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A 64-year-old Costa Mesa man has died after he was struck by a driver suspected of DUI on a Costa Mesa sidewalk, according to a news report.

Costa Mesa police said that Jorge Alcazar Arellano was walking on a sidewalk in the 1900 block of Newport Boulevard when he was hit by a Mercedes SUV. The SUV driver — Anna Marie McPherson, 45, of Irvine — was driving south on Newport Boulevard when she drove off the road and crashed into two light poles, an electrical box, a bus bench and a tree before hitting Arellano.

Arellano was taken to Orange County Global Medical Center in Santa Ana, where he was pronounced dead. McPherson, who had two children in the SUV with her, was arrested for gross vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence of drugs, causing injury. Neither she nor the children were injured in the crash.

If you or a loved one is involved in an accident that causes death or serious injury, call the Orange County personal injury attorneys at Callahan & Blaine, California’s Premier Litigation Firm.  We are one of the leading catastrophic Orange County personal injury law firms. In fact, in the last five years alone our lawyers have obtained over $1.5 billion in verdicts and settlements, including a record breaking $50 Million settlement against the City of Dana Point, which has been certified as the largest personal injury settlement in the history of the United States.

Callahan & Blaine also has numerous other record-breaking verdicts and settlement in Orange County, including the largest jury verdict in the history of Orange County ($934 Million), the largest class action settlement ($38 Million), the largest insurance bad faith judgment ($58 Million) and the largest employment law settlement ($38 Million).  Callahan & Blaine also has recent personal injury settlements of $28 Million for a driver who was hit by a runaway truck wheel on the freeway,  $17 Million for a bicycle accident on Pacific Coast Highway,  $7.25 Million for a bus accident, $7 Million for a bicyclist who was struck by a delivery truck, and $6 Million for a bicyclist struck by an airport shuttle bus.

If you or someone you know has suffered a catastrophic injury or died as the result of an accident, please contact our Orange County law firm for expert legal counsel.