100 mph fatal coastal OC DUI crash leads to second-degree murder charge for Long Beach driver

Manslaughter charge in a HB ‘car-surfing’ traffic fatal crash

A MANSLAUGHTER charge has been made in a fatal ‘car-surfing’ death in Huntington Beach (Shutterstock). A 21-year-old Huntington Beach man has been charged with vehicular manslaughter by the Orange County District Attorney’s office in the fatal towing of a friend on his e-bike at speeds of over 50 miles an hour on Pacific Coast Highway in Huntington Beach. Brandon Scott Soleau faces one charge of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence in th…

100 mph fatal coastal OC DUI crash leads to second-degree murder charge for Long Beach driver

Lukas McHargue, a 24-year-old resident of Long Beach, faces a second-degree murder charge following a high-speed DUI crash on Pacific Coast Highway that claimed the life of 53-year-old Heather Lewis. Authorities from the Huntington Beach Police Department located and arrested McHargue in Oceanside on Wednesday, July 15, 2026. He is currently being held at the Orange County Jail without bail. Source