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massdee
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 Posted - 04/06/2009 : 3:43:39 PM
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Trucker charged with deadly LA-area runaway crash
Two counts of vehicular manslaughter have been filed against the driver of a runaway big-rig that rolled down a mountain highway into a Los Angeles suburb, killing a girl and her father.
The felony charges were filed Friday against 43-year-old Marcos Costa of Everett, Mass.
Each count carries up to 12 years in prison.
Authorities say Costa took a road that's off-limits to big trucks when he crossed the San Gabriel Mountains on Wednesday. Descending the mountains, the truck's brakes gave out. The rig crashed into cars and a bookstore in the town La Canada Flintridge.
A 12-year-old girl and her father died when their car was crushed. A dozen other people were injured.
The state on Friday temporarily banned truck traffic on a second highway in the area.
"Deb"
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