Vernon Multiple-Vehicle Collision Leaves One Dead

At around 6:30 a.m. this morning, a multiple-vehicle collision in Vernon left a 20-year-old woman dead. The accident, which involved three vehicles and one pedestrian, occurred at the intersection of Downey Road and Slauson Avenue. The cause of the accident is under investigation, explains a California injury lawyer. 

Los Angeles accounted for 667 of the 3,113 fatal and 52,229 of the 170,496 injury traffic collisions that occurred throughout California in 2008, according to the California Highway Patrol’s Annual Report of Fatal and Injury Motor Vehicle Traffic Collisions. In Vernon, there were 2 fatal and 102 injury accidents that year. According to a recent study of U.S. Department of Transportation statistics by the Scripps Howard News Service, 50% of the nation’s most dangerous roads can be found in California. 

Everyone at Allen, Flatt, Ballidis, and Leslie would like to offer their condolences to the family of the woman who died in Vernon this morning.

The Los Angeles Times originally reported this multiple-vehicle collision. 

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