A 32-year-old Tennessee man has died and three other people were seriously injured in a two-vehicle Costa Mesa crash, according to a news report.
Costa Mesa police said that Alberto Lopez of Clarksville, Tenn., was driving a Toyota Yaris with a 14-year-old boy when he exited a Costa Mesa grocery store parking lot onto Fairview Road and was hit by a 2009 Nissan Titan pickup truck.
Lopez and his passenger were both trapped in the Toyota and had to be cut out of the car by firefighters; Lopez was taken to Western Medical Center in Santa Ana where he died from his injuries. The boy was taken to Children’s Hospital of Orange County in serious condition.
The driver of the pickup — Jesus Silva-Manriquez, 18, of Costa Mesa — and his 17-year-old passenger sustained non-life threatening injuries after their pickup rolled over following the collision. Both were taken to area hospitals for treatment.
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