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Lack of Safety Precautions Examined in Fatal Off-Road Wreck

The identities of the eight people killed in an off-road racing crash in the Mojave Desert were released as authorities continued to piece together how Saturday's accident occurred. At 34, Michael Dickinson of Spring Valley, Calif., was the oldest victim in the wreck that took place about 100 miles east of Los Angeles...

Family, Friends Mourn 8 Killed in Off-Road Wreck

LUCERNE VALLEY, Calif. (Aug. 16) -- Zachary Freeman loved to fish, dirt bike and camp - but most of all, he loved to watch off-road truck racing in the vast Mojave Desert northeast of Los Angeles. That love would cost the 24-year-old pipe welder and seven other off-road enthusiasts their lives when a truck competing in...

8 Spectators Killed, 12 Hurt in California Off-Road Race Crash

Eight spectators were killed and a dozen others injured when an off-road racing truck plowed into the crowd Saturday night at a race in the Mojave Desert. The California 200 race had just started when the accident occurred. It took rescuers, including seven ambulances and 10 emergency aircrafts, nearly a half hour to...

Accident at Southern California Off-Road Race Kills 8

(Aug. 15) -- A popular off-road race in southern California ended in tragedy last night, when a driver lost control of his truck and smashed into a crowd of spectators, killing eight and injuring 12 others. The accident happened just 12 minutes into the California 200 race, which was being held in the Mojave Desert's...

Background on california 200

The summer 2008 California wildfires, collectively dubbed the Northern California Lightning Series by CAL FIRE, were a concentrated outbreak of wildfires during the summer of 2008. Over 2,780 individual fires were burning at the height of the period, burning large portions of forests and chaparral in California, and killing 23 individuals.

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