Crime & Safety
Driver Hits, Hits, Hits and Runs
The driver of a pickup truck in Rancho Santa Margarita runs into a couple of cars several times before leaving the scene.
If your neighbor's full-sized pickup truck has some dents in it today, you might want to notify the Orange County Sheriff's Department. Seems someone driving a big, dark pickup began the new year with a bang. Several of them.
According to a report on the OCSD blotter, the driver of a pickup truck—possibly a Ford—at Monte Vista Park hit a parked car and truck before leaving the scene on Buena Suerte and turning right onto Las Flores. At that point, according to a witness, he still had parts of the other vehicles attached to his pickup.
According to another witness, the driver of the dark pickup truck appeared to run into the other vehicles on purpose as the truck reversed into the vehicle a number of times.
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The incident took place on Tuesday, 11:50 p.m., at Buena Suerte and Las Flores.
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