Wheels stop spinning

-- Deepa Bharath

A 24-year-old Costa Mesa man suffered cuts to his arms and face after

he reportedly ran a red light and caused a three-car wreck Friday,

officials said.

Juan Jose Alfaro was traveling eastbound on Fair Drive about 11:45

a.m. when he ran a red light, said Costa Mesa Police Traffic Officer Matt

Grimmond.

Alfaro’s 1982 Toyota truck then was broadsided by a Jeep Cherokee that

was traveling southbound on Newport Boulevard, he said. As the truck

careened out of control, it hit another vehicle also traveling on Newport

Boulevard, Grimmond said.

Alfaro was taken to Hoag Hospital because he complained of neck pain,

he said. A passenger who was with him escaped with minor cuts from the

broken glass.

The driver of the second car, Denise Boggs, 51, of Tustin injured her

chin when the air bags deployed and the third driver, 41-year-old Brandon

Page of Newport Beach, was not injured, Grimmond said.

Alfaro’s truck rolled over and was totaled, and the other two vehicles

suffered moderate damage, he said.

Grimmond said Alfaro was cited for running a red light and driving

without insurance.