One person was killed in a fiery crash on the 91 Freeway in Yorba Linda Thursday morning involving a big-rig. The collision involving a semi-truck, and possibly a dump truck, occurred at 12:50 a.m. on the westbound 91 Freeway at Coal Canyon Trail. At least one person died at the scene, California Highway Patrol said. It's unclear if anyone else was killed or injured.Footage from the scene showed crews with the Orange County Fire Authority extinguishing large flames. The details of the crash were unknown. Several westbound lanes were shut down for several hours, backing up traffic for miles, all the way to the Orange-Riverside county line in Corona. All lanes have since reopened.
After two investigations and months devising new rules and procedures to prevent another deadly training accident with its amphibious forces, the Marine Corps is now deciding whether six men in various command roles should keep their military careers. The men each made decisions in the training and preparations for a 2020 deployment, including the planning and carrying out of a raid by a platoon of amphibious assault vehicles onto San Clemente Island. During the trip back to an awaiting Navy ship, one of the AAVs sank, killing eight Marines and a naval corpsman – the deadliest amphibious training accident in the service branch’s history. Convened in a spare courtroom-like facility at Camp Pendleton – troops training near could be heard – Marine Corps lawyers made a case for why the men should be demoted or even removed from the military – these hearings are only about positions in the Corps, none of the Marines are facing charges. One board was held back east at Marine Corps Base Qua...
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