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CBS News
7 days ago
- CBS News
Deputies in pursuit near Granada Hills
Los Angeles County deputies are in pursuit of a driver near Granada Hills. It's unclear where the chase began. With SkyCal overhead, the driver, behind the wheel of a large pickup truck, could be seen driving on the wrong side of the road. At one point, a person who appeared to be a passenger briefly exited the truck and tried to open the door of a white sedan. When the door did not open, they got back into the truck, which took off again heading against traffic on the 405 Freeway in Sylmar. They again attempted to get into another vehicle, a white semi truck, just moments after the first attempt.
CBS News
05-08-2025
- CBS News
Two dead in Santa Ana after wrong-way driver slams into oncoming traffic
Two people were killed when a high-speed, wrong-way driver slammed into oncoming traffic in Santa Ana on Monday afternoon, causing a five-car crash that left several others hospitalized. It happened at around 6:40 p.m. in the 2200 block of S. Main Street, according to the Santa Ana Police Department. Investigators believe that one of the drivers, behind the wheel of a gray sedan, was driving on the wrong side of the road at an extremely high rate of speed when they collided head-on with another vehicle, which was traveling southbound on Main. One of the two cars spun out and then crashed into three other vehicles. Both of the drivers, one male and one female, in the two cars involved in the initial collision died at the scene, police said. They have not yet been identified. Three other people were injured in the collision, each of which was taken to the hospital in stable condition with minor injuries, according to police. Initially, investigators believed that the grey sedan may have been street racing, but they have since determined that was not the case. They are working to determine if drunk or impaired driving was a factor. SkyCal flew over the scene of the crash at around 10 p.m., where dozens of officers could still be seen scouring the area. There was a large amount of debris strewn across the road, which was still closed.
Daily Mail
22-07-2025
- Daily Mail
Mom who moved to Hawaii to rebuild life dies on way home from 25th birthday party after horrific mistake
A young mom, who had just moved to Hawaii to rebuild her life, sadly died on her way home from her birthday celebration after she drove the wrong way on a busy highway. Kylee Noheamaikalani Chun, 25, was heading back home to her two young sons, Liko, three, and Mateo, five, on Sunday when her car collided with an 18-wheeler truck around 3.45am. At the time, Chun, who moved from Los Angeles, California to her home state, was not wearing a seatbelt when she drove her vehicle 'eastbound in the westbound lanes' on the H-1 freeway, the Honolulu Police Department's Vehicular Homicide Section told Honolulu Star Advertiser. After crashing her car into the large truck, driven by a 77-year-old man, Chun was pulled from her vehicle by bystanders before being treated at the scene by paramedics. The mother-of-two was transported to a nearby hospital where she later died of her injuries. The truck driver was also taken to the hospital in stable condition. Police said it remains unclear if drugs or alcohol played a role in the fatal crash. Speed is not believed to be a factor. Chun chose to move for a 'safer, more peaceful life for her children' following the disastrous wildfires and custody battle with her ex-partner, where she was awarded full custody of her sons, according to a GoFundMe created by a close family friend. She moved back to the state in January, as her mother Jenny and younger sister decided to pack up their lives and join her just four days before the fatal crash to help 'raise the boys so she could focus on school,' the page organizer, Ying Drury, wrote. Chun was in her second year of college and just recently got a new job. 'She was working hard toward her bachelor's degree while raising her boys. Her entire life was devoted to building a better future for her children,' Drury added. Drury and other loved ones believe Chun was not familiar with the roads, and that might have been why she crashed. 'She's so new to Oahu and she hasn't been home in a really long time,' Drury told Island News. 'So how she was getting around was she was still using Google Maps, you know, or Apple Maps, or whatever, just to get around.' After she and her sons were displaced by the wildfires that took over Los Angeles and other surrounding areas in January, Chun wanted to create a better life for her family. 'She just wanted a better life for the boys. It's been so hard for them the last few months, you know, especially what happened in California,' Drury stated. In a recent Facebook post, Chun excitedly documented her family's move to Hawaii. Alongside a video of her and her boys traveling through the airport to their new home, she wrote: 'First 24 hours back home in Oahu. Being able to experience my childhood all over again through my boys is a dream come true. 'I cannot thank all my family, cousins, aunties and uncles for helping me solo parent and for showing the boys the island life I've missed so much,' she added. Chun has been remembered as someone 'full of light' who dreamt of becoming a teacher one day. 'She was full of light laughter. She was so funny. Always spontaneous with her boys and always doing fun stuff,' a loved one said of the late mother. She ran her own tutoring business called 'Tutoring Services by which offered not just educational guidance for kindergarten through college students, but financial aid, research and college application services, per the Honolulu Star Advertiser. Chun also worked for HiEmployment, a staffing company that serves Kauai, Maui, Oahu and Hawaii Island. With Chun gone, her mother has had to pick up all the pieces and turn her attention toward raising and protecting Liko and Mateo. 'Jenny is ready to fight with everything she has to keep the boys safe, loved, and supported—just as Kylee would have wanted,' the donation page said. 'Kylee loved her sons more than anything in the world. She gave everything she had for them, and her dream was to give them a life filled with opportunity, security, and love. Now it's up to those of us who loved her to carry that dream forward.' As of Tuesday morning, more than $15,700 was raised to support the grieving family. Chun's unfortunate death marks the 44th traffic fatality this year in Oahu. This time last year, there were 22 reported deaths. Her cause of death is still pending, the city Department of the Medical Examiner told the outlet.
