93-year-old Evelyn Fink died in a head-on collision after driving the wrong way on a Benicia freeway. She drove her Buick Regal against oncoming traffic on Interstate 780 for at least half a mile before crashing head-on into a Honda minivan. The 20-year-old driving the minivan, a small child, and a toddler were not injured.

A  motorcycle and minivan, both traveling along Hegenberger Road, collided in Oakland Friday morning. The impact of the crash damaged a side of the Chevrolet van and the driver was not injured. 27-year-old Robert Adams tried to slam on his breaks before the impact, but ended up sliding right into the minivan. Adams ejected onto the road and was pronounced dead at the scene. His bike was totaled in the collision.

A gas pipeline explosion devastated a residential neighborhood in the San Francisco bay area and killed eight people. At least 50 people have been injured. The explosion left a giant crater and dozens of destroyed homes that will take over a year to rebuild. The utility that operates the line, Pacific Gas and Electric, is still trying to figure out what caused the steel gas pipe to break and ignite. Federal...

An anonymous man died and his son injured after their motorcycle collided with a car Monday evening on Carlton Road. The California Highway Patrol suspects the driver of the car was intoxicated. Maria Munoz was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence. She suffers minor injuries but remains fine. Details on how the accident occurred is being investigated. The motorcycle driver was announced dead...

A five-person contractor team working for General Electric studying any effects of Phase 2 of the Hudson River dredging project lost one of their members when the boat went over the dam.  It is unknown what caused the boat to go over the dam, but perhaps there were mechanical problems which left it without a motor.  After the boat when over the dam, two men were thrown from the boat, Jeffrey Harbison and Thomas...

Authorities say that last Tuesday morning, an embankment caved in on a then unidentified man at a work site in Dakota Dunes, just south of Sioux Falls.  It has since been learned the man was 27 year old Gabe Koenigsfeld of Sioux Falls, who was a high school sports star, and a former South Dakota State football player.  His wife, Stephanie is pregnant with their first child.

Robert Springsteen and Michael Scott were convicted of murder in the 1991 yogurt shop killings of four teenagers.  In 2001, Springsteen was sent to death row after he was convicted of capital murder of one of the teenage girls, and Scott was also convicted in the girl’s death, but sentenced to life in prison.  These convictions were overturned when the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals said the men were unfairly...

A little more than a month ago, Detective Jason Simons died after a crash on Route 88 near the village of Cooperstown.  This past Sunday, Jeffrey Neral was driving to work on his 2009 Harley Davidson around 1pm when he had to maneuver his motorcycle to avoid colliding with a 2002 Ford Focus driven by Pei Kao.  When Neral laid down his motorcycle, he was thrown from it and hit the driver’s side of the car...

Seventh grade student Tyler Michael Perrow of Tunstall Middle School in Pittsylvania County was killed Saturday in a one car accident.  Tyler was the passenger in a 1997 Isuzu Rodeo that flipped several times on Crane Road in Pittsylvania County.  The teenage driver had run off the road and overcorrected, causing the loss of control.  Virginia State Police will charge the driver with reckless driving and...

Alyssa Squirrell, 11 of Laguna Hills, was in the ocean last July as a part of a training exercise for the junior lifeguard program in Huntington Beach when she was struck and killed by the boat driven by Marine Safety Lt. Greg Crow.  After a three month investigation into the incident, Orange County prosecutors have decided not to file criminal charges against the decorated marine safety officer. “My...