A former attorney has been convicted on multiple charges related to a 2019 crash that killed a truck driver.
On October 20, 2025, Lotfullah Sohaib Latif, 33, was convicted of one felony count of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, one felony count of driving under the influence of alcohol causing injury, one felony count of driving under the influence with a blood alcohol content of .08% or more causing injury, and three felony enhancements of inflicting great bodily injury, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.
The charges were issued for a crash that took place around 4 a.m. on June 9, 2019, in Garden Grove, California.
CHP received several calls at 3:55 a.m. about a gray Honda Accord that was “blacked out” in the lanes on the 22 Freeway. Minutes later, troopers began receiving calls about a semi truck that struck the Honda and then caught fire at bursting into flames near the 405 Freeway and the 22 Freeway eastbound near Valley View Avenue…