Driver charged in fatal Highway 84 accident Driver charged in fatal Highway 84 accident (April 21, 2004)

One man is dead and another faces charges of vehicular manslaughter in connection with an accident that occurred April 12 on Highway 84 just east of La Honda.

Robert Rienecker, of Pompano Beach, Florida, was arrested on April 19 and booked into San Mateo County Jail after being released from Stanford Medical Center, where he was treated for injuries suffered when the Acura he was driving crossed into the eastbound lane of 84 and collided with a Volkswagen Beetle driven by Charles Cutton, 55, of La Honda, according to Sgt. Paul McCarthy of the California Highway Patrol.

Mr. Cutton was pronounced dead at Stanford Medical Center.

The CHP is asking anyone with information to call Sgt. McCarthy at 369-6261.

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