Nine years after a truck hauling chocolate syrup crashed into his mobile home park, another rig hauling 36,000 pounds of whipped cream and sour cream crashed Tuesday just feet from his house.
Authorities say the truck, driven by an unlicensed 16-year-old, was stopped by a stand of trees and a chain-link fence just off Interstate 210. Three people had minor injuries.
The California Highway Patrol says the 16-year-old fell asleep and lost control of the big rig that toppled down an embankment.
Investigators say the teen's 20-year-old brother got tired and asked for driving help. Two cousins, ages 3 and 13, were also in the truck.
HAYWARD -- A BART police officer is in a local hospital this morning recovering from injuries sustained when a suspect fleeing capture slammed into the BART officer's car, the rapid transit agency reported.
Alameda County sheriff's deputies had stopped the suspect shortly before midnight on Sunday for driving a vehicle that had been reported as stolen from a Castro Valley BART station, BART said.
Facing a felony, the suspect tried to ram into one of the deputies before fleeing the traffic stop, BART said.
At that intersection, the suspect ran a red light and hit the BART officer's car, BART said. The police officer was proceeding on a green light when he was struck by the suspect, they said.
The BART officer was not assisting the sheriff's deputies in the car chase when he was hit, BART said.
The 38-year-old officer - whose name is being withheld at this time - was transported to a local hospital with injuries that were not considered life threatening, BART said.
The officer has been with Bay Area Rapid Transit since 2001, BART said.
The suspect was arrested by sheriff's deputies at the scene and also transported to a local hospital for treatment of injuries that were not life threatening, BART said.
Deputies recovered a firearm from the stolen car, BART said.
Teen driver strikes two pedestrians, killing toddler
ROHNERT PARK, Calif. -- A two-year-old Rohnert Park girl was killed and her mother was seriously injured when they were struck by a vehicle Wednesday evening, according to the Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety.
Two public safety officers who were conducting an unrelated traffic stop nearby witnessed the crash that occurred at Snyder Lane and Medical Center Driver at 5:39 p.m. and rushed to the victims' aid.
The two officers immediately began administering first aid and reported the crash, which involved a 1997 Honda driven by 18-year-old Rohnert Park woman Kaitlyn Dunaway.
Although police and fire units were called to the scene, they could not save the life of the two-year-old girl. The child's mother remained in intensive care Thursday evening, according to the department.
The cause of the collision is still under investigation.
