The president of a California mortgage lender is accused of drunkenly rushing by means of a pink mild in her Land Rover and plowing into one other car, killing an 88-year-old passenger.
Serene Francie Rosenberg, 48, allegedly ran a pink mild and hit a Ford Transit van head-on in Dana Level — about 60 miles exterior of downtown Los Angeles — on Friday at round 6:15 p.m., in line with a information launch by the Orange County Sheriff’s Division Saturday.
The collision was so violent that it immediately killed the passenger of the van, Melvin Joseph Weibel, 88, a Dana Level resident.
The van’s driver was rushed to an area hospital with “serious but non-life-threatening injuries,” police stated.
“Based on preliminary investigation, the Land Rover was traveling westbound on Stonehill Drive and turned left against a red arrow signal in front of the Ford Transit van traveling eastbound on Stonehill Drive,” the sheriff’s division revealed.
Rosenberg, the president of OCMBC’s LoanStream Mortgage in Irvine since 2019, was arrested on suspicion of homicide and suspicion of driving underneath the affect on the scene.
She is at the moment booked into the Orange County Jail.
The division additionally revealed that she had “three prior convictions” earlier than she allegedly drove drunk and killed the 88-year-old van passenger.
Following the deadly collision, OCMBC launched an announcement stating that Rosenberg had been positioned on administrative depart and that the corporate had “permanently” changed her as president. The previous Chief Capital Markets Officer at LoanStream, John Hamel, has been chosen to interchange her.
“This has been a difficult time for everyone affected by this tragic event, and our hearts go out to those impacted,” stated Rabi Aziz, CEO of OCMBC.
The corporate expressed “its deepest sympathies following the tragic traffic accident” within the assertion.
“Our thoughts are with everyone affected by this heartbreaking event and we intend to monitor the situation closely, responding with care and responsibility in accordance with our company’s core values.”
Aziz based OCMBC in 1992. The corporate is at the moment licensed to function in 47 states within the US.
Police are asking anybody who witnessed the lethal visitors collision or has details about it to contact the Orange County Sheriff’s Division’s Visitors Bureau at 949-425-1860.
Nameless data could also be offered by means of Orange County Crime Stoppers at 1-855-TIP-OCCS.
