Texting on a cellphone while driving can be fatal, but so can a lack of sleep. An apparently fatigued man fell asleep at the wheel this morning, crashing his car and killing his wife. more ›

Two LAFD firefighters and two civilians were injured this morning when an ambulance crashed into a car in North Hollywood. While responding to a call for assistance, the emergency vehicle collided with a car at the intersection of Vanowen Street and Vineland Avenue at about 9:20am. more ›

An SUV crashed into a Ventura County Starbucks on Tuesday night, killing one man and injuring two other patrons. The driver, Michael Cedarland of Pasadena, lost control of his vehicle and veered about 300 feet from the road and smashed into the building around 7pm. The victim, Sergio Mendez, 30, was pinned between the vehicle and the front door frame. more ›

Three people are in pretty rough shape after the car they were in took a plunge off a cliff in Malibu last night. Witnesses reported seeing a BMW traveling on PCH fly off a cliff near Pepperdine University around 9pm last night. more ›

The owner of a furniture store in Bell had to physically subdue a drunk driver who crashed into his shop last night after the driver tried to flee the scene, reports KTLA. The crash happened at about 10:30 p.m. at the intersection of Gage and Flora avenues. The driver was at the wheel of a white minivan, and before crashing through the store's wall he hit another car, hopped a curb and broke down a fence. more ›

A motorcyclist crashed into a parked car last night, suffering very serious injuries but not harming the people who were sitting in the vehicle, reports the OC Register. The accident happened at about 6:50 p.m. on Newport Boulevard near 26th Street. The motorcyclist, who hasn't been identified yet, was traveling northbound, and was taken to Western Medical Center in Santa Ana for treatment following the crash. more ›

Police are looking for the suspect who hit a USC motorcyclist last night and took off without offering any help. The 21-year-old USC student was driving on a motorcycle through the intersection at Vermont and Lexington Avenue around 6:40 p.m., when the motorcycle collided with a van. more ›

If you're ever tempted to drive drunk, picture this sobering scenario: a driver in Sylmar was arrested after smashing into an occupied parked truck, which struck a utility pole, starting a fire, causing a power outage. The two trucks were totaled and the other man sleeping in the pick-up truck was injured. more ›

Police say a woman may have fallen asleep at the wheel before she fatally crashed into a pole in Silver Lake last night. There was no evidence that the woman was intoxicated, according to the Los Angeles Times. more ›

Early this morning, a suspected drunk driver crashed his car through a brick wall and into a ten-foot deep swimming pool in Buena Park, reports KTLA. The home, on the 64,000 block of Dale Street, is being rented by three Cal State Fullerton students, who say they were minding their own business, studying, and getting ready to go to sleep when the accident happened. more ›

A vehicle with two adult female occupants crashed through the entrance of the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza mall this morning, and came to a stop dangling about 20 feet over the edge of a second-story balcony. The Los Angeles Fire Department say the car traveled about 70 feet through the front doors. more ›

Three children were placed in the hands of L.A. County Department of Children and Family Services this morning after the youngsters experienced a traumatic car crash involving two drunk drivers. The accident occurred on Van Nuys Boulevard just north of Valerio Street around 12:30am on Monday. more ›

We may have found our Father of the Year's female counterpart - Lisette Avakian. The 35-year-old mother allegedly transported her 4-year-old daughter while drunk driving and crashed the vehicle around 2am Wednesday morning. The accident occurred in the 5900 block of Whitnall Highway in North Hollywood and ended in her car flipping onto its roof. more ›

Two Marine pilots died in a helicopter crash today at Camp Pendleton during a training flight. Their AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopter crashed around 1pm in a training area at the base. Firefighters and rescue crews responded to the scene. more ›

On Sunday morning a driver maneuvered his Ferrari while tearing along the highway at 90mph. His joy ride ended in tragedy. The car slammed into a utility pole, split in half then fell 30 feet from the embankment to the beach. more ›

A Mission Viejo bike shop uploaded surveillance video showing the horrifying moment when an elderly woman hits the gas instead of the brakes, ramming her caddy through the shop and narrowly missing three customers. An 85-year-old woman was trying to pull her 2001 Cadillac Deville into a handicap spot in front of the Rock N' Road Cyclery in Mission Viejo on Tuesday. more ›

