A 25-year-old man was killed after a pickup truck collided with a sedan in Westminster on Sunday, Dec. 4, with alcohol suspected to have played a factor in the crash, authorities said.

At around 1 a.m., the vehicles crashed along the 15500 block of Magnolia Street, near the McFadden Avenue intersection, according to Commander Kevin MacCormick of the Westminster Police Department. The driver of the sedan was pronounced dead at the scene.

Details on what led to the vehicles colliding were not immediately released as authorities continued their investigation. The two drivers were the sole occupants in their vehicles.

The identity of the victim, a Santa Ana resident, was not released on Sunday pending notification of family.

The driver of the pickup truck, 28-year-old Aristeo Nava-Soriano, also a Santa Ana resident, was taken to a hospital for treatment and was arrested upon his release on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter, driving under the influence and driving without a license, MacCormick said.

Anybody who may have witnessed the accident should call Sergeant Anil Adam of the Westminster Police Department Traffic Division at 714-548-3770. Anonymous tips can me made by calling the Orange County Crime Stoppers at 1-855-TIP-OCCS or by logging on to occrimestoppers.org

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