Two Die in 100-Car Calif. Pileup

Michael Sanchez was found unconscious just yards from crash site

(NEWSER) - A San Jose man is fighting for his life in a hospital after spending a week without food or water in a thicket close to where his pickup crashed. Police following up a missing persons report found Michael Sanchez, 25, lying unconscious just yards from where his vehicle veered off the highway and rolled over. The California Highway Patrol says a witness reported seeing a man climb out of the truck and walk away after the crash. A thorough search of the area was carried out immediately, but no one was found. More»

Car fell 200 feet off Southern Caifornia ravine

(NEWSER) - A California man lived for days by eating leaves and drinking creek water after his car plummeted 200 feet off a ravine. After David Lavau’s family reported him missing, they set off to search for the 67-year-old by themselves in the Angeles National Forest, using his last debit card purchase as a clue, reports AP . “We stopped at every ravine, and looked over every hill,” his daughter says. “We kept screaming and the next thing we heard Dad saying, `Help, help,' and there he was.” More»

Driver unhurt, chased from scene by mob

(AP) - An off-road truck plowed into a crowd and scattered "bodies everywhere" moments after sailing off a jump at a California race yesterday, killing eight people and leaving 12 injured, authorities and witnesses said. " There were just bodies everywhere," he said. "One woman with a major head wound (was) lying in a pool of blood. Someone else was crushed beneath the car," a photographer covering the event for off-road magazines, told the AP. More»

(NEWSER) - Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart was killed in a car crash early this morning, the Los Angeles Times reports. Hours after the 22-year-old rookie delivered six shutout innings against Oakland, his car was sideswiped by a minivan running a red light. Two others in Adenhart’s vehicle were dead at the scene, and another died later at a hospital. The driver of the minivan fled on foot, but was picked up after a police search. Today's game has been postponed, the AP adds. More»

Laverne Everett takes a scary skydive in California

(NEWSER) - Octogenarian skydiving may not exactly catch on after this video goes viral. Laverne Everett was celebrating birthday No. 80 with her first skydive when she became reluctant to jump at the last second, Huffington Post reports. The man going with her pried Everett free, and the pair tumbled out over northern California—where she nearly came out of her harness. Her partner held on tight as the pair plummeted toward the Earth. More»