An 85-year-old woman pulled into a handicapped parking space in front of a Mission Viejo bicycle shop on Tuesday and decided to enter the shop in her 2001 Cadillac Deville. Instead of hitting the brake, her foot bumped the gas and sent the vehicle through a plate glass window and into the shop before striking a back wall. more ›

PCH has reopened after a crash involving a BMW had it closed down for part of the early morning, reports the Daily News. The accident happened at about 1:30 this morning, when the car slammed into a construction truck, causing the truck to catch on fire. more ›

A Russian jet transporting the Lokomotiv ice hockey team from Yaroslavl to Minsk crashed into the Volga river bank moments after takeoff on Wednesday. A total of 43 passengers died in the accident, and two others endured critical injuries. Among those killed were former L.A. Kings forward Pavol Demitra and former Kings prospect Jan Marek. Russian player Alexander Galimov and a crew member survived the crash. more ›

It's not just your imagination: Angelenos are more than 50 percent more likely to get into a crash than everyone else nationally. That means while everyone else is only colliding once every 10 years, our individual drivers get into collisions every 6.6 years on average. The data comes from a survey of claims in the 200 largest U.S. cities from January 2008 to December 2009 put out by Allstate. more ›

The Los Angeles Fire Department and the Los Angeles Police Department are on the scene of a car crash in the area south of the USC campus involving an SUV that plowed into a home this morning. The vehicle smashed into the side of the home on 4520 S Wesley Ave shortly before 8 a.m. though the cause of the accident is currently under investigation. more ›

Federal investigators have begun a probe into Monday's small plane crash that found a single-engine Cessna smashing into a home in Santa Monica. Santa Monica Airport Director Robert Trimborn told the Santa Monica Mirror that the pilot was headed back to the Santa Monica Airport after taking off on a solo flight to Santa Barbara. more ›

A plane crashed into a home in Santa Monica earlier this afternoon, moderately injuring the pilot but not harming anyone on the ground, reports ABC News. The crash took place at about 3:00 p.m., near the intersection of 21st Street and Dewey Street. The Cessna 172 was attempting to land at the Santa Monica Airport when it began to falter, hitting several trees and a cinder block wall before landing on the garage of the home. more ›

Investigators arrived at the scene around 4:40am to find that a blue and white 1984 Chevrolet van had crashed into the front doors of the business. The van was reported stolen from Bellflower on Saturday evening, and deputies quickly ruled that the vehicle was used as a battering ram for an attempted firearms and ammunition burglary. more ›

A car crash on Sunday night leaves a Garden Grove police sergeant injured and a 23-year-old Los Angeles man accused of driving under the influence (DUI). The driver was traveling east on Trask Avenue around 9:35pm in a small four-door sedan and slammed into an unmarked police car heading south on Euclid Avenue, according to The OC Register. more ›

Los Angeles Metro bus riders experienced a surprise stop on Sunday afternoon while rolling along Wilshire Boulevard near Linden Drive. The bus rear-ended a double-decker CitySights LA tour bus. Luckily, the tour bus was empty. more ›

After their car fell 400 feet over the edge of a cliff in Malibu, three passengers were injured and one was killed, reports the Ventura County Star. Rescue workers got a call about the accident from California Highway Patrol at around 3:35 a.m. more ›

Duane Parkinson, a 42-year-old husband and father of three, was killed on Wednesday, August, 10, after being struck by an SUV while riding his bicycle in Irvine. Parkinson was also a San Bernardino County deputy, reports Daily Pilot. He was off-duty at the time of the incident. more ›

An F-18 fighter jet went missing around 10:30pm on Wednesday night approximately 70 miles south of San Diego and 40 miles west of Ensenada, Mexico, reports myFOXla. The jet was flying on a mission from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar with another aircraft when the pilots lost contact. more ›

A man driving through West LA last night allegedly shot himself in the head while behind the wheel, reports the Daily Breeze. Anthony Camacho, 20, of Culver City, was driving an SUV when officials believe he raised a gun to his head and pulled the trigger, sending his car crashing into a truck in front of him near the intersection of Sepulveda and Wilshire Bvlds. more ›