Paso Robles Police investigate fatal traffic collision

By Paso Robles Press · Thu Dec 04 2025

PASO ROBLES — A 63-year-old Paso Robles man was killed early Thursday morning following a rear-end collision at the intersection of Golden Hill Road and State Route 46.

Paso Robles police and paramedics responded at about 5:30 a.m. on Dec. 4 to a crash involving a white four-door Lexus and a 2017 green and white Freightliner box truck. According to police, the Lexus had been stopped at a red light on westbound SR-46 when the westbound Freightliner approached the intersection and failed to slow, striking the Lexus from behind.

The Lexus driver, a man of Paso Robles, died from injuries sustained in the impact. The driver of the Freightliner, identified as 25-year-old Gean Marco HuamanCastro of Bakersfield, was arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter and booked into the San Luis Obispo County Jail.

Police say the investigation is ongoing, though drugs and alcohol do not appear to be factors in the collision.