Father recounts son’s death when U-Haul pickup struck him on bicycle in Costa Mesa

By PAUL ANDERSON
The father of a 12-year-old boy told jurors Wednesday that he was jumping up and down and waving his arms while shouting to get the attention of a driver in a U-Haul pickup truck barreling down on his son in Costa Mesa before it slammed into the child, killing him.
Richard David Lavalle, 64, of Long Beach, is charged with second-degree murder in the Dec. 6, 2020, fatal collision with Noel Bascon at Junipero and Arlington drives.
During testimony in a Santa Ana courtroom, Glen Ba