Police have located and arrested a suspect in a hit and run accident that killed a mother of three in Oxnard over the weekend.

19-year-old, Bernardino Gijada is being held on suspicion of homicide and felony hit and run and burglary after police tracked him down in San Diego where he had been living with relatives.

The accident happened around 11 p.m. Saturday night between Oxnard Boulevard and 6th Street.

According to authorities, Gijada blew through a red light killing 41-year-old Theresa Virgin of Port Hueneme in the collision and critically injuring numerous other passengers in the vehicle.

A Korean immigrant who’s wife, two children and mother-in-law were all killed when a Marine Corps jet slammed into the family’s house said Tuesday he did not blame the pilot, who was able to eject from the jet.

Dong Yun Yoon faced reporters Tuesday, just one day day after a jet crashed into his home and killed four of his family members.

“Please pray for him not to suffer from this accident,” a distraught Dong Yun Yoon told the media who gathered near the location of Monday’s crash of an F/A-18D jet in San Diego’s University City community.

“He is one of our treasures for the country,” Yoon said in accented English, broken by long pauses while he struggled to maintain his composure.

“I don’t blame him. I don’t have any hard feelings. I know he did everything he could,” exclaimed Yoon, surrounded by members of San Diego’s Korean community, family members and patrons from the family’s church.

Authorities said four people lost their lives after the jet crashed into the Yoon’s house when the pilot was attempting to land at nearby Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. Another vacant home was also destroyed.

An F-18 has crashed in University City and the pilot did eject and has been taken to Balboa Medical. It is not known at this point if there have been any injuries or fatalities. One home has been completely destroyed and one home is partially destroyed, a fire has broken out because of the crash. It is not known what caused the plane to go down and we will continue to update this blog as information keeps presenting itself.

A little before midnight, a car speeding through Balboa Park at 80 miles per hour hit the median and overturned, killing the driver and a teenage passenger and injuring 5 more.

The driver, whose name was not released, had six teenagers and a 3-year-old in the two-door sedan and was driving in excess of 80 miles per hour south along the curve of Florida Drive as it transitions to 26th Street, according to San Diego police Sgt. Kevin Friedman. The speed limit of the road is 40 mph.

The woman and a teenage girl were killed on impact, one teenager was in critical condition with leg injuries but the other children had non life-threatening injuries, Friedman said.

It appeared that no one in the car, with the possible exception of the driver, was wearing a seat belt, he said, adding that the passengers were ejected from the car when it crashed. The three year-old was sitting on the lap of one of the teenagers and not in a car seat, according to Friedman.

A man who was fatally injured during a motorcycle accident in Tecate Sunday afternoon has been identified by authorities as Vanty Khao, 27, a Cambodian resident of San Diego.

Khao was fatally injured during after a crash on state Route 94, west of state Route 188, according to the county medical examiner. He was treated on the scene by emergency crews and then taken by ambulance to a nearby cafe to wait for a helicopter. He was then pronounced dead at the scene.

Khao had been driving west on Route 94 on his 2003 Honda motorcycle, with a group of other motorcyclists, when he lost control of the bike for unknown reasons and collided with a guard rail. The force of the crash threw Khao onto the road and he was hit by another motorcycle. Medical crews attempted to revive Khao, but he was pronounced dead on the scene.

Former San Diego Chargers defensive lineman Chris Mims, 38 was found deceased in his apartment Wednesday, according to a Los Angeles police report. Police said there didn’t appear to be any evidence of foul play in the death.

Mims recorded 42 sacks in 104 career games over seven seasons with San Diego and one with the Washington Redskins. He was a member of San Diego’s only Super Bowl team in 1995 against the San Francisco 49′ers.

The six-foot-five, 290-pound lineman retired after failing to be signed on with a team in 2000.

He is the second former Charger to die in just over three months. Former safety Terrence Kiel, 27, also passed away in a car accident in July.

Two women were killed in a crash that left five others injured in Otay Mesa, were identified as 22-year-old Leticia Lamp-Randolf of San Diego and Cristie Jennings, 35, of El Cajon, according to the Medical Examiner’s Office announcement on Monday. All five of the injured, including two children, suffered minor to non-life-threatening injuries, reported the Medical Examiner’s Office.

