UPDATE

On 10-21-03, at approximately 1045 hours, officers from the Irvine Police Department responded to Culver Drive, south of Campus, reference the report of a traffic collision involving a Ford Mustang and a bicycle.

The bicyclist, Douglas Lowe, a 46-year-old resident of Irvine, sustained fatal injuries as a result of the collision when he was rear-ended by a motorist on the right shoulder. The driver of the Ford Mustang, Javier Valle, a 23-year-old resident of San Bernardino, was uninjured and released from the scene pending the completion of the investigation.

Upon completion of the investigation performed by the Irvine Police Department, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office issued a warrant for Valle’s arrest for vehicular manslaughter. On 6-4-04, at approximately 2330 hours, upon direction of the Irvine Police Department, deputies from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department arrested Valle at his residence without incident. Valle was subsequently booked at the San Bernardino County Jail.

Valle will be held pending his arraignment at the Orange County Harbor Justice Center in Newport Beach. All inquiries should be directed to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.