Police say crash injures three people An...
Police say crash injures three people
An early-morning, alcohol-related crash in Costa Mesa Tuesday left
three people injured, one critically, police said.
Tuan Nguyen, a 24-year-old Westminster resident suffered major
head trauma after he was ejected from a Nissan pickup truck during a
crash just after 2 a.m. at the corner of Harbor Boulevard and Ford
Road, Costa Mesa Police said.
The driver, 21-year-old Santa Ana resident Oscar Tinoco was
treated at Hoag Hospital for a large cut on his left arm, according
to police. Tinoco was later released and then booked into Costa Mesa
City Jail on suspicion of felony DUI, Costa Mesa Police Sgt. Marty
Carver said. Tinoco is being held on $100,000 bail.
Tinoco was headed north on Harbor Boulevard at about 40 miles per
hour when he lost control and hit a light pole, Carver said. Nguyen
was ejected from the passenger-side window and was transported to
Western Medical Center, police said.
A second passenger, 22-year-old Jose Carrion of Santa Ana,
complained of head pain but was not treated.
Man dies after car struck on freeway
A Costa Mesa man died Sunday morning after a crash on the Santa
Ana Freeway.
Chris Bartav, 32, died after a 1999 Chevrolet Silverado struck his
stopped 1994 Honda on the shoulder of the southbound side of the
freeway, just south of Main Street at about 3 a.m. Sunday, police and
California Highway Patrol officials said. Barta died at the scene.
Jose Garciav, a 30-year-old Orange resident, was injured and
transported to Western Medical Center. The accident is under
investigation.
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