Accidents in Garden Grove, CA
Garden Grove, located in the heart of Orange County, is intersected by several major highways, including the 22 Freeway. The city’s busy streets and proximity to major attractions make it a common location for traffic accidents.
Founded by Alonzo Cook in 1874, the town of Garden Grove was a tiny rural area until the arrival of the railroad in 1905, after which the town was able to grow and thrive by shipping orange, pepper and strawberry crops to the rest of the United States. Currently, Garden Grove has approximately 170,000 residents, many of whom are ancestors of Vietnamese refugees that escaped the country after the Vietnam War. The town is well-known in Orange County and throughout the state for its diverse population and for its annual Strawberry Festival, which draws an average of 250,000 visitors per year and is one of the most well attended and lucrative festivals in the U.S.
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May 16, 2025, 11:23 pm PST
According to the Garden Grove Police Department, the accident took place around 1 p.m. in the 12500 block of Magnolia Street near Lampson Avenue. Garden Grove, CA. – A 20-year-old motorcyclist was critically injured after colliding with a pickup truck Friday afternoon near an intersection in Garden Grove. According to
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May 15, 2025, 2:04 pm PST
Long Beach Fire Department personnel responded and pronounced the pedestrian dead at the scene. Long Beach, CA. – A man was killed in a pedestrian accident early Sunday morning in Long Beach. The fatal pedestrian accident happened around 2:38 a.m. in the area of East Seventh Street and Channel Drive.
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May 8, 2025, 7:14 pm PST
One person killed in collision on Highway 22 near Springdale Street in Garden Grove Garden Grove, CA. – One person was killed in a motorcycle accident on Wednesday night in Garden Grove. According to the California Highway Patrol, the accident happened around 11:15 p.m. on Highway 22 near Springdale Street.
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February 22, 2025, 8:00 am PST
A 30-year-old Garden Grove man was driving a 2020 Honda Accord northbound on Highway 41 when he drifted across the double yellow lines and collided head-on with an oncoming 2005 Toyota Camry Madera County, CA.- Two people were killed in a head-on collision in Madera County on Friday morning, according
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February 3, 2025, 7:48 am PST
According to the police, Hoang Mai Phan, 58, of Garden Grove, was walking east on Euclid Street when a southbound motorcyclist struck him Santa Ana, CA.- A pedestrian was hit and killed by a motorcycle in Santa Ana on Saturday night, according to the Santa Ana Police Department. The accident
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January 9, 2025, 9:39 pm PST
The wreck happened at around 10 p.m. January 7 in the 12000 block of Euclid Street near Chapman Avenue and north of the Garden Grove (22) Freeway, according to the Garden Grove Police Department. Garden Grove, CA – The Orange County Sheriff’s Coroner’s Department has identified 36-year-old Santiago Higareda Jr.