Man ID'd In Fatal Tree Crash, Infant Injured

SANTA ANA, CA - A driver was killed when his car crashed into a tree early Friday morning. DUO was suspected in the event that also sent a woman and infant to the hospital.

Police responded to the 2600 block of West MacArthur Boulevard around12:30 a.m., according to Cmdr. M. Clayborn of the Santa Ana Police Department. Diego Garcia, 27, of Santa Ana died at the scene, Santa Ana police said.

A woman and an infant were taken to a hospital for treatment of injuries that were not life-threatening, police said. "From physical evidence, it appears as though the vehicle was headedwest on MacArthur when, for unknown reasons, (it) crossed into the opposinglanes of traffic at or near Greenville Street before striking the south curbline and a tree on the south sidewalk,'' a police statement said. "Alcohol or drugs may have played a part in the cause of this collision,'' police said. "The driver's sobriety will be determined through a forensic toxicology analysis completed by the Orange County Coroner's Office aspart of the autopsy.'' Anyone with information on the crash was urged to call the CollisionInvestigation Unit at (714) 245-8200.

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