Law School Student Convicted of Vehicular Murder

Published on April 30, 2024

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A law school student was convicted April 29 of a drunken driving crash in Yorba Linda that killed another driver. Richard Curtis Lindwall, 34, was convicted of second-degree murder for the Aug. 3, 2017, crash that killed 41-year-old Carlos M. Mendez. The crash occurred about 8:15 p.m. on La Palma Avenue at Gypsum Canyon Road. Mr. Lindwall was driving home to Yorba Linda from his girlfriend’s home in Riverside in a 2013 Hyundai Equus luxury sedan when he crashed into Mr. Mendez’s 2004 Scion xB subcompact as the victim was headed home from work, according to a trial brief from prosecutors. Mr. Mendez made a left turn on eastbound La Palma Avenue when Mr. Lindwall “sped around a curve in the road and collided head-on with [the victim’s] Scion,” prosecutors said....

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