Teen Arrested After Crash in Irvine Kills Woodland Hills Man
A fatal crash on Culver Drive in Irvine tied up six lanes of rush hour traffic this morning and caused slowdowns on the Santa Ana Freeway after police closed the street for nearly 12 hours.
Alan Abel, 65, of Woodland Hills was killed Tuesday night when his vehicle was broadsided about 11:15 p.m. by a teen-ager suspected of drunk driving, Police Lt. Al Muir said today.
Police closed all six lanes of Culver between Walnut Avenue and the entrance to the Santa Ana Freeway until 10:45 a.m., snarling traffic in both directions and backing up freeway traffic, police said.
Muir said Abel was leaving the Walnut Village Shopping Center on Culver shortly after 11 p.m. when his car was struck on the driver’s side by 19-year-old Michael Schuler of Irvine. Witnesses said Schuler’s car was traveling 65 m.p.h. southbound on Culver just before the crash, Muir said.
Schuler was treated for cuts on the face and back at Health Care Medical Center of Tustin and then arrested. He was released pending the results of blood tests for alcohol.
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