Local : Yorba Linda Man Dies in Crash
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ANAHEIM — A 21-year-old Riverside man was in custody this morning for alleged drunk driving in connection with a car accident that left a Yorba Linda man dead, the California Highway Patrol said.
James Anthony Velasco, 20, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 9:30 p.m. Sunday accident on the westbound Riverside Freeway. A CHP spokeswoman said Velasco was traveling in the fast lane when he lost control of his car for an unknown reason and veered across the freeway, broadsiding a vehicle driven by Marcus Benjamin Barron.
Barron, who was arrested for drunk driving, was in guarded condition today at Western Medical Center-Santa Ana with a broken leg, a hospital spokeswoman said.
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