АНУ-ын Калифорни мужид автомашинд зүүгдэж явах үедээ амиа алдсан залуугийн хэрэгт холбогдуулан жолоочийг олон нийтийн аюулгүй байдалд хайхрамжгүй хандсан гэх үндэслэлээр буруутгав.
Оранж тойргийн прокурорын газраас мэдээлснээр, 2025 оны наймдугаар сарын 2-ны орой 21 настай Брейден Скотт Солоу өөрийн Toyota Tacoma загварын автомашинаар явж байхдаа найз Кольби Кеоа Айпаг автомашиндаа зүүгдэж явахыг зөвшөөрсөн байна. Уг хэрэг Pacific Coast Highway зам дээр гарсан бөгөөд Айпа цахилгаан унадаг дугуйтайгаа автомашины урд талын цонхоор гараа оруулан зүүгдэж явжээ.
Прокурорын зүгээс Солоуг автомашинаа цагт 50 милийн хурдтай жолоодож байхад Айпа дуулгагүй явсны улмаас тэнцвэрээ алдан унаж, улмаар толгойдоо хүнд гэмтэл авч амиа алдсан гэж үзэж байна. Калифорнийн замын хөдөлгөөний хуулиар хөдөлгөөнд оролцож буй тээврийн хэрэгсэлд унадаг дугуй болон бусад хэрэгслээр бэхлэгдэх нь хууль бус үйлдэл юм.
Оранж тойргийн прокурор Тодд Спитцерийн мэдэгдсэнээр, энэхүү эмгэнэлт явдал залуу хүний аминд хүрсэн төдийгүй буруутай этгээдэд насан туршийн харамсал үлдээж байна. Солоу нь хүний амь нас хохироосон гэх хүндэвтэр гэмт хэрэгт буруутгагдаж байгаа бөгөөд гэм буруутай нь тогтоогдвол зургаан жил хүртэлх хугацаагаар хорих ял сонсож болзошгүй юм.
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A 21-year-old has been charged with gross vehicular manslaughter after his friend died while “car surfing” on Pacific Coast Highway, prosecutors say.
The charge comes more than a year after Kolby Keoa Aipa, grandson of legendary Hawaiian surfboard maker Ben Aipa, was rushed to the hospital and died of his injuries.
His friend, Braden Scott Soleau of Huntington Beach, picked up eight passengers in his 2015 Toyota Tacoma at approximately 10:30 p.m. on Aug. 2, 2025, after a movie premiere in Huntington Beach, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.
Three passengers were riding in the bed of the pickup truck and Aipa, who was on an e-bike, asked Soleau if he could grab onto the vehicle and car surf, prosecutors say.
“Soleau is accused of giving Aipa permission to do so and Aipa grabbed on to Soleau’s pickup truck by putting his arm through the open front passenger window while riding his e-bike,” prosecutors said.
A passenger in the truck filmed Aipa, riding with his arm through the truck window, as Soleau allegedly drove 50 miles per hour southbound on Pacific Coast Highway.
At one point, Aipa, who wasn’t wearing a helmet, lost control and fell. He was taken to UCI Medical Center in Orange in critical condition and died three days later from blunt head trauma, prosecutors said.
It is illegal under the California Vehicle Code for any person riding a motorcycle, motorized bicycle, or bicycle, coaster, roller skates, sled or toy vehicle to attach to any moving vehicle on the roadway, adding that Aipa was also not wearing a helmet.
“This tragedy cost the life of a young man with his entire future ahead of him and will forever impact a young man who will have to live the rest of his life knowing that he killed his friend,” Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said.
Soleau faces a maximum sentence of six years in state prison if convicted on a felony count of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence, prosecutors said.
He is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday at the West Justice Center in Westminster.
With reporting by City News Service
