Yet Another Speed-Related Crash:

http://www.ocregister.com/news/lake-driver-forest-1989280-tree-brotheim

LAKE FOREST – A 42-year-old man was killed Wednesday when he lost
control of his Honda on Lake Forest Drive and slammed into a tree,
ripping the car in half from front to back. The man died on impact,
authorities said.

Daniel Huss was driving west on Lake Forest Drive when he lost control
of the silver Honda near Toledo Way about 2:30 p.m., veering into
oncoming lanes, said Lt. Hal Brotheim of the Orange County Sheriff's
Department. Huss swerved back toward the westbound lanes without
hitting other cars, but slammed into a tree in the median. The tree
bisected the Civic.

Firefighters from the Orange County Fire Authority had to cut through
the Civic several times to get to Huss, Brotheim said.

No one else was injured in the single-car wreck.

Speed played a role in the crash, Brotheim said. Sheriff's
investigators are looking into whether alcohol may have also been a
factor.