The case regarding the Australian national and professional race car driver accused of killing two people in a car crash on La Honda Road on Labor Day weekend is on pause because the California Highway Patrol needs to complete its crash reconstruction to determine if the vehicle was in good working condition and if the mechanics of the car played any role in the fatal collision, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office.
Luke Nardini, 31, a tourist, was driving east on La Honda Road, about 9 miles west of Skyline Boulevard, and entered the westbound driving lane because of a construction closure on Friday, Sept. 1. Nardini continued to drive east on the wrong side of the road traveling around 60 mph around a curve when he collided headfirst into another vehicle occupied by two married couples. The couple in the back seat, who were 80 and 81 years old, were killed, according to the DA’s Office.
Media reports identified Nardini as a WA Formula 500 race car driver.
At his last hearing in early September, Nardini was asked to surrender his passport and not be permitted to leave the county after the terms of his bail were finalized. Nardini is charged with two counts of misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter and faces two years in prison. He appears in court again Dec. 6 for a pretrial conference and to set a date for a jury trial, according to the DA’s Office.
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