Truck driver faces new charges in Angeles Crest Highway fatalities

PASADENA - A truck driver charged with vehicular manslaughter last month in connection with a fatal traffic collision on Angeles Crest Highway faces new charges today, the District Attorney's Office announced.

Deputy District Attorney Carolina Lugo of the Pasadena Branch Office said Marcos Barbosa Costa, 44, was arraigned and pleaded not guilty today to three new counts of reckless driving causing specified injury.

Costa was originally charged on April 3 with two counts of vehicular manslaughter.

The complaint alleges that the defendant killed Angelina and Angel Posca, father and daughter, while driving a vehicle in the commission of an unlawful act with gross negligence.

The complaint further alleges that Costa unlawfully drove a vehicle upon a highway in willful and wanton disregard for the safety of persons and property and caused great bodily injury to three additional victims.

The defendant is due back in court on June 19 in Pasadena Superior Court.