September 18th, 2006 by R.J.

Maynor Javier Palmer, of Los Angeles, is being held on suspicion of Murder after a collision with Chino resident Earl Nathasingh.

Nathasingh was riding his 2001 Honda CBR motorcycle on Sunday about 9:45pm when he ran into the passenger side of the 1990 Honda Accord driven by Palmer. Nathasingh was taken to California Hospital Medical Center in critical condition where he was pronounced dead early Monday.

Palmer attempted to flee following the accident, but was detained by local residents.

Normally, a story like this wouldn’t make any sort of headlines. Driver hits Motorcyclist? Big deal. It happens all the time. What makes this one different is that Palmder was arrested and they are holding him on suspicion of murder.

Palmer was driving under the influence Sunday night when the accident occurred. However, this wasn’t the first time he had been convicted of DUI. So instead of booking him for yet-another-DUI, he was arrested on suspicion of Murder.

Hopefully the Judge will deal out a just prison sentence…. But, I have my doubts.

September 11th, 2006 by R.J.

Nektari Calderon was killed on Sunday, September 10th, when the motorcycle she was passenger on ejected her onto I-280 near San Francisco.

After she was ejected, she was then struck by a Toyota Corolla driven by Glenn Ibarra, 33, who was not charged in the accident.

The motorcycle driver, David Barry, was not hurt initially. Calderon simply fell from the back of the bike. Barry then pulled to the side of the road and attempted to walk onto the highway toward Calderon’s body when he was struck by a Lexus driven by 20-year old Xiaochen Ji. Ji then lost control of his car and struck a Ford Mustang driven by Sergio Moreno.

Xiaochen Ji was arrested on the scene for a felony DUI charge. It was not clear whether David Barry was intoxicated or not, but CHP Officer Mark Johnston said that he will be arrested when released from the hospital.

Nektari Calderon was the mother of three children: Rico, 5, Michael, 12, and Daniel, 16. She was married to Carlos Calderon for the past 19 years.

Carlos Calderon said he did not know Barry and went on to say, “I’m going to make him pay for this, legally.”