Lukas McHargue, a 24-year-old resident of Long Beach, faces a second-degree murder charge following a high-speed DUI crash on Pacific Coast Highway that claimed the life of 53-year-old Heather Lewis.
Authorities from the Huntington Beach Police Department located and arrested McHargue in Oceanside on Wednesday, July 15, 2026. He is currently being held at the Orange County Jail without bail.
The Fatal Collision on Pacific Coast Highway
The tragic incident occurred late in the evening on April 15, 2026, at approximately 10:40 p.m.. McHargue was behind the wheel of a white BMW 328i traveling northbound on Pacific Coast Highway, just south of Warner Avenue, near Bolsa Chica State Beach.
Investigators determined that McHargue was traveling at speeds exceeding 100 miles per hour—more than double the posted speed limit. He violently rear-ended a silver Kia Soul driven by Heather Lewis, a beloved Long Beach resident known affectionately to friends and family as “Candy Corn”…