Category: California Highway Patrol

Boy, 6, Killed in Road Rage Shooting

May 21, 2021
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ORANGE, Calif.—A manhunt was underway May 21 after a six-year-old boy was shot and killed in a road rage incident, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) said. The child was a passenger in a 2014 Chevrolet Sonic being driven north on the 55 Freeway in Orange, Calif. Police believe the boy’s mother, who was driving the car,…

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Authorities Investigate Rise in Highway BB Gun Shootings

May 18, 2021
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Authorities are seeing a rise in BB gun shootings on Southern California freeways, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) says. “We are taking each of these incidents seriously and actively searching for those responsible,” CHP border division assistant chief Donald Goodbrand said in a May 18 press release. “The public should still feel safe while driving their vehicles…

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Two Motorists Killed in Two-Vehicle Crash During Police Chase in Garden Grove

March 12, 2021
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GARDEN GROVE—A pickup truck being chased by Garden Grove police March 12 crashed into another vehicle and ended up in a residential swimming pool, killing both motorists, authorities said. About 2:15 a.m., officers saw the driver of the Dodge Ram pickup “driving at a high rate of speed” through a parking lot at Chapman Avenue and…

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Tustin Crash Kills 24-Year-Old Woman 

February 24, 2021
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A 24-year-old Anaheim woman is dead following a Feb. 23 suspected impaired driving-related crash in Tustin. The woman was a passenger in a BMW sedan heading southbound on the 55 Freeway, just north of the I-5 freeway, California Highway Patrol (CHP) said. The car she was riding in crashed into the back of a Lexus SUV about 2:05…

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Deadly Crash on Freeway On-Ramp in Anaheim

February 12, 2021
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ANAHEIM—One person was killed Feb. 12 in a crash on an on- ramp to the westbound Riverside (91) Freeway in Anaheim. The crash was reported about 5 a.m. on the Lakeview Avenue on-ramp, according to the California Highway Patrol. Details of the crash were not immediately available. The age, gender and name of the victim…

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Police Put the Brakes on Orange County Street Racers

February 8, 2021
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A night of illegal street racing throughout southern Orange County led to the arrest of three people, police say. Upward of 100 cars began gathering about 9:35 p.m. Feb 5, when Mission Viejo deputies responded to reports of a large number of vehicles driving recklessly and congregating in a parking lot near the intersection of…

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