Accident victim succumbs to head injury

A 47-year-old man, who on Tuesday was struck by a slow-moving car as he

walked a busy Costa Mesa street, died Wednesday from his injuries.

Daniel Robert Marr, of Huntington Beach, was pronounced dead Wednesday

afternoon at Western Medical Center in Santa Ana. Marr suffered major

head injuries when he fell onto the street headfirst.

Marr was struck while he was crossing Town Center Drive by a driver who

was making a left turn from Park Center Drive. Marr, who worked nearby,

rolled over the hood of the vehicle and hit his head flush on the

concrete as he fell.

By all indications, it appears the fatality was accidental. The driver of

the vehicle, 40-year-old Steven Timothy Edgar of Hesperia, was traveling

between 3 and 5 mph when his car struck the victim. Police said Edgar

wasn’t under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the

accident.

However, Costa Mesa police will finish their traffic report sometime next

week and have the case forwarded to the Orange County district attorney’s

office.

Prosecutors will have several options to consider, varying from filing no

charges against Edgar to charging him with vehicular manslaughter.

-- Greg Risling