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March 19, 2012 – According to reports a driver struck a bus bench, while having a seizure.

According to authorities the accident occurred at approximately 9:25 a.m. at 2300 Harbor Boulevard in Costa Mesa. The Costa Mesa police officer at the scene of the crash said the driver of a Ford Windstar crashed into a bus bench.
The officer said the driver had a seizure, caused by a medical condition.

The Costa Mesa Fire Department transported the driver of the Ford Windstart to Hoag Hospital for treatment of minor injuries, suffered in the accident.
According to authorities there were no other people injured in the bus stop crash.

March 19, 2012- According to reports, a Metrotrain and car collision occurred Saturday in Downtown Los Angeles injuring six people.

According to authorities the accident occurred at approximately 4:20 p.m. at the intersection of Flower Street and Venice Boulevard in Downtown Los Angeles.
Authorities said the Blue Line train was traveling southbound in route to Long Beach, when the accident occurred.

According to witnesses a black sedan ran a red light, prior to the crash.
Firefighters responding to the scene of the crash extricated the driver of the vehicle that was trapped underneath the front of the train.

According to authorities there were five other people in the vehicle that suffered minor injuries and were transported to area hospitals for treatment.
Metro officials said that the operator of the train suffered minor abrasions in the crash. The said that commuters should expect delays through Saturday and Saturday night, but had the Blue line back on schedule at approximately 9:30 p.m.

March 15, 2012 – According to reports a man was struck and killed by a metrolink train in Van Nuys.  According to the Los Angeles Police Department Valley Traffic Division Sgt. Mike Zaboski the accident occurred Thursday morning at approximately 9:00 a.m. in the 8100 block of Woodley Avenue in Los Angeles.

Sgt. Zaboski said the man that was struck by the Metrolink train was killed instantly. He said according to witnesses the man was sitting on the tracks at the time he was struck and killed by the Metrolink train 110. According to Los Angeles Police Department officials it was not clear if the death was a suicide.
Paramedics responded to the scene of the crash and the man was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to Metrolink the train was carrying 60 passengers at the time of the crash. Metrolink 110 operates between Los Angeles and Ventura, Metrolink officials said. Sgt. Zaboski said that the man’s identity has not been released, but he was in his early 40’s.

March 12, 2012 – According to reports a recall has been issued for Gerber powdered baby formula that was reported to have a strange odor. According Gerber officials they are issuing a recall for certain packages of Gerber Good Start Gentle powdered formula.  We are sure that lawyers personal injury are ready for this.

The voluntary recall is for the 23.2 ounce plastic packaged Gerber Good Start Gentle powdered formula.  Gerber said the expiration date on the powdered formula they are recalling is March 5, 2013 and the batch number affected is GXP1684, after an odd odor was reported.

The company is asking retailers to remove the recalled baby formula from their shelves and added that product does not pose any health safety risks.  Gerber officials said that there have been no hospitalizations, but there have been several reports of infants spitting up and gastrointestinal complaints.

February 20, 2012-According to reports a man standing on the tracks was struck and killed by a Metrolink train.  According to Orange County Police Sgt. Dan Adams a Metrolink train traveling southbound struck and fatally injured a man standing on the tracks at approximately 6:40 a.m. at the intersection of Batavia Street and Collins Avenue in Orange.

Sgt. Adams said the conductor saw the man standing on the tracks north of Collins Avenue and could not stop in time. According to the conductor the man did not attempt to move off of the tracks upon seeing the train, leading Orange County Police officials to believe the man may have committed suicide.  Sgt. Adams said that the 805 Metrolink train on the Empire-Orange County line was the train involved in the fatal accident and was terminated according to Metrolink officials. There were 108 passengers onboard the train at the time of the accident and no injuries were reported.

The man that was struck by the 805 Metrolink southbound train was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, according to Orange County Police Sgt. Adams. According to Orange County Transportation Authority buses were dispatched to pick up the passengers that were onboard the Metrolink train.

February 16, 2012 – According to reports a police chase of an SUV containing a woman that was believed to be kidnapped ended in a fatal crash, killing the woman.

According to the Los Angeles Police Department police received reports that a woman was grabbed off of the sidewalk at approximately 8:00 a.m. in the vicinity of 6th Street and Bexel Street.  The vehicle was identified to the LAPD as a black GMC Yukon that was spotted by officers after the reported kidnapping.
According to Los Angeles Police Department Cmdr. Andrew Smith, the woman that had been kidnapped was seen by officers hanging out of the window at times and waving to the officers.

The police chase was approximately a mile, before the driver of the Yukon crashed head-on with a Volvo. The LAPD said that the suspect then took off on foot after the crash and was taken into custody a short time later.
The woman that had been allegedly kidnapped was transported to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead.

Cmdr. Smith said that the driver of the Volvo that was involved in the head-on crash suffered minor injuries in the collision.  According to the LAPD the relationship between the woman that was kidnapped and the suspect has not been determined at this time.

February 8, 2012 – According to reports 200 more photos have been found in the sexual abuse bondage case.  According to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Sgt. Dan Scott, investigators have found 200 more bondage photos in the computer at the Redondo Beach CVS store, where the first 40 photos were turned into authorities by an employee.

The new photos that have been recovered, allegedly taken by former Miramonte Elementary School teacher Mark Berdt, show approximately 25 victims that have not been identified.

One of the students involved in the sexual abuse case is identified as a ten year old female, who was not in Berndt’s class, but was borrowed from another classroom. According to the young girl Berndt would contact the girl’s teacher and ask to borrow a group of students and the teacher would deliver the students to his classroom.

Berndt, according to the girl would give them cookies, that she believed were for being helpful and as a reward. Police investigators have since discovered the cookies were covered with Berndt’s semen. The girl stated that she received a cookie almost every day.

According to attorney Brian Claypool, who represents six of the alleged victims, including the 10 year old female student, gave the name of the female teacher to authorities.  According to Sgt. Scott the female teacher has been interviewed and is not a suspect, police do not believe she had any involvement. He went on to say he cannot tell what will happen in the future.