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By Seth Amitin | August 18, 2009
Marcos Costa, the truck driver in the fatal Angeles Crest Highway crash on April 1, appeared Monday for a pretrial hearing at Pasadena Superior Court. Costa, who is accused of killing a man and his daughter after his big-rig lost control, was ordered to return to court Sept. 30 for another pretrial hearing. On April 1, Costa drove down Angeles Crest Highway when the big rig's brakes failed. The truck ran through the intersection, crashing into cars--including one driven by Jorge Posca and his daughter, Angelina Posca, who were both killed--and through Flintridge Bookstore.
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August 20, 2009
More pretrial hearings in fatal ACH crash case Marcos Costa, the truck driver in the fatal Angeles Crest Highway crash on April 1, appeared in Pasadena Superior Court Monday for a pre-trial hearing, and was ordered to return to court Sept. 30 for another pre-trial hearing. On April 1, Costa drove down Angeles Crest Highway when the big rig’s brakes failed. The truck ran through the intersection, crashing into cars — including one driven by Jorge Posca and his daughter, Angelina Posca, who were both killed — and through Flintridge Bookstore.
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By Megan O’Neil | May 13, 2010
A court hearing was delayed Tuesday for the truck driver charged with murder after his car carrier veered out of control on Angeles Crest Highway last year killing a Palmdale man and his daughter. Murder charges against Marcos Barbosa Costa, 44, were reinstated on April 6 by a state appeals court panel, which ruled that Costa was aware of the risk involved when he descended the steep mountain pass. The ruling reversed a lower-court decision to throw out the murder charges. On April 1, 2009, Costa drove a car carrier southbound on Angeles Crest Highway.
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By Seth Amitin | April 16, 2009
Truck driver Marcos Costa pleaded not guilty when he was arraigned Monday on two counts of vehicular manslaughter stemming from the crash at Angeles Crest and Foothill on April 1. Costa, 43, was released on $200,000 bail on April 5, but has stayed in Los Angeles since for the arraignment. His lawyer, Steve Meister of Los Angeles, said he’ll return to his home in Massachusetts shortly, but will return for the preliminary court hearing on May 13. “This was an accident,” said Meister.
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By Mary O’Keefe | June 25, 2009
A bail hearing that was to be held Wednesday for big rig driver Marcos Costa, who has been indicted on two counts of murder in the April 1 runaway truck collision in La Cañada Flintridge, has been continued to July 10 in Pasadena Superior Court. According to Jane Robison, spokeswoman for Los Angeles County District Attorney?s office, Costa was in court Wednesday, but attorneys on both sides agreed to continue the case. Costa?s bail remains at $2.09 million. On June 11, a Los Angeles County grand jury returned an indictment against Costa of two counts of murder, vehicular manslaughter and three felony counts of reckless driving causing specified injury.
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By Mary O'KeefeValley Sun | June 20, 2009
Two counts of murder have been filed against the driver of the runaway big rig that killed two people and injured a dozen others in La Canada Flintridge April 1. A Los Angeles County grand jury returned an indictment against big rig driver Marcos Costa on June 11; the decision was unsealed on Friday after Costa was arraigned in Los Angeles County Superior Court. He is being held on $2.09 million bail. According to reports, Costa pleaded not guilty to all charges including the two counts of murder, that had been added to the allegations of vehicle manslaughter and reckless driving that had been filed on April 3. Costa drove his big rig car carrier from Antelope Valley (14)
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By Mary O'Keefe | July 10, 2009
No decision was made during a pretrial conference and bail review hearing in Pasadena Friday morning for Marcos Costa, big rig driver involved in the April 1 crash on Angeles Crest Highway and Foothill Boulevard that killed a 12-year-old girl and her father and injured several others. Superior Court Judge Lisa B. Lench said she wanted time to review grand jury findings before making a decision on a request for a reduction in Costa’s bail. On June 11, a Los Angeles County grand jury returned an indictment against Costa that added two counts of murder to previous charges of vehicular manslaughter and three felony counts of reckless driving causing specified injury.
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By Mary O’Keefe | July 16, 2009
No decision was made during a pretrial conference and bail review hearing in Pasadena Friday morning for Marcos Costa, the big rig driver involved in the April 1 crash on Angeles Crest Highway and Foothill Boulevard that killed a 12-year-old girl and her father and injured several others. Superior Court Judge Lisa B. Lench said Friday she wanted time to review grand jury findings before making a decision on a request for a reduction in Costa?s bail. On June 11, a Los Angeles County grand jury returned an indictment against Costa that added two counts of murder to previous charges of vehicular manslaughter and three felony counts of reckless driving causing specified injury.
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By Seth Amitin | December 24, 2009
Officials Friday said the California 2nd District Court of Appeals will consider reinstating murder charges against the truck driver involved in the April 1 fatal runaway accident that claimed two lives in La Cañada Flintridge. In June, a grand jury indicted Marcos Barbosa Costa, 44, on two murder charges, but Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Lisa B. Lench later dismissed them, ruling that the circumstances of the crash did not rise to the level of murder. The county district attorney’s office in November filed an appeal against the dismissal and the appellate court agreed on Thursday to hear the case.