Truck Driver Arrested in Fatal Crash
A truck driver whose careening big rig caused a fatal 12-vehicle crash was arrested Thursday after a two-month Anaheim police investigation found that he was under the influence of methamphetamine and driving with most of his brakes in poor condition.
Anthony Robert Saiz, 47, of Lakewood also was driving on an expired license and carrying a stash of clean urine from a family member, possibly to be used in case of a random drug test, according to the Police Department’s 222-page report.
Police arrested Saiz on Thursday. Bail was set at $100,000. He suffered broken legs and internal injuries in the March 8 accident, in which optometrist Kenneth Michael Larkin, 53, of Anaheim Hills was killed.
The Orange County district attorney’s office filed charges Thursday against Saiz of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, felony driving under the influence and driving on an expired license, Deputy Dist. Atty. Mike Flory said.
The maximum penalty for the three charges is 13 years and eight months in prison.
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