La Habra Police spokeswoman Cindy Knapp stated that an officer was on foot chasing a fugitive parolee and Garcia was responding to the call and was in the vicinity of La Habra Boulevard and Euclid Street. Garcia had her emergency lights and siren on when she went through a red light at approximately 62 mph.
Running the red light Garcia collided with Antuna’s car as Charles Antuna was driving east on La Habra Boulevard. The crash occurred at approximately 5:00 p.m., Suzanne Antuna was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident and Charles age 54 was transported to UC Irvine medical Center in Orange where he died early the next morning according to the La Habra Police Department spokeswoman.
Officer Garcia sustained minor injuries and was hospitalized overnight according to Knapp. She also went on to state that Garcia a two year veteran of the La Habra Police Department has been assigned not non-patrol duties.
California Highway Patrol supervised the investigation into the April 5th accident and released their report Monday that recommends the officer be charged in the deaths of the Antuna’s. Spokeswoman Susan Kang Schroeder for the Orange County District Attorney’s Office stated that she does not know if the prosecutors have received the case against the La Habra police officer.
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