Santa Ana man arrested for a DUI hit and run collision with a pedstrian in Costa Mesa

On Sunday, June 18, 2017, at about 2:20 a.m., Costa Mesa police officers were dispatched to West 19th Street and Harbor Boulevard regarding a vehicle versus pedestrian hit and run collision.

Officers located the victim in the street with moderate injuries. A witness followed the suspect vehicle to Dyer Road and the California State Route 55 and called 911.

The CHP arrived and stopped the vehicle at a 7-11 store nearby. The driver, Andrew Jacob Luevano, 25, Santa Ana, was arrested for felony DUI and hit and run causing injury.

The victim was transported to a nearby hospital and is in stable condition with lacerations and scrapes.

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Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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