Traffic Safety in the state of California has been
experiencing a lot of firsts as it hit record-lows traffic fatalities for the year 2010. The California Office of
Traffic Safety (OTS) has revealed that the number for California’s traffic
fatalities went down in 3,081 in 2009 to 2,715 in 2010, an 11.9 percent
decrease. This has been the lowest level since the federal government started
recording the number of traffic fatalities in 1975. However, they are not so
sure if they’d still be able to keep these statistics down.
In the past few months of the year, a number of motor
vehicle accidents have been
recorded in the state has been quite alarming. Just like these past few days,
authorities are searching for a driver who fled after being involved in a
deadly motor vehicle crash in Westminster, Orange County. According to
investigations held by the officials, a car was headed northbound on Magnolia
Avenue. Suddenly, the car veered and drove wrong way in the southbound lane of
the road. The car later on hit the wall of a mobile home park before finally
hitting a light pole. Authorities denied the involvement of other vehicles in
the crash.
Another Life Lost
The passenger of the car was ejected from his seat
and died at the scene. He was identified as Isaias Tang, 25-years-old.
Witnesses revealed that the driver fled immediately right after the crash. The
driver was last seen running southbound on Magnolia Avenue. The car involved in
the crash was a dark blue, four-door compact car.
Looking for Leads
Right now, investigators have been looking for the
suspect to make him accountable for his action. Authorities are now appealing
to the public to join them in their quest for the driver of the car. According
to earlier reports, the driver is a long-haired white male. They have requested
everybody to call the Wesminster Police office at (714) 898-3315.
