Articles Tagged With ‘fatality’




Two-year-old killed by car in Santa Maria

A woman backed a car into a two-year-old boy in Santa Maria Saturday, killing the child. [KCOY] On Saturday afternoon, the toddler wandered behind the vehicle as the woman was backing out of a residential driveway during a neighborhood barbecue.... (Continue reading)

Car crash kills Cayucos woman

A 21-year-old woman died Friday night after crashing her car in rural Cayucos. The woman, a Cayucos resident, was driving herself and a male passenger in a 1999 Isuzu Amigo around 11:35 p.m. Friday. She lost control of the car... (Continue reading)

Fatal crash knocks out power near SLO airport

A multi-vehicle crash near the San Luis Obispo Regional Airport left a motorcyclist dead and more than 350 PG&E customers without power Monday evening. [KSBY] Around 5:45 p.m. Monday, a pick-up truck made a left turn in front of an... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly student dies of apparent suicide

A Cal Poly student died inside a house near campus Wednesday of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. [Mustang News] San Luis Obispo police responded to a home in the 200 block of Hathway Avenue Wednesday afternoon where... (Continue reading)

Body found in Nipomo ditch

The body of an adult male was found Tuesday in a drainage ditch between two fields in rural Nipomo. Shortly before 5 p.m., a field worker discovered the body of an adult male partially submerged in the ditch located near... (Continue reading)

Motorcyclist dies in crash at Oceano Dunes

A Northern California man died in a solo motorcycle crash Sunday at the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area on Sunday. [Tribune] Nineteen-year-old Felipe de Jesus Amezcua of San Leandro, crashed his motorcycle around 4:18 p.m., according to a state... (Continue reading)

Couple killed in Shandon hit-and-run identified

The California Highway Patrol has identified the couple killed in a fatal hit-and-run Saturday in Shandon as Charles Massara, 69, and Irene Massara, 68, of Bakersfield. [KSBY] The Massaras died Saturday after a Shandon man driving a Jeep under the... (Continue reading)

Two arrested in fatal hit-and-run

Sheriff’s deputies captured two men fleeing from the scene of a fatal hit-and-run incident Saturday in Shandon after an intensive air and ground search. Vincente Muniz Montes, 38, of Shandon, is reported by officials to have been driving a 1994... (Continue reading)

Man dies after jumping off SLO parking structure

A young man died Thursday afternoon after jumping from the top of a parking structure in downtown San Luis Obispo. Police officials said the man, believed to be in his 20s, was alone and appeared to have intentionally jumped from... (Continue reading)

Atascadero man dies while fleeing police

An Atascadero man who worked as a prison guard died last week while fleeing from police in San Benito County. [Tribune] On July 12 at 12:34 a.m., California Highway Patrol officers attempted to pull David John Calmere, 41, over for... (Continue reading)