Former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer is facing criminal charges in connection to a March 2024 car accident in which he fatally struck a pedestrian. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, a current touring member of Pearl Jam, will be arraigned in a California court on Thursday on a misdemeanor charge of vehicular manslaughter without gross negligence, according to KTLA 5 News and Deadline.
The charge stems from a March 18 crash that was captured on video from a nearby security camera. Klinghoffer is accused of driving a GMC Yukon on Meridian Avenue near West Main Street in Alhambra and striking 47-year-old pedestrian Israel Sanchez as he walking in a crosswalk.Andrew Brettler, Klinghoffer’s attorney, said in a previous statement that Klinghoffer “immediately pulled over, called 911, and remained at the scene until police and paramedics arrived.” Sanchez “suffered “excruciating” injuries after being “thrown and/or dragged across the asphalt,” according to a wrongful death lawsuitfiled by …