SILVERADO, Calif.—A 71-year-old man was speeding when he failed to negotiate a bend on Santiago Canyon Road and crashed into two other cars in a deadly collision, California Highway Patrol officials said Dec. 19.
Robert Joseph Nicoletti of Rancho Santa Margarita was driving south about 3:40 p.m. Dec. 16 at a “high rate of speed” on Santiago Canyon when he failed to “navigate the curvature in the roadway” and veered into oncoming traffic and slammed into two cars, according to officer Anselmo Templado.