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By Janene Scully, Noozhawk North County Editor | @JaneneScully
June 25, 2021
| 7:08 p.m.
A misdemeanor criminal charge has been filed in Santa Barbara County Superior Court in the case of a Santa Maria man accused of causing a crash that led to a motorcyclist’s death last year.
Leslie Leaney, 73, faces a misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter charge in connection with the Dec. 19 crash on Highway 101 near Jonata Park Road north of Buellton.
Leaney, driving a Volkswagen eastbound on Jonata Road, crossed the southbound lanes of Highway 101 at Jonata and stopped in the center divider to enter the northbound lanes at about noon, according to the California Highway Patrol.
A Paso Robles woman was killed Saturday after her Harley-Davidson motorcycle collided with a vehicle driven by a man from Santa Maria on Highway 101 north of Buellton.Â
Nicole Grantham, 31, died after suffering major injuries from a collision with a 2005 Volkswagen near the intersection of Highway 101 and Jonata Park Road shortly before noon, according to California Highway Patrol Officer Keith Rogers.Â
The collision occurred after the Volkswagen, driven by 73-year-old Leslie Leaney, crossed the southbound lanes of Highway 101 eastbound via Jonata Park Road and stopped briefly before entering the northbound lanes.Â
After turning left onto Highway 101 from Jonata Park Road, Leaney proceeded northbound in the left lane but crossed over into the right lane and directly into the path of Grantham s 2017 Harley-Davidson, according to Rogers.Â