Man Pleads Guilty to Fatal Crash as Lyft Driver in Tustin

Published on December 13, 2023

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 32-year-old man pleaded guilty Dec. 11 and was immediately sentenced to 250 hours of community service for causing a crash as a Lyft driver that killed a 70-year-old passenger in Tustin. Andy Van Pham pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter and possession of a controlled substance, both misdemeanors. As part of the plea deal possession of drug paraphernalia and unlawfully providing false information to a police officer, both misdemeanors, were dismissed along with an infraction for making an unsafe turn or lane change. The fatal crash occurred about 7 a.m. May 4, 2021, near Jamboree Road and Patriot Way, according to Tustin police....

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