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Police Suspect Road Rage in Reseda Auto Accident
October 12, 2007

Two men have been booked after what Los Angeles police described as a possible road rage related accident.

The accident took place on Tuesday in Reseda, California. 44-year-old Brian Gilbert Barge was traveling in his Nissan Maxima and 19-year-old Armando Gamboa Ayon was in his Chevrolet Camaro. According to the Los Angeles Times, both were headed down Sherman Way when Ayon, for as yet unidentified reasons, lost control of his car and crashed into a parked vehicle. A 31-year-old woman was standing near the parked car with her 4-year-old son and 2-month-old child. It's not clear how the three pedestrians were struck - some reports say the woman had just taken her children out of the car and was walking with them when the Chevrolet slammed into a nearby vehicle - but police say the family was rushed to hospital with critical injuries.

Police initially suspected illegal street racing to be the cause of the crash. Just a couple of days earlier, another woman and her two children were burned to death when her car was involved in a multi vehicle crash that was triggered off by a couple of street racing drivers. However in this new case, road rage and not street racing is believed to have played a part.

The two drivers have been taken into custody.

Road rage or aggressive driving is a major cause of motor vehicle accidents in this country. Road rage is typically described as driving with open hostility to other drivers on the roads, and with no concern for the safety of others.

Persons who display signs of aggressive behavior on the streets can be held accountable for the catastrophic injuries that result when a pedestrian accident is caused by their behavior. The attorneys at The Reeves Law Group have substantial expertise handling personal injury cases resulting from pedestrian accidents. Call for a free consultation.

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