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Paso Robles man killed in crash, driver charged with manslaughter

December 4, 2025

By KAREN VELIE

A 63-year-old Paso Robles man was killed in a crash with a Freightliner truck on Thursday morning, police said.

Shortly after 5:30 a.m., the victim was headed westbound in a white Lexus on Highway 46 when he stopped for a red light at Golden Hill Road. The driver of a westbound Freightliner box truck failed to slow down and crashed into the back of the Lexus.

The driver of the Lexus died at the scene.

The Freightliner’s driver, 25-year-old Gean Marco Huaman Castro of Bakersfield, was arrested
for vehicular manslaughter and later booked into the San Luis Obispo County Jail.

The investigation remains ongoing. At this time, drugs and alcohol do not appear to be factors in the collision

 


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Is he allowed to have a license or is this another Newsome DMV Graduate?


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Perhaps one of those now famous foreign unqualified licensed California commercial truck drivers?


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Castro could very well have been driving distracted at his age; texting or otherwise. Foggy conditions have also been a factor recently, and I question what he ingests in his personal life. I hope they look into all this. Is driving even safe anymore?


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You know it’s unlikely they’ll look into that being this is a sanctuary county and they protect a certain class from facing justice


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Curious if he knew enough English, had his CDL given to him with minimal testing, or his immigration status. Also, was this his first deadly collision?


One has to wonder why he was arrested and charged with manslaughter (an action knowing a death could result), for a common enough accident, when no drugs or alcohol were involved.


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I’m curious if you even realize you live in a city that’s named in Spanish…lol. I can all but guarantee you only know one language; who are you to criticize someone for not knowing two?


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I can order a beer and get my face slapped, in Spanish, German, French, and Italian. However, each and every road sign a trucker MUST be able to read, is in English….


….regardless the origin of the city name.


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Knowing the curse words and the word for beer in multiple languages is a far cry from what you’re demanding of others bro. Laughable even. Love the idea of it bothering you every time you see Spanish around town ha. All day every day! May it drive you mad(der) lol


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“of bakersfield”…. Sure sure sure


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Blatant racism based on someone’s name; ugly dude, ugly.


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No white, Asian, or black people ever come from Bakersfield?


I think someone who dissects any combination of words, simply to declare “racism”, is the ugly dude.


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Oh, Army, illiterate as per usual. “sure sure sure” implies disbelief the person was from Bakersfield as reported.


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What exactly is your motivation for always enabling and apologizing for criminals?


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Keeping the rule of order that this country has benefited from since it’s inception in place. That’s my motivation, bud. Innocent until proven guilty.


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Send over that apology anytime scumbag


https://calcoastnews.com/2025/12/unlicensed-illegal-immigrant-charged-in-crash-killing-paso-robles-man/


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No apologies needed. Innocent until proven guilty is the issue at hand, scumbag. Don’t like that? Go to Russia.


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