On Sunday around 2:30 p.m, Jennings was driving west on Otay Mesa Road, near La Media Road, when for unknown reasons the Toyota Camry she was driving drifted across the median and was hit by a mini-van, said San Diego Fire-Rescue Department spokesman Maurice Luque.

Both Jennings and Lamp-Randolf, who was riding in the front seat, died at the scene, Luque said.

San Diego police said a 6-year-old girl and a 3-year-old boy riding in the back seat were both flown to Rady Children’s Hospital. Motorists stopped to help the 38-year-old man, a 38-year-old woman and an 11-year-old girl who were in the mini-van, which caught fire, Luque said.

More than 70 emergency personnel responded to the accident.

A section of westbound Otay Mesa Road was closed for close to five hours and traffic was redirected to Siempre Viva Road.

Last week’s Los Angeles metrolink crash has become the deadliest metrolink commuter crash in the history of Los Angeles. 25 people have died and over 100 were injured, 40 of them critically. Federal Investigators are looking for evidence to explain the U.S.’s deadliest railroad crash in the last 15 years. They are examining the phone records of a couple of teenagers and the engineer, because the two teens claim to have gotten a text from the engineer moments before the accident. Metrolink spokeswoman Denise Tyrrell had already said the commuter train’s engineer was at fault because he failed to stop at a red light on the tracks, but NTSB board members cautioned that they had not completed their investigation.

Our thoughts and prayers here at San Diego Attorneys Online go out to the families of the victims. We know 2 very good law firms that handle injury and wrongful death claims. Estey & Bomberger are Los Angeles Metrolink crash attorneys and The Gomez Law Firm has a great Chatsworth train accident attorney.

A man found dead in the desert east of San Diego has been identified as Evan Tanner. Tanner, 37, who is known by many as an Ultimate Fighting Champion was found according to statements from Sheriff’s Lt. George Moreno approximately 2 miles from his campsite. The area was in the vicinity of the Palo Verdes Mountains and in the coroners early report Tanners death appears to have been from heat exposure. Tanner had been in the area where he was found camping and riding his motorcycle, according to a statement from his agent John Hayner. He went on to state that Tanner had phoned a friend and spoke to the wife saying he was out of gas and going to walk and get some. The area where Tanner was found was approximately 100 miles to the closest town, after friends reported him missing on Friday. A helicopter search is how Tanner was found on Monday. Tanner was a resident of Oceanside and appeared on Spike TV’s Ultimate Fighter and he had spoken in his blog about his plan to go to the desert and ride his motorcycle.

Today a jury found SDG&E guilty of negligence in the Marine helicopter case. Jurors awarded more than $15 million in economic damages in a wrongful-death lawsuit brought by the families of the Marines. The jury found the utility failed to install safety lights to prevent accidents and that two of SDG&E’s representatives acted with malice by not ordering the installation of lights or markers on the tower. The jury determined that the parents of all four Marines should receive $2.125 million in damages in the wrongful-death case. Jurors also found the wife of one the Marines, 1st Lt. Michael S. Lawlor, was entitled to $6.7 million. The accident occurred Jan. 22, 2004, when two helicopter crews were practicing nighttime maneuvers. The crews were using night-vision goggles. Killed when one helicopter struck the 135-foot utility tower were Lawlor, 26; Capt. Adam E. Miller, 19; Staff Sgt. Lori A. Privette, 27; and Cpl. Joshua D. Harris, 21. During the trial, attorneys for the families told jurors the accident would not have happened if lights or other markers had been installed on the tower. They said the utility company was negligent for operating under a policy where lights were only used on structures 200-feet or higher, even though company officials knew most collisions occurredat lower altitudes. But attorneys for SDG&E argued the crash was a result of pilot error, not negligence. They told the jurors that Marines involved in the training knew the area and had been briefed about the power lines. SDG&E attorney Larry Davis contended the Marine Corps bore the blame because it was obligated to notify the utility of any hazardous obstacles. Jurors were scheduled later Wednesday to hear testimony related to possible punitive damages against SDG&E.

Wow, I think a very warranted victory for the families. You can never get someone back after an accident but the party (SDG&E) should pay for neglecting something so easy as putting lights or markings on the towers. More to come on this story.