An 82-year-old La Mirada man has been identified as the victim of a fatal collision in Buena Park where the other driver is suspected of DUI, according to a news report.
Buena Park police said that William Parker was leaving an El Torito restaurant on Orangethorpe Avenue in Buena Park with his wife and daughter when their car was broadsided by a pickup truck. Parker was killed and his wife and daughter were taken to Western Medical Center in Santa Ana with injuries.
The unidentified pickup truck driver was also injured and hospitalized, and is suspected of driving under the influence. He has not yet been charged in the fatal crash.
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