Fairfield residents Christopher Valdueza, 19, Sukhpreet Singh, 20, Michael Valdueza, 20, and 20-year-old Timothy Beaver were injured in a San Francisco area car accident, which police report, involved a drunk driver. According to a news article in The Reporter, the DUI collision occurred on Ramsey Road near Gold Hill Road in Fairfield, during the early morning hours of December 20, 2011. Officials say the car's driver, Vandor Alde, 20, was traveling at about 80 mph in a 65 mph zone when he lost control of the 2008 Dodge Charger and crashed through a fence and struck a tree.

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Michelle Simmons is offering a $1,500 cash reward to anyone that can help her locate the hit-and-run driver responsible for causing the San Francisco area car accident that resulted in serious injuries for her and a passenger. The hit-and-run car accident occurred the evening of November 29, 2011 on Watsonville Road in the unincorporated Gilroy area of Santa Clara.

According to The Morgan Hill Times, Simmons was driving a Honda convertible and rounding a blind curve when her vehicle approached a car in her lane of traffic. The vehicle clipped the front of her Honda sending it spinning into a telephone pole and down a roadside ravine. Simmons suffered a leg injury and burns to her face. Her passenger sustained a broken back and both of them still suffer from whiplash-related back problems. Simmons is offering the reward to anyone with information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the hit-and-run driver in this case.

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Hugo Garcia-Espinoza, 22, Guillermo Montanez, 58, and two passengers were injured in a San Francisco car accident when their vehicles collided head-on. According to a news report in The Napa Valley Register, the injury accident occurred on Highway 29 near Robert Louis Stevenson State Park in Mount St. Helena, the afternoon of December 17, 2011. Officials say Garcia-Espinoza drove his Honda Civic into oncoming traffic in an attempt to pass a car and struck a Honda Accord driven by Montanez. Garcia-Espinoza suffered a possible broken femur in the crash. Montanez and his two passengers, a 51-year-old woman and a 6-year-old girl, suffered non-life-threatening injuries. It is unclear if Garcia-Espinoza will be cited for the collision.

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Karen Gregory, 64, was killed in a Victorville car accident after she lost control of her car and crashed. According to a news report in The San Bernardino County Sun, the fatal accident occurred in the area of Monte Vista and Olivine roads, the morning of December 16, 2011. Police say Gregory was northbound on Monte Vista in a 1999 Crown Victoria when her car began to swerve. She lost control of the vehicle, which rolled after it left the roadway. Gregory died at the scene. The crash is under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact: 760-241-2911.

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Five people suffered injuries in a car accident after the driver of a Honda Civic crossed double yellow lines and crashed into a Caltrans truck and trailer on Highway 70 in Oroville. According to a news report in the Chico Enterprise Record, the injury collision occurred the morning of December 14, 2011. California Highway Patrol officials say the driver of the Caltrans truck, 60-year-old Gary Wayne Wagner, was southbound on Highway 70 near Cox Lane. He then slowed down to make a legal left turn across the highway.

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A San Diego car accident, which fatally injured 48-year-old Marciano Mendoza Cruz, may have been caused by a hit-and-run driver. According to a news report in The San Diego Union-Tribune, the fatal car accident occurred on the 15 Freeway at Route 78 in Escondido, the morning of December 12, 2011. Officials say Cruz was a passenger in a 1999 BMW being driven by his daughter, Anallely Mendoza, 20. Officials say Anallely Mendoza was driving too fast and lost control of the vehicle sending it spinning into the path of a Ford Econoline van. The van hit the BMW on the passenger side and the father sustained fatal injuries. Officials were getting ready to charge the daughter for reckless driving.

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A 16-year-old boy and an 8-year-old were injured in a Riverside car accident after a 1996 Lexus went out of control and slid off a wet roadway. According to a news report in The Press-Enterprise, the injury accident occurred the afternoon of December 12, 2011 in the eastbound lanes of Alessandro Boulevard at Royal Hill Drive in Riverside. Officials say the 16-year-old driver failed to negotiate a turn and crashed into a tree. The young driver has been listed in critical condition and his 8-year-old passenger was hospitalized for observation.

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David Gomez, 40, of Hayward was killed in an San Francisco area car accident after a white Ford Econoline van hit his wheelchair as he was crossing in a crosswalk. According to a news report in The San Francisco Chronicle, the fatal pedestrian accident occurred on Gomer Street at Patrick Avenue near Weekes Park in Hayward. Officials say Gomez was crossing the street the night of December 10, 2011 when the Ford van turned right onto Patrick and struck him. Officials are investigating the cause of this fatal car accident.

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Roy Rasmussen, 70, was killed in a San Bernardino car accident after he was struck by a vehicle while crossing the street, the night of December 10, 2011. According to a news article in The Press-Enterprise, the fatal pedestrian accident occurred in the 16300 block of Foothill Boulevard in Fontana. Officials say a Nissan Sentra, which was traveling westbound on Foothill, hit Rasmussen. The victim was not in a crosswalk at the time, police report. Rasmussen was taken to an area hospital where he died from his injuries shortly afterward. An investigation is ongoing.

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Debra E. Jones, 57, was seriously injured in a Bakersfield car accident after a vehicle struck her as she was crossing the road, the evening of December 6, 2011. According to a news report in The Californian, the pedestrian accident occurred on North Chester Avenue at Hughes Lane in Bakersfield. Officials say Jones was in the number two lane when the right front of a 2002 Honda Civic, driven by 27-year-old Oscar R. Esquivel, hit her. She sustained major injuries in the crash. The cause of the collision remains under investigation.

My thoughts and prayers are with Debra E. Jones following this terrible car accident. I wish her the best for a complete and prompt recovery.

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