by The Editors on December 26, 2007
Paul Iraci, 24, and Christopher Davis, 22, apparently were involved in a fight early Christmas morning in front of the 7-Eleven on Oak Avenue. Both were discovered when a car apparently driven by the man who stabbed them crashed into a closed business near the Carlsbad Inn.
The vehicle was gone when police arrived, but a security guard for the business told officers he saw an injured man walk to the nearby parking lot of Cessy’s Taco Shop, where police found Iraci laying in a pool of blood, according to a press release. . . The second victim, Davis, was identified when he reported to a hospital on Camp Pendleton for treatment of stab wounds, Lowe said.
Police are still searching for at least one suspect. Have a holly jolly Christmas.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on December 23, 2007
Today we got an email from a Carlsbadistan reader who was at the corner of Palomar Airport Rd, and the Costco parking lot on Thursday night December 20, 2007 at about 8 PM.
Two police cars sat in the middle of the intersection blocking traffic with their lights of for about 4 minutes, then a dark colored truck flew by heading toward the beach, followed by 10 police cars in hot pursuit, the two cars in the intersection squealed as they turned and followed. . . I didn’t see anything in the news on it at night so I figured they must have caught the guy before he got to the freeway and started a real chase.
We’re sorry, but we skipped putting the story up on Friday, so here it is: The truck was a Dodge Ram that undercover police had been “keeping an eye on” according to a story in the North County Times. The truck was involved in a group of 14 robberies in North County over the past six months. While they were tailing the truck the occupants robbed a Domnio’s Pizza at 805 W. San Marcos Blvd.
Law enforcement officers from several agencies pursued the vehicle for about 10 minutes until it crashed near Las Flores Drive and Interstate 5 in Carlsbad, Wager said.
Four Oceanside residents (all suspected gang members) were arrested including: Devon Phillips, 23, and three juveniles, ages 15, 16 and 17. So that’s the story and thanks for keeping us on our game.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on December 15, 2007
The driver of a silver Chevrolet pickup truck swerved into oncoming traffic and head-on into a Time-Warner cable van Friday morning at 11:15 on Avenida Encinitas near San Carlos Street according to a story on CBS8.com.
Officers were actually on their way there. Another driver had just placed a call to them. . . . “Apparently, the pickup truck was being followed from Leucadia by a witness who saw the car was swerving on the road, driving erratically,” Carlsbad police spokesperson Chad Oppenheim said.
Both drivers were hospitalized with serious injuries.
[Link: CBS8.com]
by The Editors on November 11, 2007
According to a story in The Eureka Reporter Taarna Renee Wiltsie, 19, of Carlsbad died near Orick, California “when her vehicle left US Highway 101 near Bald Hills Road, careened off an embankment, overturned and landed in a creek.”
Wiltsie was found dead inside her 2007 Toyota Corolla by emergency personnel at approximately 4:24 a.m. Sunday, according to a California Highway Patrol collision report. . . There were no witnesses to the incident, but a passerby discovered the vehicle after noticing tire tracks on the shoulder of the roadway and checked out the scene.
Taarna was a staff writer at Palomar College’s award-winning, student-run newspaper The Telescope. According to a story in the North County Times, Wiltsie was on her way to visit her parents in Springfield, Oregon. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends.
[Link: The Eureka Reporter]
by The Editors on October 29, 2007
It is reported that a Camp Pendleton Marine named Kevin Sullivan, 21, crashed his automobile into a motorcycle ridden by fellow Marine Shawn Redfield, 24, according to the North County Times.
The crash was reported at 10:42 p.m. at the intersection of Carlsbad Boulevard and State Street after suspect Kevin Sullivan, 21, reportedly struck a motorcycle driven by Shawn Redfield, 24, Sgt. Keith Blackburn said. . . . Redfield suffered injuries including a broken hand, facial injuries and road rash, and was taken by Mercy Air helicopter to Scripps Hospital for treatment, Blackburn said.
Sullivan who not surprisingly was not hurt was booked into the Vista jail on “suspicion of felony driving under the influence.” Way to take each other out, guys.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on October 18, 2007
A memorial service for Sean Carter, the teenager who went missing after a PWC crash last week will be held Saturday at 2 PM at the Elk’s Lodge according to a notice in the North County Times. Though an “intense rescue effort” from Oceanside to Carlsbad was made the boy’s body has still not been found.
Carter is presumed dead seven days after he and Doug Carter, his 21-year-old brother, crashed head-on into each other while riding Sea-Doos just south of the Oceanside Pier last Wednesday. Doug Carter reached his unconscious brother in the minutes after the crash, but could not save him from sinking. Although wearing wetsuits, neither brother was wearing a life jacket as required by California law.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on October 7, 2007
If you were at the beach today around 12:30 PM and tried to cross Coast Highway (like we did) you probably noticed that traffic was backed up all over the place. Turns out an injury roll-over wreck on I-5 South at Palomar Airport Rd. had the freeway temporarily shut down.
The crash was reported at 12:22 p.m. on the southbound I-5, near Palomar Airport Road, said Sgt. Tom Greenstone of the California Highway Patrol. . . Greenstone said Nelly Duran, 29, of Los Angeles, was driving a 2004 Chevrolet Tahoe southbound on the freeway at about 70 miles per hour when she failed to notice slower traffic ahead. . . . The Tahoe rear-ended a 2007 Volkswagen driven by Felece Vertrees, 45, of Carlsbad, and then overturned, Greenstone said. One person was ejected from the Tahoe, he said.
Apparently five people were injured including two pre-school age children.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on July 5, 2007
At approximately 2:30 PM July 5, 2007 a City of Carlsbad vehicle was involved in a collision with a white motorcycle at the intersection of Jefferson and Tamarack Blvd. The truck appears to have been traveling south on Jefferson when it came in contact with the motorcycle. The rider was strapped to a backboard and transported by emergency medical personnel.
We will have more details as we get them.
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