Newly released dashcam video shows an Orange County sheriff’s deputy speeding down a Santa Ana street before his patrol vehicle slammed into a car carrying a young couple out for the evening.
The Dec. 29, 2023, crash seriously injured Megan Doan and Jan Tan, a Garden Grove couple whose attorney described them as high school sweethearts. Nearly three years later, their civil lawsuit against Orange County is headed toward trial.
Deputy Jeremiah Peyus wasn’t pursuing a suspect. His patrol vehicle’s lights and siren were not activated, and his partner testified that the deputies were planning to get something to eat…