Pedestrian Jorge Alcazar Arellan, 64, killed when SUV driver Anna Marie McPherson, 45, jumps curb on Newport Boulevard in Costa Mesa, California
Pedestrian struck by car in Costa Mesa crash
The car went off the roadway near Ford Road and drove up on the sidewalk, where it struck two light poles, an electrical box, a bench and a tree, before hitting a man from Costa Mesa walking on the sidewalk, Miles said.
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The driver, identified as 45-year-old Anna Marie McPherson, then hit a light pole, an electrical box a bus bench and a tree, along with the 64-year-old man.
Costa Mesa man killed by SUV on sidewalk is remembered as a 'great example of what it means to be a man'
Alcazar Arellano's nephew Carlos Alcazar said Monday that his uncle "was a kind, humble, hard-working, generous man that was loved by the people that knew him. He was the kind of man that put others before him."
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