Day: February 12, 2021

California crash leaves highway officer, tow truck driver injured; DUI suspect arrested: reports

By Matthew A. Garcia 2 months ago

A California Highway Patrol officer and a tow truck driver were both seriously injured in Southern California on Thursday morning when a suspected drunken driver reportedly caused a freeway crash.

According to authorities, the driver of a Nissan was speeding westbound on Interstate 10 near downtown Los Angeles around 10:30 a.m. when the vehicle hit the officer’s motorcycle, which was parked near the center median while the officer was helping clear an earlier crash.

“The motorcycle was then pushed into the officer, the officer was then pushed into the vehicles that were on the freeway,” CHP Officer Roberto Gomez said, according to FOX 11 in Los Angeles.

The suspected DUI driver’s vehicle also hit a disabled Toyota Prius that had been in the earlier crash and a tow truck driver was also struck by the motorcycle, the Los Angeles Times reported.

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After Motorcycle Crash, Dashboard Confessional’s Chris Carrabba Carries On

By Matthew A. Garcia 2 months ago

In June of 2020, emo-mainstay and Dashboard Confessional frontman Chris Carrabba took a motorcycle ride to clear his head. On a rarely traveled country road, not far from his home in Tennessee, the songwriter lost traction, propelling himself and his bike into a ditch.

At first, it was hard to tell if he’d been seriously injured. It was clear that he’d bit through his lip, but appeared generally unscathed in his protective jacket, padded pants and helmet.

A lifelong rider, Carrabba had been involved in a few accidents before. This time—as he tried to regain his composure and remove his Honda dirt bike from the hole—he attributed the pain to what he thought was a broken rib.

It wasn’t until after his ambulance arrived at Vanderbilt University Medical

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