MARTINEZ — A driver in a three-car crash that killed an 84-year-old man was sentenced to diversion after a police investigator changed his mind on the witness stand at the defendant’s preliminary hearing, court records show.
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Wesley Watson, 84, was killed in a three-car crash near a fast food restaurant in Concord, a little before 6 p.m. on Aug. 18, 2022. Police at the time said a vehicle pulled out of an El Pollo Loco parking lot on the 1500 block of Monument Boulevard in Concord and was struck by a car. The force of the collision sent the car that was struck into oncoming traffic, where another car ran into it.
Watson was killed, and no other injuries were reported, authorities said.
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