Friday, July 29, 2011

Truck driver convicted on lesser charges in fatal 2009 accident

Marcos Costa verdict A truck driver involved in a fatal 2009 collision off Angeles Crest Highway was convicted Friday of two counts of vehicular manslaughter, but the jury found him not guilty of the more serious second-degree murder charges.

Marcos Costa, 46, also was convicted of three counts of reckless driving causing an injury, but acquitted of two second-degree murder charges, the Glendale News-Press reports.

Costa's big rig lost its brakes as he traveled along Angeles Crest Highway. The runaway car-hauler sped through the intersection at Foothill Boulevard in La CaƱada Flintridge and slammed into a vehicle carrying Palmdale residents Angel Posca, 58, and his 12-year-old daughter, Angelina, killing them.

Several other cars were hit, and the truck wound up in a bookstore.

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