The crash that took place in 2020 killed 67-year-old Eugene Harbrecht, a longtime newspaper editor for the Orange County Register
A 31-year-old convicted drunk driver was racing with another motorist when he slammed into a pickup truck, killing a longtime newspaper editor near his Santa Ana home two years ago, a prosecutor told jurors today, while the defendant's attorney said her client was attempting to avoid another speeding driver.
"A man took his final breath on this earth July 30, 2020, just a stone's throw from here when he was involved in a fatal collision,'' Deputy District Attorney Brian Orue said in his opening statement of the trial."You're going to learn it was completely avoidable.'' When the collision occurred between the BMW and Harbrecht's 2011 Ford Ranger pickup, good Samaritan who saw or heard the explosive crash ran to the scene, Orue said.
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