after he was struck by a vehicle at a local intersection.

Ryan David Sears, 26, was killed in a San Francisco car accident early morning on July 6, 2010.

The family of 49-year-old Joe Vega, who was killed in a wrong-way car accident caused by a Verizon truck driver, has received a $7 million settlement from the utilities company.

A DUI collision in Santa Paula left 31-year-old Esther Bautista injured the afternoon of June 15, 2010. The Santa Paula Times reports that the collision occurred on Highway 126. Driver Efren Carbajal, 47, slammed into the back of Bautista's 1995 Mercury Villager minivan. The impact from the crash caused the minivan to veer off the road and overturn. Bautista was injured and taken to a local hospital, but her two children, who were in the minivan, were unharmed. Police booked Carbajal on suspicion of felony drunk driving.

A recent study by the University of Minnesota has found that summer, not winter, is the most dangerous time when it comes to car accidents.

Two LAPD police officers sustained injuries in a Los Angeles car accident as they were responding to a report of a possible gang-related shooting in Hollywood.

Ricardo Colacion, 76, was injured in a Garden Grove car accident after he was struck by a vehicle while crossing the street.