CBC
21-07-2025
- CBC
1 dead, 2 hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after crash in northeast Calgary
One person is dead and three are badly injured after a pickup truck driving the wrong way down a northeast Calgary street struck a pedestrian and another vehicle on Monday morning, according to police. The crash happened at 5:14 a.m. in the 3200 block of 52nd Street N.E., at the intersection with 32nd Avenue N.E., police said. Police said they believe a 25-year-old man was driving a pickup truck the wrong direction on 52nd Street N.E. when he struck a female pedestrian in her 50s. The pedestrian was declared dead at the scene. The truck continued travelling south on northbound lanes, police said, when it hit an SUV driven by a woman in her 30s with a 35-year-old male passenger. The SUV hit a centre median, while the pickup truck eventually stopped and was covered in fire. The driver and passenger of the SUV were taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. The truck's driver was also taken to hospital with serious injuries. Charges against the driver of the truck are pending. Police are investigating excessive speed as a contributing factor, but have said there's no evidence at this time of anyone involved in the crash being impaired. After traffic was diverted from the area earlier on Monday, 52nd Street N.E. has returned to normal operation.
Fox News
15-07-2025
- Fox News
Illegal migrant enters plea in crash that killed boy one day before his 12th birthday
A woman who was in the U.S. illegally admitted to causing a head-on, wrong-way, crash that claimed the life of a young Missouri boy. The fatal crash happened on Dec. 20, 2023, when 33-year-old Endrina Bracho barreled down the highway the wrong way, going 75 miles per hour at the time of the crash, 35 miles above the posted speed limit, according to the Hazelwood Police Department. "1,700 feet is quite a big distance to travel at over 70 miles an hour on a 40-mile posted road. That's a long way to travel in the wrong direction and not realize it," Sgt. Scott Schnurbusch from the Hazelwood Police Department previously told FOX 2. Authorities confirmed that Bracho was a Venezuelan migrant without a driver's license, when she slammed into the family's car head-on. Travis Wolfe, the victim in the crash, was just one day away from celebrating his 12th birthday in December. He died at the hospital on March 6 after being taken off life support. On Monday, Bracho entered a blind plea, admitting guilt to one count of first-degree involuntary manslaughter and two counts of second-degree assault, according to court records. A blind plea means the defendant pleads guilty without any prior agreement on sentencing with prosecutors. As part of the plea deal, prosecutors dropped two charges of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child and two misdemeanor traffic offenses. Bracho is set to be sentenced on Sept. 12. Prosecutors have suggested a 10-year sentence for the manslaughter charge and seven years for each of the assault charges, with all sentences to run concurrently. Wolfe's sister, Taylor Wolfe, expressed outrage following the arrest, telling "Fox & Friends" that Bracho should not have even been in the U.S. in the first place. "It makes me really angry," Taylor Wolfe said in the 2024 interview. "Everybody here has to get a driver's license, and we all have to learn how to drive, and we have to take a test to get our license. And she didn't do that, first of all. Second of all, she wasn't supposed to be here. And if she would have just came here legally, they would have had the documents on her to be able to get insurance." "Now my family is stuck with the loss of a child because she didn't know how to drive," she added. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo, reacted to the plea deal and called it "justice" for the Wolfe family. "JUSTICE - the illegal who killed Travis Wolfe in Missouri has pled guilty. She should never have been in Missouri in the first place, and never would have been, had Joe Biden not opened our borders," Hawley wrote in a statement on X. In January, Hawley introduced "Travis's Law" to honor Travis Wolfe's legacy and prevent other criminal illegal aliens from roaming free. "Under President Biden's open border, Missouri's 12-year-old Travis Wolfe was killed by an illegal alien, who was then released from jail. There's no legislation less controversial than protecting American citizens from dangerous illegal aliens—and preventing another death like Travis's," Hawley wrote. "My amendment, Travis's Law, would guarantee the detention of criminal illegals who commit a motor vehicle crime or victimize a minor." "Travis's Law" is an amendment to the Laken Riley Act, legislation which would ensure that ICE detains illegal aliens who commit burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting. Stepheny Price is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. She covers topics including missing persons, homicides, national crime cases, illegal immigration, and more. Story tips and ideas can be sent to
