Fatal Crash, Pine Canyon

I responded to a vehicle roll over in the 25280 block of  Pine Canyon Road just east of Three Points Road on Saturday July 13, 2013, one vehicle was over turned, the driver was deceased. Several alcoholic cans and bottles were found around the vehicle. This stresses the importance of don’t drink and drive programs. This was a very graphic accident so I am only sending images that do not show the victim, I covered him with my sleeping bag before LA County Fire Units arrived.

Alcohol may have played a role in the crash that killed a Lancaster man who drove his car off a Lake Hughes road, through a chain link fence and into a tree, a California Highway Patrol officer said. John E. Cubano, 47, was pronounced dead at the scene. Please contact CHP Officer J. Bone for more information of the Newhall Office.

The accident occurred Saturday, just before sunset. Mr. Cubano was driving westbound on Pine Canyon Road "possibley under the influence of an alcoholic beverage and at an unsafe speed for the prevailing roadway, and crossed into the eastbound lane of traffic and onto the dirt shoulder south of the eastbound lane of traffic and collided into a dirt embankment," Bone said.

Cubano's 2000 VW Jetta "continued westbound on the dirt shoulder and collided with a chain link fence," Bone said. The car continued westbound and crashed into a tree on the driver's side, overturned and finally stopped, also on the driver's side.

Copyright: Jeff Zimmerman