BRIEFLY IN THE NEWS Trailer slows traffic...
BRIEFLY IN
THE NEWS
Trailer slows traffic on Coast Highway
A tractor-trailer overturned at the intersection of Coast Highway
and Superior Avenue on Thursday morning dumping 17 tons of
construction material on the roadway, backing up and slowing down
traffic for several hours, officials said.
The incident happened at about 7 a.m., when the driver of the
tractor trailer tried to make a left turn from Coast Highway to
Superior Avenue, officials said. One lane on Coast Highway and all of
northbound Superior Avenue were closed for several hours, police
said.
No one was hurt in the incident.
Ladera Ranch man charged in car wreck
The Orange County district attorney’s office charged a 28-year-old
Los Angeles Sheriff’s deputy with gross vehicular manslaughter while
intoxicated in connection with a Jan. 12 car accident in Costa Mesa
that took his best friend’s life.
David Robison, 28, of Rancho Santa Margarita, died instantly after
the car Phil Steyerman was driving veered off the road and struck a
tree near the intersection of Newport Boulevard and Industrial Way.
Steyerman, of Ladera Ranch, is now on paid administrative leave.
He was arraigned Thursday at the Harbor Justice Center and pleaded
not guilty to the charge. The judge decided that he would not have to
go to jail provided he attends Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and
surrenders his driver’s license. The judge also ordered that he be
booked by the Costa Mesa Police Department.
Officials said that Robison’s family has been “very active in
pushing for [Steyerman’s] prosecution.”
All the latest on Orange County from Orange County.
Get our free TimesOC newsletter.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Daily Pilot.