An 81-year-old Vietnam War veteran who was hospitalized after he was stuck by a teen riding an E-motorcycle has died, the Orange County District Attorney said Friday.
Ed Ashman, who flew combat missions in the Vietnam War, died Thursday afternoon after being hit by the E-motorcycle as he was walking home from his job as a substitute teacher at El Toro High School. The April 16 collision in Lake Forest was at Toledo Way and Ridge Route Drive.
The United States Marine Corps captain’s death means charges that had already been filed against the teen’s mother, 50-year-old Tommi Jo Mejer of Aliso Viejo, were upgraded to include involuntary manslaughter. The elevated charge is in addition to felony child endangerment, felony accessory after the fact to a crime, a misdemeanor count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, a misdemeanor count of providing false information to a peace officer, and an infraction for permitting an unlicensed minor under the age of 18 to drive a motor vehicle…