Nicole Spadaro Seriously Injured in Fatal Head-On Crash on Santa Lucia Canyon Road in Lompoc
Nicole Spadaro ID’d as Passenger Injured in Fatal Lompoc Car Accident on Santa Lucia Canyon Road near Vandenberg Air Force Base
Lompoc, California (June 25, 2020) – Nicole Spadaro, 37, of Santa Maria, has been identified as the passenger who was seriously injured in a head-on crash that also killed one person on Tuesday last week in Lompoc.
The deadly crash transpired just before 12: 30 p.m., on June 16, on Santa Lucia Canyon Road near Vandenberg Air Force base.
Michael Culligan, 29, of Lompoc, was driving a Jeep on Santa Lucia Canyon Road when, for unknown reasons, he veered into the opposite lane and collided head-on with a blue Lexus driven by Michael Daniel Martinez, 35, according to the authorities.
The Jeep was reported stolen, and that its license plates belonged to a different car, authorities said.
Nicole Spadaro Injured in Fatal Crash on Santa Lucia Canyon Road in Lompoc
Martinez was declared dead at the scene. His passenger, Spadaro, sustained major injuries and was airlifted to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital.
Culligan fled the scene on foot but was arrested.
Culligan appeared at the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building in Los Angeles on a felony charge of involuntary manslaughter on June 17.
Culligan has been charged in a criminal complaint with one felony count of involuntary manslaughter within federal jurisdiction.
A federal judge ordered Culligan to remain in custody and set July 7 for an arraignment hearing.
The crash remains under investigation.
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