The father of a 12-year-old boy told jurors Wednesday he was jumping up and down and waving his arms while shouting to get the attention of a driver in a U-Haul pickup truck barreling down on his son in Costa Mesa before it slammed into the boy, killing him.
Richard David Lavalle, 64, of Long Beach, is charged with second-degree murder in the Dec. 6, 2020, collision at Junipero and Arlington drives that killed Noel Bascon.
Glen Bascon said he and his son went out for a bike ride about 5 p.m. that day but he soon realized it was getting too dark, so he decided to return back home. He said he “triple checked” his son’s reflectors and lights on his bike before they left and kept to the sidewalk when they could because it was safer, he testified…