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Fatal Traffic Collision at Pacific Coast Highway and Warner Avenue

 

by: Jessica Cuchilla
Published: December 9, 2025

 

HUNTINGTON BEACH...On Monday, December 8, 2025, at approximately 2:15 a.m., the Huntington Beach Police Department (HBPD) responded to a traffic collision on Pacific Coast Highway south of Warner Avenue involving a black Ford Expedition and a white Audi Q5.

Upon arrival, officers located the driver of the Expedition, a 44-year-old male from Sunnyvale, with minor injuries. He was transported to a local hospital. The driver of the Audi Q5, identified by the coroner’s office as 29-year-old Alec Barbisan, of Huntington Beach, suffered major injuries. Paramedics were called to the scene; however, he was pronounced deceased. The driver of the Expedition cooperated with investigators, and impairment does not appear to be a factor. It is unknown if impairment was a factor with the driver of the Q5

Based on the preliminary investigation, the Expedition was traveling northbound on Pacific Coast Highway when the Q5 struck the Expedition from behind south of Warner Avenue.

The collision investigation is ongoing and being handled by the HBPD Multidisciplinary Accident Investigation Team (MAIT). Anyone who may have witnessed the collision or the events leading up to it is encouraged to contact HBPD Traffic Investigator C. Houlston at (714) 536-5670.