Aggressive driver arrested Saturday A man was...

Aggressive driver arrested Saturday

A man was arrested after ramming the back of another car with his

sport utility vehicle several times, before plowing down a sign,

street pole and bus bench on Placentia Avenue near Center Street,

police said.

Viviano Lozano, 23, of Santa Ana, was arrested on charges of

assault with a deadly weapon and drunk driving after a resident

alerted police to the altercation at about 12:25 a.m. Saturday.

The victim was pulling out of the 7-Eleven store shortly after

midnight when a driver struck the back of the red car with his own

SUV, pushing the victim’s car partially down the street. Police said

that the driver of the SUV, which contained three or four passengers,

then chased the other car on Placentia Avenue. When the victim made a

U-turn at 18th Street, the driver of the SUV continued to chase the

car. The SUV sideswiped the victim’s car then lost control, colliding

with a bus shelter and knocking down a street sign and concrete

utility pole.

Costa Mesa police arrested Lozano after passengers of the SUV fled

on foot. City work crews, Southern California Edison and Orange

County Transportation Agency workers responded shortly afterward to

repair the damage.