Marine charged with death of local radiologist in crash

A 21-year-old U.S. Marine is scheduled to be arraigned next month on charges of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and driving without a license after a car crash that killed a Newport Coast resident and well-known radiologist.

Michael Aung Sein, 64, a radiologist at Coastal Communities Hospital in Santa Ana, was parked at a red light at MacArthur Boulevard and Jamboree Road shortly before midnight Friday when his Aston Martin was rear-ended by a Dodge Caliber driven by Elijah L. Ferguson, a U.S. marine, police said.

Sein was taken to Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian and died of his injuries soon after. Sein’s wife, Grace, 62, a passenger in the car, was treated for non-life-threatening injuries at Western Medical Center in Santa Ana.

Police arrested Ferguson, of Santa Ana, who was also taken to Western Medical Center in Santa Ana after the crash. He is scheduled to be arraigned March 21.

— Brianna Bailey