Charles Bayes, 49, was killed in an Orange County car accident after the vehicle in which he was a passenger was involved in a head-on collision. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the fatal car accident occurred the night of April 24, 2012 at the intersection of Lincoln Avenue and Tustin Street in Orange. Police say a Honda Civic, heading west on Lincoln from Tustin, was hit head-on by a Toyota Highlander. The Toyota SUV was eastbound on Lincoln before veering into opposing lanes of traffic.
Bayes, who was a passenger in the Civic, was pronounced dead at the scene. The female driver of the Civic was freed from the vehicle and transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The male driver of the Highlander was also taken to a hospital with relatively minor injuries. Investigators are still looking into the cause of the accident. No arrests or citations were reported.
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